Grocery

Shopping with a grocery list can produce an annual savings of $500 to $1,000 — or more. Making a grocery list that follows a store layout can reduce repeat trips up and down the same aisles, impulse purchases from those aisles and the time required to complete a shopping trip.  Develop a master grocery list by category and aisle of a grocery store that you shop frequently. Every week or two, print and post the list in a central location — such as on the refrigerator door — so that all your family members can add items, as needed to complete the list.

A fun part of my client's success is my famous grocery shopping tour. We go to a local grocery store, and show them how to read food labels, get the most supportive food items, what to eat less of and what to flat out avoid. This where the rubber hits the road if you want to transform your body, and take control over your health and physical well being. Here are some tips to help get you on your way.   Buy as much locally grown fresh foods as you can. I'm an advocate for buying as close to nature as you can. Buying fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables and meats can help assure that you are getting the most nutrient dense foods with minimal "shelf time.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - The Super-Thrift Market, long a mainstay at the Potomac Shopping Center in Waynesboro's south end, is moving into a vacant grocery store on the east side of town. The move will more than double the store's retail space, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Dave Hocker, spokesman for Fleming Inc., the umbrella company for Jubilee Foods in York, Pa., said the new store will open "in the next several months. " He said he could not give a specific opening date because Fleming officials have yet to sign a lease.

By CLYDE FORD Staff Writer, Charles Town CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Barnhart's Super Market will close on March 29 because the owner has reached an agreement with Wal-Mart to sell them his lease. Roger Barnhart said most of the 34 employees at his grocery store in the Charles Town Plaza will be transferred to his Inwood, W.Va., and Ranson, W.Va., stores. He also owns a grocery store in Martinsburg, W.Va. A Wal-Mart Supercenter, which will have a grocery store, is being built at Charles Town Plaza.

By VANDANA SINHA Staff Writer Jim Peterson is tired of taking the $9 taxi ride to the store for bread and milk. He doesn't like paying more than $3 for a 5-pound bag of sugar at a convenience store. And, he says, he is sick of being ignored. An activist for the homeless, Peterson has taken on another cause, this one for the senior citizens, downtown residents and himself. He is circulating a petition with the aim of having a grocery store move into Hagerstown's downtown.

Grocery shopping with kids can be an expensive venture It's a happy place. Cheerful people are busy with their tasks. Bright lights and warm colors invite you to enjoy the sights, smells and sounds around you. A new delight awaits at every turn. Where is this place? Where do you find such nirvana? The grocery store. The grocery store? In the words of any parent, "Are you NUTS?!" Don't misunderstand me, my grocery store is just fine. The folks who work there do a nice job. It's just that when you take the weekly task of filling a grocery cart and add three young children, suddenly the trip to Fantasyland has all the appeal of a three-week stay on Devil's Island.

Everyone is looking for ways to save money, especially on food. Saving money on food doesn't mean you have to give up good food and good tastes. Saving money means you need to be a little creative. Check prices online. Most major grocery store chains will list their weekly sales online. So find the Web site for your favorite stores and log on before you do your menu planning and food shopping. You can tweak your menus and your shopping list based on what you find on sale. You can also compare prices at several different stores before you leave home.

Supermarkets stock thousands of products, yet not everyone is eating well. According to Michael McBurney at Kellogg Co., customers typically make 50 percent or more of their purchases from a list of about 150 products. Other purchases often are impulse buys that can add to the grocery bill unnecessarily. Impulse purchases also increase when shoppers are hungry or shop without a list. A U.S. Census Consumer Expenditure Survey found that, on average, an American family of four spent $5,357 or about 13 percent of their total annual expenditures on food.

Fourth Food Lion part of grocery growth in Pa. By LISA GRAYBEAL Staff Writer, Chambersburg CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Commercial growth is moving west of Chambersburg with the construction of a Food Lion supermarket in a new strip mall on Lincoln Way West in Hamilton Township. The 37,000-square-foot grocery store, expected to employ between 60 and 65 full- and part-time workers, will be among three or four other smaller stores to occupy the so-called West Side Plaza, according to Michael K. Kessinger, Hamilton Township supervisor chairman.

The price per gallon for gasoline makes the headlines daily. Food costs at the grocery store are getting attention as well, with reporters talking about the parallel rise in the cost of gas and milk in the same sentence. The Department of Agriculture is predicting a 4- to 5-percent rise in food prices this year. Now consumers are searching out bargains at the grocery store, an about-face from the previous norm of relying on convenience foods. Despite rising prices, you can trim food costs and still eat well.

