Gilbert resident Nancy Kolowitz sympathizes with Fry's and Safeway workers who could be on strike soon if negotiations fail between their union and employers.

Arizona consumers are benefitting from having a lot of grocery stores competing for their business.

A grocery chain planning an Arizona expansion is continuing to sign leases for massive stores across the Valley even as the company says it's not sure when or where it will open shops.

Fresh & Easy, 10781 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., just a block north of Shea Boulevard, is finally open for business.

An East Valley power couple has turned a love of the unusual into an expanding and successful business. And one only has to look at the huge bronze bathtub sitting at the end of a display aisle to know that Razmataz is a different kind of store.

An East Valley power couple has turned a love of the unusual into an expanding and successful business. And one only has to look at the huge bronze bathtub sitting at the end of a display aisle to know that Razmataz is a different kind of store.

Southern California members of the striking United Food and Commercial Workers union brought their fight to Arizona on Thursday, urging Valley consumers to boycott Albertson’s stores until the California labor dispute is settled.

A strike at Valley Fry’s and Safeway supermarkets has been averted, at least for now.

The Valley's hotly competitive supermarket industry will heat up even more as the warehouse chain WinCo is preparing to open at least two East Valley stores.

A battle royal involving two of the world’s largest retailers is about to unfold right here in the East Valley.

There's no one item to blame it on. But Arizonans are paying slightly more to put dinner on the table now than they were three months earlier - and a lot more than the same time last year.

Food and fuel prices have been rising this summer along with the heat. Sheila Mullins, a single mom in Mesa, said she’s noticed a spike in milk prices.

A subtle change is occurring at Wal-Mart's four Marketside grocery stores, which the company is testing with Arizona shoppers.

The chance to ring, pay and bag your own purchases has captivated consumers Valleywide, while stores continue to add more self-checkouts than ever before.

Bags of Taqueria tortilla chips sit at eye level. Brightly packaged boxes of Gerber baby food and Atkins lowcarbohydrate cake mixes are placed neatly on a shelf just below in an attractive, end-ofaisle, new-products display at the local Jewel Foods store.

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. 

Starting in June, Bashas’ customers can no longer order groceries online or over the telephone. Company officials said Friday that they will eliminate the approximately 10-year-old home-delivery service because it is no longer cost-effective.

The express lane is the linea rapida. Coke comes in glass bottles. Jalapeños are 99 cents a can and green chilies are on special up front for 79 cents a pound.

Bashas’ is closing a store in Tempe that’s no longer profitable and is facing an expiring lease. The store at the northeast corner of McClintock Drive and Southern Avenue will close Aug. 30, spokeswoman Kristy Nied said.

Pro's Ranch Markets said it will hold a job fair April 9 and 10 to fill 400 positions at a new upscale Hispanic grocery store the company plans to open at Southern Avenue and Stapley Drive in Mesa.

In about a week, workers at Fry's and Safeway in Arizona could be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and bagging groceries.

A California-based operator of Hispanic-themed grocery stores will be hiring more than 400 employees to run a new supermarket that will open in Mesa in late April.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons LLC will close its online grocery delivery services in San Francisco, Sacramento, Dallas-Fort Worth and Phoenix on July 21, a company official said.