The central Illinois scene is filled with local producers looking to connect their communities more closely with the food they consume.
Construction of the store and its accompanying gas station is expected to begin at the former Bergner’s department store site at Market Place Mall by early 2020, with a possible opening before that Christmas.
A building permit filed last week with the city of Champaign shows Kam’s relocating to 102 E. Green St., C, the former site of a Domino's that’s since been torn down, while the 600 block of East Daniel Street, where it stood for decades, is expected to be turned into a new apartment/retail/office complex.
Manager Greg Wilson said Turk Furniture, 200 N. Vermilion St., launched a store-closing liquidation sale last Wednesday. A few miles north, Emin and Mirlinda Musaj were cleaning out Five Star Family Restaurant, 3216 N. Vermilion St., which closed Sunday afternoon after 13 years.
Buying a pack of Newports at a local convenience on Friday, Aaron Aguirre of Champaign called the state’s impending $1-a-pack cigarette tax hike “ridiculous.”
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The central Illinois scene is filled with local producers looking to connect their communities more closely with the food they consume.
Construction of the store and its accompanying gas station is expected to begin at the former Bergner’s department store site at Market Place Mall by early 2020, with a possible opening before that Christmas.
A building permit filed last week with the city of Champaign shows Kam’s relocating to 102 E. Green St., C, the former site of a Domino's that’s since been torn down, while the 600 block of East Daniel Street, where it stood for decades, is expected to be turned into a new apartment/retail/office complex.
Manager Greg Wilson said Turk Furniture, 200 N. Vermilion St., launched a store-closing liquidation sale last Wednesday. A few miles north, Emin and Mirlinda Musaj were cleaning out Five Star Family Restaurant, 3216 N. Vermilion St., which closed Sunday afternoon after 13 years.
Buying a pack of Newports at a local convenience on Friday, Aaron Aguirre of Champaign called the state’s impending $1-a-pack cigarette tax hike “ridiculous.”
'If you're a convenience store, you've been absolutely hammered. But there were some clear wins as well,' said Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association.
SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon will add more than 1,500 package pickup locations in a partnership with the national pharmacy chain Rite Aid.
Facing competition for the world’s top-selling drug, AbbVie is jumping on this year’s pharmaceutical merger bandwagon with a $63 billion bid for Botox maker Allergan that’s meant to spur future growth.
Walgreens is making it easier for customers dispose of unused drugs safely.The drugstore chain said Monday that at each of its more than 9,500 U.S. locations, it will offer packets that customers can use to turn medications into a useless gel before throwing them in the trash at home.
NEW YORK (AP) — Craving a Slurpee from 7-Eleven but you're stuck in the park?Not to worry: The convenience-store chain is launching a service that lets customers order everything from its famed frozen drink to a battery charger and have it delivered to a public place like a park or a beach.
OK, I think we can all agree that store sales can make people a tad nutty, but there's nothing as scary as a clearance sale at a craft store.
The 240 members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 686 have been in contract negotiations since January with Viscofan, which owns the meat-casings production facility that was formerly Teepak.
The director of the nonprofit Champaign Center Partnership talked with staff writer Julie Wurth about the redevelopment she hopes will link the downtown, Midtown and Campustown business districts.
Demand for the initial public offering has been high, with investors banking on the growth of the pet market. Chewy raised just over $1 billion, with 46.5 million shares sold at $22 each. That's above what the company had expected.
No one was hurt or ticketed in the accident, which took place at 12:48 p.m. near the intersection of Baytowne Drive. Ameren spokeswoman Kelly Hendrickson said it affected a handful of businesses for about two hours.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their retail spending last month, a sign that recent worries about cautious consumers dragging on growth may have been overdone.The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales rose 0.5% in May, after a smaller gain of 0.3% in the previous month. April's figure was revised up from an earlier estimate that had showed a decline.
It will begin selling nuggets made from pea protein at grocery stores this summer. A blended burger made from beef and pea protein will follow this fall. Both will be sold under a new brand, Raised and Rooted.
NEW YORK (AP) — How much would you be willing to pay to get those diapers within an hour or so?In the latest salvo in the delivery wars, Target is offering same-day delivery on thousands of items for $9.99 per order through a delivery startup it purchased nearly two years ago
They said the promised benefits, such as better networks in rural areas and faster service overall, cannot be verified, and eliminating a major wireless company will immediately harm consumers by reducing competition and driving up prices.
State Sen. Scott Bennett, D-Champaign, and Vermilion County Board Chairman Larry Baughn, R-Hoopeston, said they see a tremendous opportunity to generate revenue, create jobs and boost the local economy.
Owner Bob Diener said he's signed a new lease to take over the smaller of the two spaces occupied by Connections resale shop, which is closing June 30, and hopes to be open there by Aug. 1, if not earlier.
A deal for $5.45 million that featured more twists and bends than a crochet work fell through because, as John Van Der Velde said in a letter to the village this week, he was unable to complete the due diligence required.
LONDON (AP) — Amazon is investing in British meal delivery company Deliveroo, expanding its global reach into food retailing.Deliveroo said Friday that it raised $575 million from a number of investors led by Amazon. Amazon will become Deliveroo's largest investor, though it did not disclose how much Amazon put in or how large a stake it acquired.
Under the radar, the Trump administration has launched 162 investigations into allegations that U.S. trading partners dump products at cut-rate prices or unfairly subsidize their exporters — a 224 percent jump from the number of cases the Obama administration pursued in the same time in office.
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart warned on Thursday that higher tariffs on imports from China will mean higher prices.The comments came after the nation's largest retailer reported its best sale performance at its established U.S. namesake stores for the fiscal first quarter in nine years. It marked 19 straight quarters of same-store sales gains.
