Gleaners Teams Up with Kroger to Raise Funds, Donations

Hope at the Table volunteers will gather monetary and food donations at Shelby Township area Kroger locations Saturday, Jan. 12.

This month, Gleaners Community Food Bank and Kroger are working together to bring hope to the tables of hungry southeast Michiganders. Each Saturday in January, volunteers will spend their day at local Kroger grocery stores across southeast Michigan, handing out information about the Bringing Hope to the Table initiative, as well as accepting donations of nonperishable food and money from shoppers. Volunteers will be out at the Shelby Township area Kroger stores this Saturday, Jan. 12, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., in addition to other locations in Macomb County. Shelby Township's Kroger stores are located at: Volunteers for Bringing Hope to the Table will be in Oakland County on Jan. 19, and Livingston and Monroe counties on Jan. 26. Volunteers …

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Kroger Launches Breast Cancer Campaign

All store donations will benefit the American Cancer Society and Karmanos Cancer Institute.

Kroger customers can help fight breast cancer on behalf of a special person during Kroger’s autumn breast cancer campaign, which has already begun and will go through the end of October. Customers may purchase a pink ribbon for $1 at any Kroger register and all proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. Customers also can help by making a coin box donation to benefit breast cancer awareness and research. You can donate at either of the Shelby Kroger locations. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. Located in Detroit, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is one of 41 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. “Every …

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Check Your Refrigerator Shelves for Recalled Kroger Spinach

The grocery store chain asks customers in 15 states to return the product, because of possible listeria contamination.

The Kroger Co. is asking all Michigan customers, and those in 14 other states, to check their refrigerators for certain Kroger Fresh Selections Tender Spinach 10-ounce packages, which are being recalled due to possible listeria monocytogenes contamination. Pregnant women or people with weakened immune systems could suffer severe illness after eating listeria monocytogenes. According to an alert issued by the Food and Drug Administration, the product is supplied by NewStar Fresh Foods LLC, has UPC code 0001111091649 and a "best if used by" date of Sept. 16. Any opened or unopened products should not be consumed and should be returned by customers to their local Kroger store for a full refund or replacement. Other states included in the …

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Marina Cracchiolo

9:18 am on Friday, September 21, 2012

@Frustrated Old Man: That's pretty funny! I must give you credit for that one.   more ›

Macomb Co. Cider Mills, Stores See Higher Apple Prices Due to Crop Shortage

A spring freeze has resulted in the lightest apple crop since 1945, raising prices on apples and apple products at businesses like Blake's Orchard and Cider Mill, Achatz Pies and Kroger.

This fall, an apple a day may cost a bit more. Apple prices have gone up after a spring freeze resulted in the lightest apple crop in the state since 1945, said Pete Blake, co-owner of Blake’s Orchard and Cider Mill in Armada. A week of 90-degree temperatures in March caused the trees to bloom early. Then, a series of cold April nights killed those apple blossoms. “The trees are still fine for next year, but it takes the crop for this year,” Blake said. Macomb-area stores like Kroger, Biggby and Achatz Handmade Pie Co. have also been affected by the crop shortage. They say they too will have to raise prices and ship in apples from out of state. Blake’s was able to harvest 20-25 percent of their apple crop this season, expecting about 10,…

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Got Michigan? Kroger Joins with Pure Michigan to Push Local Groceries

Through television commercials and in-store promotions, Kroger is bringing Michigan Made products to the forefront of its shelves in response to consumer demand for local products.

Visit the dairy case at any Kroger store in the state this week and you’ll see the first feature of the company’s partnership with Pure Michigan to promote locally raised and made foods.  Kroger brand milk is the star of the newest Pure Michigan television commercial and the first consumer packaged good to be featured in the state’s iconic advertising campaign. As Kroger customer communications representative, Dave Hollandsworth, explains, there are three components to the new campaign: promote local brands through Pure Michigan, work with Michigan State University’s Product Center to bring smaller brands to Kroger shelves and clearly identify those products that are “Michigan Made" throughout the store. “In some cases, I have felt almost …

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Search On for Suspect in Washington Township Bank Robbery

Macomb County Sheriff's detectives are searching for a white male, around 5 feet 7 inches tall, believed to be driving a teal colored Pontiac Sunfire. The man is suspected of robbing the Best Bank within the Kroger on 30 Mile Road.

