Three decades ago, seven grocers dominated the Richmond supermarket scene. All are gone today except for Food Lion, which entered the Richmond market in 1983. Here's what's happened to the others: Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. Exterior of ther Ukrop…

About this series This story is the latest installment of RVA100, our series that highlights the people, places and objects that define the Richmond region. We’re exploring hidden histories and colorful backstories. Some will be familiar. Others you may …

11/6/1987: Ukrop's lands in East End The 19th and largest store in the Ukrop's Super Markets Inc. chain, and the company's first store in the eastern Richmond area, is getting ready to open Tuesday at Laburnum Park Shopping Center on …

A themed-restaurant chain with only 22 other outlets, Rainforest Cafe features an elaborate rain forest decor complete with periodic bouts of simulated thunder, lightning and rainstorms. It's stocked with both live and animated animals, whopper …

Ukrop's Homestyle Foods is recalling six Green Salads and Chicken Caesar Wrap citing choking risk due to the possible presence of hard plastic, the U.S Food and Drug Administration said. The recall involves 12.6 oz Chef Salad with UPC 72251525049, 10.0 …

Ukrop's Homestyle Foods is recalling six Green Salads and Chicken Caesar Wrap citing choking risk due to the possible presence of hard plastic, the U.S Food and Drug Administration said. The recall involves 12.6 oz Chef Salad with UPC 72251525049, 10.0 …

How well do you know your grocery store house brands? In a competitive grocery market, retailers are turning to store brands, also called private label brands, to help boost their bottom lines. One result: store brands have fancier packaging and are better …

ROANOKE, Va. - First Watch restaurant on Franklin Road, next to the old Ukrop's grocery store, has no trouble staying busy. "We definitely draw in a particular crowd, mainly the elderly, who come in here after some appointment that they've had …

Virginia consumer sentiment rose substantially over the summer, according to a quarterly survey by Roanoke College that also shows much higher public expectations for inflation to subside and prices to fall. The Virginia Consumer Spending Report released …

The residents of the historically Black community of Brown Grove in Hanover say they’re not giving up. The cohort of neighbors is now four years into a legal fight against Wegmans Food Markets, and the county, over the approval of a distribution center at …