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Osakis welcomes new grocery store

May 16, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press

There’s been a whole lot of buzz and excitement and now it’s official Osakis Family Foods opened for business on May 16.
Heath and Cindy Peterson recently bought the former grocery store in Osakis. Continue Reading

Grocery store opening again in Osakis

April 16, 2013 in Alexandria Echo Press

The Osakis community will once again be served by a local grocery store.
Last week, Heath and Cindy Peterson of Frazee signed a purchase agreement to buy the former Jim’s Home Quality Foods store in Osakis. Continue Reading

North Dakota’s growing grocer, Hugo’s, adds Minn. store, plans new location in Grand Forks

November 30, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS Grand Forks’ dominant grocery chain is adding its fourth store in Minnesota and developing plans for its fifth store in Grand Forks. Continue Reading

Farm group offers chance at $500 in free groceries

September 8, 2012 in The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS South Dakota Farm Families is offering the chance for South Dakota residents to register to win a $500 grocery gift card to purchase their favorite foods for fall barbecues and tailgate parties.
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The cost of putting food on the table

September 1, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

The banana could be considered a minor miracle of global trade.
Every day of the year, even in winter, a shopper in Grand Forks can purchase fruit grown in the tropics and shipped thousands of miles to be sold during short period before it turns black, at a price, as of last month, of 58 cents per pound. Continue Reading

The cost of putting food on the table

September 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The banana could be considered a minor miracle of global trade. Every day of the year, even in winter, a shopper in Grand Forks can purchase fruit grown in the tropics and shipped thousands of miles to be sold during short period before it turns black, at a price, as of last month, of 58 cents per pound. Continue Reading

Leevers buys Wally’s in Devils Lake

April 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Leevers Foods is buying Wally’s Supermarket in Devils Lake. Leevers, which originated in Devils Lake and already owns Leevers County Market in the city, is buying the community’s only other supermarket from Nash Finch Co., which had purchased Wally’s late last year. Continue Reading

AREAVOICES: Tips to help save on groceries

January 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

One of the largest expense categories in most budgets is dedicated to groceries and dining out. Continue Reading

Kraft Foods plans to split into 2 companies

August 4, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Kraft Foods Inc. said today that it plans to split into two publicly traded companies, with one concentrating on its snack business like Oreo cookies and Trident gum while the other focuses on the North American grocery business, which includes Kraft cheese and Maxwell House coffee. Continue Reading

VIDEOS: Follow dairy delivery across floodwaters to only Oslo, Minn., grocery

April 24, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

With Oslo, Minn., surrounded by floodwaters, Kosmatka’s grocery – the only one on the flood-created “island” — requires an unusual delivery. Join a delivery of dairy products to Oslo this past week, captured on video.
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