Macomb County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a suspect in the robbery that occurred earlier Tuesday at the Best Bank located inside the Kroger at Van Dyke and 30 Mile Road in Washington Township. Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham reports that at approximately 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, a white male entered the bank and handed the teller a note requesting cash and implying that he had a weapon. No weapon was seen, but an undisclosed amount of money was given to the suspect, who then fled the store and was seen entering a teal colored Pontiac Sunfire headed eastbound on 30 Mile Road, according to police. Sheriff's detectives are working with bank security to obtain a video of the suspect, but have described him as being a white male, …

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Kroger Recalls Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes

Kroger is recalling Aunt Jemima frozen pancakes for because they may contain soy. The supermarket chain is also making automated phone calls to inform customers about the recall.

Kroger stores are recalling certain Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes because they may contain soy protein. According to a release from Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, the parent company for Aunt Jemima, people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy protein may run the risk of an allergic reaction if they consume this product. Pinnacle issued the voluntary recall after it discovered "there may have been a potential cross-contact with product that contained soy protein being produced on the same equipment" according to the release. The company has no reports of illness, and the Food and Drug Administration has been made aware of this recall. According to Pinnacle, this recall applies to Aunt Jemima Frozen Panckes in  cardboard cartons with …

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New Fitness Center To Occupy Former Kroger in Utica

Utica is about to get a little more fit with the opening of a new Planet Fitness Gym.

After more than 10 years of bearing with the 47,000 square foot vacancy where the former Kroger was located on Schoenheerr Road, Utica will finally get a new tenant. Planet Fitness will open at 45501 Schoenherr Road, in the same plaza as Kohl’s and Target, by the end of March.  The opening of the Utica location will mark the 25th Planet Fitness in Michigan and the 500th across the nation.  The closest Planet Fitness is in Sterling Heights. Planet Fitness will occupy nearly 30,000 square feet of the building. The rest of the building will be sectioned off and leased out. Owners of the building, Schostak Brothers Co. of Livonia, were not available for comment on the property. The Utica Planet Fitness will offer more than 100 new cardio …

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Shelby Approves Meijer's Plan to Add Gas Station At Hall Road Location

The Shelby Township Board of Trustees approved Meijer's plan to build a gas station in the parking lot of the Hall Road and Hayes location.

Meijer shoppers at Hall Road and Hayes will soon be able to fill their gas tanks after loading their shopping carts with food. The Shelby Township Board of Trustees approved a special land use request by Meijer to allow the Michigan-based grocery store chain to add a fueling station and convenience store in the parking lot of the exiting Hall Road site. The board agreed to grant Meijer the permits needed to begin construction on the new fueling station on the basis that the new building will be consistent with the predominately retail development pattern along Hall Road; there are no abutting residents that would be impacted; there is sufficient land at the site to accommodate the influx of traffic; and the site plan provides safe and …

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Shelby Votes Against Construction of New Kroger Gas Station

Shelby residents, the Board of Trustees and the Planning Director unanimously agreed to deny Kroger's request to build a 12-pump gas station on 25 and Dequindre roads.

There will be no discounted gas stations on the southeast corner of 25 Mile and Dequindre roads after the Shelby Township Board of Trustees voted against Kroger’s request to build a gas station in the parking lot of the present store. “I have shopped many, many times and parking is always a problem … I am really opposed to this gas station,” said Clerk Terri Kowal. At Tuesday’s Board meeting, cheers erupted in the crowd when the board unanimously voted down the mega store’s request to build a 12 pump station. “I know what this corner looks like and I know the safety issue is way up there,” said Shelby Township resident Ron Churchill.  “I commend this board for finally once having a head on your shoulders. “ Another resident raised safety …

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Matt Guarnieri

6:09 am on Friday, October 21, 2011

Huh? Auburn to M-59 between Dequindre and Ryan? Shelby Township just commited close to a half million dollars to this area of taxpayer funds to help with flooding and another few hundred thousand to rapave Dequindre and Auburn roads. I'm a little sick of section 30 sucking the rest of the taxpayers dry. This station was going to be located at 25 Mile and Dequindre, not even close to your …   more ›