Kroger Customers, Associates Raise $300,000 for Muscular Dystrophy

Kroger’s Atlanta Division customers surpassed the grocer’s $275,000 fundraising goal and donated $300,000 from March 17 through 30 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Kroger’s Atlanta Division customers surpassed the grocer’s $275,000 fundraising goal and donated $300,000 from March 17 through 30 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The annual fundraiser encouraged Kroger customers to purchase $1 or $5 shamrocks to help MDA send young patients to summer camps and provide comprehensive health care, medical equipment, wheelchair repair, support services and clinics to those affected by the 43 different forms of neuromuscular diseases. Kroger-Atlanta Division has supported MDA for the last 13 years. The funds raised through the annual campaign go towards research and local support programs including summer camp for kids with Muscular Dystrophy. “Kroger remains one of the largest supporters …

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Kroger Customers Support MDA's Shamrocks Program

Paulding County Kroger stores will spread the luck of the Irish by participating in the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Shamrocks program from now through March 30.

Atlanta Division Kroger stores, including those in the Paulding County area, will spread the luck of the Irish by participating in the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Shamrocks program from now through March 30. Kroger customers and associates can show their support for MDA by purchasing and signing $1 green and $5 gold mobiles at any of the 213 stores in the Kroger Atlanta Division.  The mobiles are displayed on ceilings and walls, helping to decorate stores and create a St. Patrick’s Day atmosphere in support of the annual fundraising campaign to benefit individuals and families affected by muscle disease. “Each year, the Muscular Dystrophy Association gives more than 1 million Americans affected by muscle disease hope by funding …

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Need Work? Head to Cobb Wednesday, Thursday

Officials from the Georgia Department of Labor’s Marietta office will be helping two companies fill jobs this week.

The Georgia Department of Labor will help RGIS Inventory Service and a Kroger grocery store fill about 20 jobs in Cobb County this week. On Wednesday, RGIS, an inventory and data collection agency, will be recruiting 10 part-time inventory takers. The recruitment will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the GDOL’s Cobb-Cherokee Career Center, 465 Big Shanty Road in Marietta. Applicants must have a résumé, be at least 18 years old, able to travel and stay overnight, and use a calculator or 10-key audit to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure with whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Prior to the interview, applicants should apply online at www.rgis.com then enter keyword 316. Salaries are $8 to $12.50 an hour, …

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Talenti Gelato Plant, 100 Jobs Coming to Marietta

Talenti plans to relocate its primary production headquarters to the Marietta Industrial Park and begin production later this year.

Morton Wins Bagging Competition

The Kroger associate will move on to represent the grocery store in the Georgia Food Industry Association Competition.

A Kroger associate from Dallas won the store's state-wide "Bag-Off" competition, securing his spot to represent the grocer next month in the Georgia Food Industry Association’s “Bag-Off” competition. Alex Morton competed against nine coworkers for the chance to represent Kroger. Coming in second was Troy Yearby of Athens, and third place finalist was J.D. Straight of Cumming. All three finalists will receive scholarships. "We were extremely impressed with the competition at this year’s 'Bag-Off,'" says Glynn Jenkins, director of communications and public relations for Kroger's Atlanta Division. "Troy, J.D. and all of the competitors had exceptional talent, and we look forward to cheering on Alex at the Georgia Food Industry Association's …

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Free Chips at Kroger on Friday

A free bag of chips in one of several varieties could be yours.

Kroger is giving away free sample bags of "the biggest, boldest, most-flavorful Frito-Lay products to hit store shelves in recent months" on Friday. Frito-Lay is partnering with the grocery chain to hand out more than two million bags of Doritos and Ruffles nationwide as part of "Free Flavor Friday." Chips that customers will get to choose from include Doritos Jacked, which are 40 percent bigger than regular Doritos and come in Enchilada Supreme and Smoky Chipotle BBQ flavors; and the newest Ruffles flavors that are inspired by guys’ favorite foods, such as BBQ ribs and loaded bacon and cheddar potato skins. Among participating stores at the Kroger locations on Nathan Dean Boulevard and Dallas Acworth Highway. Other stores participating in…

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Academy Sports Gearing Up for Friday Opening

The new sports store in Hiram won’t have a grand opening event on its first day of operations, but the first customers at the door are set to walk away with a freebie.

Passers-by have seen the sign for weeks, but on Friday, they’ll finally get to walk through the doors of Paulding’s newest sporting goods store, Academy Sports + Outdoors. This will be the 142nd store for the Texas-based company and its seventh in Georgia, according to a news release from the company. The Hiram store will be Academy’s fourth metro Atlanta-area location, with all four beginning operations within the previous year. McDonough was the first in the metro area to welcome Academy, followed by Snellville and Cumming. The new store’s doors will open to the public at 8 a.m., with the first 70 customers in line receiving a free 20-inch youth Huffy bike. The opening comes more than a year after another store closed down at the same …

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Douglasville Man Awarded $2.3M in Lawsuit Against Kroger

A Gwinnett County judge determined that Kroger destroyed and manipulated evidence in a fall by Craig Walters.

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What Should Go Here?

With Food Lion departing, we ask you what you’d like to see take the place of the grocer.

Our newest column, Fill in the Blank, is where we show you a vacant building or soon-to-be-vacant building in Dallas or Hiram, and you tell us what type of establishment you'd like to see move in. Simple, right? So without further ado: With the Dallas Food Lion closing, what would you like to see replace the departing grocery store? Does the area need a grocery store, or would you prefer that something else replace it? We’ll also use the Fill in the Blank column to report on previously reported empty storefronts should there be news on potential businesses moving in. Let us know if you get wind of any talk of new business coming to town and we’ll look into it—that’s how we heard last year about Academy Sports’ plans to build in Hiram …

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New Businesses To Shape Paulding’s 2012

We’ve picked five stories we believe were the top business headlines of the past year. Did we miss your favorite stories or news on an issue important to you? Share your thoughts in the comments.

Paulding residents saw the business landscape change over the past year, as well as one industry that put Dallas and Hiram in front of millions. Here are five business stories that impacted the county in 2011 and could continue to do so in 2012 and beyond. Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger Company in January announced plans to close its Hiram location on Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway. Paulding residents saw the store close its doors just over a month later. The question about who would occupy the old Kroger site in Hiram were answered in June when Paulding County officials revealed Academy Sports and Outdoors was working on plans for a new store at the location. Construction continues on the sports store, with a 2012 opening expected. Local leaders…

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