
As well as being the largest Kroger in Virginia at approximately 92,000 square feet, the store has bells and whistles that make it a showcase in the company’s Mid-Atlantic division, company officials say. It replaces another Short Pump-area Kroger, a 52,000-square-foot store that was scheduled to close at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The new store increases the number of employees to 300, up from 120 at the former store. The
upgrade appears to be aimed at helping Kroger stand out in Short Pump's competitive grocery market. Read full story


If wine bottles came with an instruction book, one caveat under Care and Maintenance would be printed in large, underscored, bold type: Do not heat. Then there’s Madeira. In the 1600s, ships from the East Indies stopped at Madeira, a small island southwest of Portugal. A volcanic oasis in the trade winds between Europe and America, Madeira was the last stop for ships headed west across the Atlantic. Vessels loaded with wine casks found that Read full story