| Whole Foods Market Moving Into Town
Whole Foods Market, an international retailer of natural and organic foods, signed a lease agreement with a Norwalk developer to open up shop at the former Handy & Harman factory. Handy & Harman, which operated in Fairfield for 87 years as a precious metals manufacturer at 1770 Kings Highway, announced it was shutting down in the summer of 2002 due to poor business and finances. In 2004, the company sold its 10.7-acre property to Summit Development for $8 million. The defunct factory was demolished two years ago. Summit Developers Director of Development Laura Woznitski confirmed that a lease agreement was signed early last week. "We are very excited about Whole Foods as a tenant, they have a wonderful reputation and we're excited about the level of quality they will bring as a tenant," Woznitski said.
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Taking Stock is Business reporter Sue Stock's online discussion of local retail events, deals, coupons and more. We run edited excerpts from that blog in Work & Money on the first Sunday of each month.To read her full report, ask Sue a question or give her a tip, visit blogs.newsobserver.com/takingstock/.HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR COFFEE?So here's a random thought for today: I drove by a billboard for McDonald's that showed a cup of coffee and said "Let us add the cream and sugar." Sure enough, when I went through the drive-through and ordered a cup with cream, the cream had already been added when I received my coffee a few minutes later.For the record, my coffee was fine. But I'm not sure I like this policy. I understand it might be convenient for people headed through the drive-through, but I'm not sure I want someone else's hands adding anything to my coffee.
Food co-op may expand Downtown store plans meeting Tuesday
A food cooperative in downtown Kent could be expanding soon to offer a wider selection to downtown employees and residents. The Kent Natural Foods cooperative is holding a meeting for employees and members Tuesday night at the store, 151 E. Main St., to discuss the needs of the community and a possible increase in the store's retail space. Cindy Bissell, the store's co-manager, said the cooperative is working on business proposals so it can apply for grants with the city of Kent and the state to help pay for some of the work. "One of the things we'd like to have is start with a juice bar and then maybe expand to a deli," Bissell said. Right now the store is looking to remodel with the possibility of augmenting its existing products.
State-of-the-art ticketing system at Lahore station
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways first modern reservation centre is expected to start operating in April at the Lahore railway station, Daily Times learnt on Friday.
PR general manager (Operations), Asad Saeed, said that the online reservation system would be equipped with modern facilities including an e-ticketing system, payment through credit/debit cards, and early return reservations. He said that the reservation centre would cost an estimated Rs 5 million. The PR authorities have decided to construct the centre at the Musafar Khana (passengers lounge) currently used for the booking of passengers travelling to India.
Two PR reservation centres are currently functioning at the PR Headquarters and the Lahore Railway Station. The PR authorities have now decided to set up an online reservation system.
What you need to know about the Humane Society
Meet Moon Shadow, a shorthaired black cat (number 0605A134) avaiable for adoption at the Butte Humane Society. A male, Moon Shadow has a black coat and is neutered. He is delcawed so he needs to live indoors. The society is located at 2579 Fair St. in Chico. <p class='dotPhoto'>All Chico E-R photos are available <a href='http://chicoer.mycapture.com/'>here</a>.</p> .
Lifestyle: The Karaoke Express
Throw a stone in Beijing, Hong Kong or Taipei and chances are it will land on a group of karaoke-mad Chinese, attached--umbilical cord-like--to a microphone and a TV screen. The Chinese-speaking world has fervently embraced what was originally a Japanese invention as its own. Osaka businessman and part-time drummer Inoue Daisuke could not have known that his humble 1971 karaoke machine, essentially a microphone rigged to a minus-one tape, would mushroom into middle-class pleasure palaces of entertainment, food and socialising all over East Asia and especially China. There are some 100,000 karaoke bars in China--10 times more than the number of cinemas across the country. Half of the country's adult population patronise karaoke or KTV joints regularly, warbling in their best affectation of their favourite pop stars in the sound-proofed bliss of private rooms.
Local author lauds Jewish women in new book
Debby Flancbaum, whose book "The Jewish Woman Next Door: Repairing the World One Step at a Time" (Urim Publications, 2007) will be out in time for Passover, can still picture the pivotal moment when the idea for her project took hold. It was 1999, and Flancbaum was becoming angrier and angrier as she observed her daughter, then 15, laughing at an episode of "The Nanny" on television. (The title character was portrayed as a gold-digging Jewish employee of a widowed WASP millionaire clearly smitten by her Yiddishisms.) "I thought, What message is she getting from this?" recalled Flancbaum, a Teaneck resident who lived in Albany at the time. "I had never written before in my life, but just decided to write about real Jewish women. I decided to start with my own grandmother because it was something I knew about." Flancbaum submitted her essay to Olam Magazine, a supplement to The New York Times, which, to her surprise and delight, published it.
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