Grocery

LANCASTER — Garrard County has the economic potential to support a medium-sized grocery store and a 40-room hotel, a recently released market study claims. The study, which was commissioned by Garrard County Economic Development Director Nathan Mick at a cost of $6,000, analyzes market demographics, income levels, road systems, tax rates, labor markets and more in determining that Lancaster and the surrounding county could support a grocery store like an E.W. James, IGA or Save-A-Lot, and a hotel at one of two different proposed locations along U.S. 27. The study also claims a number of specific restaurant chains could be viable in the county if someone decided to open one. The feasible restaurants include Reno’s Roadhouse, Huddle House, Pizza Hut and Snappy Tomato Pizza.

LANCASTER - "Women at work" reads the sign on Lynn Lizer's desk. Lizer and friend and co-business owner, Christa Osborne, will work together and open the first grocery store that's been in Garrard County for six months. The target date and place is set for April 1 in Pleasant Retreat Shopping Center, where Bestway Foods used to be located. The women decided in mid-December they wanted to open a grocery. "Locationwise and sizewise it made good sense for us to use it for wholesale," Osborne said.

Dear Editor: I was sorry to read that the Danville Save-a-Lot will be moving from downtown to a new location on Lexington Road. When I moved here in 1989, there were two grocery stores downtown: Slone's and Save-a-Lot. Slone's had a pretty broad selection, with prices a bit higher than Kroger's, while Save-a-Lot had less selection but bargain prices. Now both stores are about to be gone from our downtown, and it's a pity. I live downtown, and when I have only a few items to buy, I enjoy walking to Save-a-Lot to pick them up. The walk is pleasant, it's healthy, and by not driving my car I feel like I'm giving the environment a break.

Dear Editor: There is no longer a grocery store in downtown Danville, Kentucky. In practical terms, this means that the many people living within a mile of the flowers and fountain at Weisiger Park must travel by car to purchase their groceries. Now, in any ordinary definition of a town we associate things like a courthouse, a restaurant, or a service station. We are entitled to say that without such places a town could not be said to exist. This is certainly true for a supermarket: without a supermarket a town is incomplete and ill-defined.

Dear Editor: I want to say thank-you to to Guy Richardson and his wife for the kindness they showed me when I came to Danville in 1980 as a police officer. In those days, I made $3.80 hour as a police officer. The Richardsons were very kind to me so I could get groceries when I did not have the money. They are truly kind people and I have always thought so much of them and their son. I wish for all of them the best. Tom Broach Danville

STANFORD ? The second time proved to be the charm for an Amish businessman with plans to open a salvage grocery business near Crab Orchard. Lincoln Fiscal Court on Tuesday gave final approval to a zone change that will allow Henry Miller to open the business at 1028 Ky. 693, just outside the Crab Orchard city limits. The change moves the property from an agricultural to commercial zone. It was approved by Lincoln County Planning and Zoning earlier this month. Miller initially wanted to open the business ?

A miracle has recently occurred. A couple of weeks ago, my 2-year-old daughter made it through a trip to the grocery store without throwing a single temper tantrum. This was our first tantrum free trip in at least a year and a half. She is my youngest child, as well as my loudest and most vivacious. When she is happy, she lights up a room. When she is mad, you better watch out. She's been known to hurl sippy cups with frightening force and precision accuracy. Apparently, grocery shopping makes her very mad. Maybe you've seen me at the store pushing the cart with one hand and carrying my kicking and screaming toddler in the other.

Grab the grocery list and a yoga mat. Don't forget the canvas shopping bags, although you will be asked "Paper or plastic?" Yoga demonstrations and other examples of healthy lifestyles are all part of sowing some Wild Oats. The grocery chain that touts itself as the place to shop for organically-grown produce and chemical-free beef opened its 101st store Aug. 6 in Lexington Green next to Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Seventy percent of the produce is organic, says store manager Gary Hayes.

LANCASTER - Elation usually is the emotion felt when potential consumers wait outside any store with signs touting "50 percent off all merchandise" posted on the doors and windows. But on Monday morning, as roughly two dozen shoppers waited for Lynco's doors to open, many had a staggeringly different reaction: Tears. Perhaps it was another sign on the door that elicited the surprising response: "Last Chance on Monday. " The store, Lancaster's only full-scale grocery store, closed its doors for the last time Monday.

The Save-A-Lot on Lexington Road will open at 8 a.m. on May 12. The store's downtown location, next to city hall, is owned by the city. The lease isn't up until Sept. 5, and so the city will continue to collect $4,276 in rent until then, but the grocery store tenant will close on May 10. Mayor John W.D. Bowling has said he favors a consultant's suggestion that the Save-A-Lot building be knocked down, a police department be built and city hall remodeled to create a municipal complex.

