LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — As he sat in the doctor's office, ex-boxer and weightlifter Gerald Dixon explained that years of sports had left him in pain, especially his hands, and he was looking for relief.

Safeway shoppers can now get their hands on personalized coupons and store specials through a new digital savings program.

Call it delayed gratification.

Red Mountain has one, possibly two to spare. Gilbert and Saguaro both have it. Basha, Corona del Sol and Saguaro are working on it.

As part of its Bringing Hope to the Table campaign, Fry's Food Stores donated a semi-truck full of food to United Food Bank on Thursday.

Candice Guadagnino shopped Friday at a Tempe Fry’s Marketplace, buying a variety of store and brand name items. In her basket, she had three boxes of Kroger brand cream cheese.

SAN FRANCISCO — A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers can go to trial.

CINCINNATI — The Kroger Co. reported Tuesday an $875 million loss in its third quarter, blaming tough price competition and the struggling California economy's hit on its grocery business.

There won't be a strike at Safeway and Fry's Food Stores after all. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99, Safeway Stores, and Kroger Co., the owner of Fry's and Smith's, have reached a tentative settlement on a new collective bargaining agreement, the parties said early Friday morning. 

Microchip Technology employs about 900 in its Chandler headquarters and another 600 in nearby Tempe, close enough to keep even more of Chandler’s high-income residents conveniently employed.

In seven to 10 months, consumers can expect to see a Bashas' chain of grocery stores with fewer numbers and more concentrated in the Valley and Tucson metro areas as it emerges from Chapter 11, analysts say.

Bashas’ family members are confident their 77-year-old grocery chain will survive its bout with Chapter 11 and the family will remain deeply involved with the company.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. on Tuesday recalled ground beef sold in some of its grocery stores, including Fry’s stores and Smith’s stores in Arizona.

CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Rev. Dan Kroger braced for bad news a few weeks ago when he asked a focus group of college students what they thought of the St. Anthony Messenger, the Catholic magazine he publishes in Cincinnati.

Bashas’ would appear to be a company in serious trouble, to judge from the headlines. In late April, the Chandler-based grocery chain said tough economic conditions would force the closing of a “handful” of underperforming stores, adding to five stores that have already been closed this year.

“The Arizona government department that brings in revenue just cut its work force in half. So, now all the money waiting to be collected from several years past will just be lost.

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