grocery stores

Connecticut’s major grocery store chains are starting to see some improvement. We went to several stores to see what the shelves are looking like and when we could start to see the supply return to normal levels.

Groceries can be expensive, but they don’t have to eat up your whole budget. Here are three ways to save big at the supermarket.

A very popular grocery store is finally coming to the state, and CT residents are getting ready for the new addition.

Shortages at U.S. grocery stores have grown more acute in recent weeks

The Crown Market is a locally owned supermarket in West Hartford.

Walmart will be open on Easter, but Target will be closed — drugstores such as CVS and Walgreens will stay open for all your needs.

Governor Lamont and the acting public health commissioner released an updated timeline of who will be eligible next to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and essential workers will no longer get priority, as state leaders had previously planned. Those essential workers would have included grocery store employees. “It’s a bit of a bummer. My employees, they’re on the front end...

The governor released a new timeline on who can get a COVID-19 vaccine when and grocery store workers will have to wait to get vaccinated.

As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic’s front-line workers.

Package store owners say allowing grocery stores to sell wine could significantly cut into their bottom line.

The data shows at least 854 supermarket workers in LA County alone have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last two months.

Key Food Supermarket, a new full-service supermarket, opened in Hartford’s Parkville neighborhood. It is just north of Pope Park, an area of the city with few grocery options. “We’re happy to be here and we’re happy to offer our services to the community,” said Jeffrey Perez, the co-owner Key Food Supermarket. Inside the 18,900 square-foot store customers can find...

Looking back at empty store shelves from March is a haunting memory heading into Halloween weekend. “Very, very early, I want to say it was about seven months ago, I went to the store and couldn’t find diapers for my daughter,” said John H. Anderson III from Wallingford. It was a frustrating time at the start of the pandemic...

Industry experts say it is unlikley that we will see a repeat of the start of the pandemice, when many store shelves were bare.

As consumer shopping habits change, America’s shopping malls have anointed many saviors: food halls, movie theaters, gyms. Grocery stores could be next on the list.  Simon Property Group, the largest mall owner in the U.S., hinted at the idea on an earnings call Monday evening. The comments came on the heels of a report that said Amazon was in talks with Simon to...

There’s a new shortage in the U.S. caused by the coronavirus pandemic — and it’s not a paper product or food staple. Coins are currently hard to come by and, as a result, some grocery stores, banks and restaurants may not be able to provide you with change.  Kroger, one of the largest grocery chains in the nation, announced this week...

As if trips to the grocery store weren’t nerve-racking enough, U.S. shoppers lately have seen the costs of meat, eggs and even potatoes soar as the coronavirus has disrupted processing plants and distribution networks.

For many U.S. shoppers, the coronavirus pandemic was the push they needed to stock their pantries by browsing online instead of store aisles. If the online shopping habit sticks — even for a percentage of the new or more frequent customers — it could represent a meaningful shift in an industry that’s been slow to go digital. Only about 3% or...

Supporting agriculture in the community has led many residents to turn their support to farms during this pandemic

The union representing grocery store employees are pushing the state and federal government to reclassify them as emergency workers, which would open access to benefits like subsidized day care and enhanced medical insurance