A fun part of my client's success is my famous grocery shopping tour. We go to a local grocery store, and show them how to read food labels, get the most supportive food items, what to eat less of and what to flat out avoid. This where the rubber hits the road if you want to transform your body, and take control over your health and physical well being. Here are some tips to help get you on your way.   Buy as much locally grown fresh foods as you can. I'm an advocate for buying as close to nature as you can. Buying fresh, locally grown fruits, vegetables and meats can help assure that you are getting the most nutrient dense foods with minimal "shelf time.

Susan McCarney was a woman in motion. Her family said it was typical for her to have completed several loads of laundry and have the house cleaned by 7 a.m. “She was always busy. She loved to clean, anything in the house, anybody's house,” said Erin Gay of Martinsburg, W.Va., the middle of Susan's three daughters. Susan was the oldest of two daughters and always was a helper around the house. One of her six brothers remembers her standing on the picnic table as a child to hang laundry on the clothesline because she wasn't tall enough to reach the line.

A new grocery store is opening Thursday. ALDI will open its newest Tri-State area location at 32 Triamigas Drive in Martinsburg. To celebrate the opening of the new Martinsburg store, ALDI will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. on Thursday. The public is invited to attend, tour the new store and enter an on-site sweepstakes. Additionally, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., guests are invited to sample ALDI exclusive brands while shopping. “As ALDI continues to grow in the Hagerstown area, we are pleased to open this new location to help more customers stretch their dollars even further,” Jeff Baehr, Frederick division vice president for ALDI, said in a news release.

On Dec. 22, Gordon's Grocery held a wine tasting to benefit the Humane Society of Washington County. The event resulted in a cash donation of $244 and a large amount of food, litter, toys and blankets. Gordon's Grocery is at 101 Cypress St. in Hagerstown. Hosted by store owners John Gordon and Cynthia Millsap, the wine tasting was in collaboration with Shawn Clopper of Monument Fine Wines. The humane society is at 13011 Maugansville Road in Hagerstown. Call 301-733-2060 or go to www.hswcmd.org for information on animal-related issues, directions to the shelter and information about programs and services.

Agricultural pesticide use has been on the rise, according to a study published late last year by Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University. In light of what the function is, I can't help to think that if pesticides kill little organisms quickly, what do pesticides do to big organisms long term?  It might be negligible in small amounts, but with the steady increases in use since the 1920s due to genetically engineered crops, we have to question what effect these chemicals are having on our physiologies.

On Saturday, Gordon's Grocery owners John Gordon and his sister, Cynthia Milsap, will host a wine-tasting event with Monument Fine Wines from noon to 6 p.m.  Gordon's is at 101 Cypress St. in Hagerstown.  The event is a benefit for the Humane Society of Washington County. Donations of food, toys, nonclumping cat litter and other animal-related items will be collected in front of the store. “What better way to spread holiday cheer than to host a benefit for the homeless animals in Washington County,” Gordon said.

Angel Food Ministries served thousands of families across the country, including in Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan counties in the  Eastern Panhandle. However, Angel Food Ministries shut down in September 2011, and a new local nonprofit organization has teamed up with area churches to help fill the void. Community Combined Ministries Inc. is an outreach center for HIS Food Ministry, an evangelistic outreach program designed to help local churches and other organizations minister to their communities by offering discounted groceries and meal plans, according to a news release.

More than $23,000 in free groceries will be given away in the Mid-Atlantic Farmers Feed U.S. sweepstakes, which is open online through April 3. Grand-prize winners will be selected from Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia to win free groceries for a year.   First and second prizes will also be awarded. To enter the sweepstakes, consumers will watch videos featuring farmers from the Mid-Atlantic region. Residents 18 years or older can go to www.FarmersFeedUS.org/ma and select their location, then select one of the farmers listed to access an online entry form.

A Food Lion in Shippensburg, Pa., and a Bloom in Walkersville, Md., are expected to close within 30 days, according to Delhaize America, the supermarket company that owns the grocery chains. The Food Lion at 300 S. Fayette St. in Shippensburg and the Bloom at 8425 Woodsboro Pike in Walkersville were the only two grocery stores in the local Tri-State area on the company's store closings list, which can be found online at www.foodlion.com . No Food Lions in Washington County are closing.