LANCASTER - Plans to build a 20,000-square-foot Dollar General Market at the old stockyards property on Stanford Street are on indefinite hold, officials said. Kendal Wise, owner of Vantage Engineering in Harrodsburg, said Thursday that Dollar General Market has asked his company to stop surveying and drafting plans for the 3.35-acre site at 303 Stanford St.  Garrard County¿Economic Development Director Nathan Mick had hoped the market would be open by Thanksgiving but confirmed Thursday that the project is halted due to a breakdown in real estate negotiations.

Tips for fine tuning your diet and exercise routine - Planning menus - Plan ahead for the week and write meals down on your calendar to avoid the unwanted fast food calories that can happen on a busy day. - Grocery shopping - Use your planned ahead menus as your grocery shopping list. - Food preparation - Slice up fruit and vegetable snacks that are easy to grab out of the fridge, instead of grabbing a bag of chips. - Eating behaviors - Focus on what you can change easily.  Do you eat out of boredom, or eat just because you are watching your favorite television program?

LANCASTER - By the end of the year, Lancaster residents will likely have a grocery store within walking distance of most houses within the city limits. While the deal has not been finalized, county officials are in negotiations with Dollar General Market to bring a store to the old stockyards property on U.S. 27 south of the Lancaster Public Square, said Garrard County Judge-Executive John Wilson. Dollar General Market has several locations in other parts of Kentucky, including Clinton, Green and Russell counties.

“Oh no,” he groaned, “I forgot my wallet. I don’t have any money with me.” That’s what my husband Gene announced to me after I finally got him out of the car, into a wheelchair in Walmart and I had started down the first aisle to buy all the groceries on my list. To make matters worse, it had started to snow and ice was forming as he groaned. I could’ve killed him! I knew we shouldn’t even be out in that weather, since he was still recouping from surgery to repair a broken femur from a fall in weather exactly like this day. My first thought was to simply put him back in the car and go home before our driveway freezes over, but then I knew we were out of absolutely everything to eat. So I decided to solve the problem exactly the most stupid way. “Look Gene, why don’t I keep shopping while you drive home, get your wallet and come back for me and the groceries!

LANCASTER — Garrard County has the economic potential to support a medium-sized grocery store and a 40-room hotel, a recently released market study claims. The study, which was commissioned by Garrard County Economic Development Director Nathan Mick at a cost of $6,000, analyzes market demographics, income levels, road systems, tax rates, labor markets and more in determining that Lancaster and the surrounding county could support a grocery store like an E.W. James, IGA or Save-A-Lot, and a hotel at one of two different proposed locations along U.S. 27. The study also claims a number of specific restaurant chains could be viable in the county if someone decided to open one. The feasible restaurants include Reno’s Roadhouse, Huddle House, Pizza Hut and Snappy Tomato Pizza.

STANFORD ? Sunday night, two armed robbers were quickly run to ground by Stanford police officers with the help of Lincoln County law enforcement and the department's working dog, Aramis. Around 10 p.m., Stanford Save-a-lot Assistant Manager Carlton Jeffrey was leaving the store with the day's bank deposit when he was confronted by a man wearing a black hoodie with his face concealed by a woman's stocking. The man exhibited what appeared to be a gun and demanded the money. Jeffrey surrendered the money and the robber fled east toward Star Avenue.

Thanksgiving is going to be some kind of holiday at the Doolin household this year. Jenny Doolin racked up $662.66 worth of groceries during a shopping spree Wednesday morning at the Save-A-Lot in Nicholasville that was part of a contest sponsored by Pepsi. Jenny had 90 seconds to run around the store and toss whatever groceries she could find into her red and blue shopping cart. As soon as she heard "go," she bolted for the meat aisle and started grabbing. By the time the 90 seconds ended, she had a cart overflowing with turkeys, hams, steaks, bacon and countless other meats.

STANFORD ? The second time proved to be the charm for an Amish businessman with plans to open a salvage grocery business near Crab Orchard. Lincoln Fiscal Court on Tuesday gave final approval to a zone change that will allow Henry Miller to open the business at 1028 Ky. 693, just outside the Crab Orchard city limits. The change moves the property from an agricultural to commercial zone. It was approved by Lincoln County Planning and Zoning earlier this month. Miller initially wanted to open the business ?

J.C. Young has a lot of kids. Some of them play football, some of them play basketball and some play soccer, but they're still all his kids. As owner of South Main Grocery, Young has been taking care of "his kids" for the past 15 years. When his son, Chris Young, joined the football staff at George Rogers Clark High School, he asked his dad for help in motivating the team, which, at that time, was struggling to win games. "He wanted to know if there was anything I could do," the elder Young said.

Minimum wage workers in Kentucky may smile a little wider when they look at their next paycheck and notice they were paid 70 cents more per hour at their jobs. While the rest of the United States won't see this raise until July 24, the Kentucky General Assembly voted to have the increase, from $6.55 to $7.25, begin earlier and many employees in Jessamine County have already begun to cheer. John Halderman, an employee of Fitch's IGA in Wilmore, said he thinks the increase was a necessary step to help workers combat the pinch they've felt in their pockets since the economy really began its recession in 2008.