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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Gleaners Teams Up with Kroger to Raise Funds, Donations

Hope at the Table volunteers will gather monetary and food donations at the Brighton Kroger Saturday, Jan. 26.

This month, Gleaners Community Food Bank and Kroger are working together to bring hope to the tables of hungry southeast Michiganders. Each Saturday in January, volunteers will spend their day at local Kroger grocery stores across southeast Michigan, handing out information about the Bringing Hope to the Table initiative, as well as accepting donations of nonperishable food and money from shoppers. Volunteers will be out at the Brighton Kroger stores on Saturday, Jan. 26, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., in addition to other locations in Livingston County. The Brighton Kroger store is located at 9968 E. Grand River. Volunteers for Bringing Hope to the Table will be in Macomb County on Jan. 12, Oakland County on Jan. 19, and Livingston and Monroe …

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Kroger Launches Breast Cancer Campaign

All store donations will benefit the American Cancer Society and Karmanos Cancer Institute.

Kroger customers can help fight breast cancer on behalf of a special person during Kroger’s autumn breast cancer campaign, which has already begun and will go through the end of October. Customers may purchase a pink ribbon for $1 at any Kroger register and all proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. Customers also can help by making a coin box donation to benefit breast cancer awareness and research. You can donate at the Brighton Kroger located on Grand River Avenue. All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. Located in Detroit, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute is one of 41 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the United States…

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Check Your Refrigerator Shelves for Recalled Kroger Spinach

The grocery store chain asks customers in 15 states to return the product, because of possible listeria contamination.

The Kroger Co. is asking all Michigan customers, and those in 14 other states, to check their refrigerators for certain Kroger Fresh Selections Tender Spinach 10-ounce packages, which are being recalled due to possible listeria monocytogenes contamination. Pregnant women or people with weakened immune systems could suffer severe illness after eating listeria monocytogenes. According to an alert issued by the Food and Drug Administration, the product is supplied by NewStar Fresh Foods LLC, has UPC code 0001111091649 and a "best if used by" date of Sept. 16. Any opened or unopened products should not be consumed and should be returned by customers to their local Kroger store for a full refund or replacement. Other states included in the …

Monday, September 10, 2012

Brighton City Council Gives Nod to Business Site Plans

At its meeting Thursday night, the Brighton City Council approved site plans for a mall driveway gate, a Kroger gas station and facade upgrades to a downtown pub.

Council approved a site plan amendment requested by the Brighton Area Fire Department requiring Brookside Mall on West Grand River to install a gate with a Knox lock, to which the department would have a master key, allowing quick access to the adjacent Taco Bell property in the event of an emergency. Fire Chief Michael O'Brian said in a letter that his department and other emergency responders require a secondary access point besides the Taco Bell driveway on Grand River, according to the rules established by the International Fire Code.   The mall's owners had wanted the driveway access from Taco Bell closed, saying that customers of the fast food restaurant sometimes drop trash in their driveway and the Taco Bell food delivery trucks …

Chuck

1:48 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012

Regarding the gas station, was it disclosed that it will be directly next to and only across O'Doherty street from the Citgo gas station ? Seems a waste to have two stations so close on the same side of Grand River   more ›

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Got Michigan? Kroger Joins with Pure Michigan to Push Local Groceries

Through television commercials and in-store promotions, Kroger is bringing Michigan Made products to the forefront of its shelves in response to consumer demand for local products.

Visit the dairy case at any Kroger store in the state and you’ll see the first feature of the company’s partnership with Pure Michigan to promote locally raised and made foods. Kroger brand milk is the star of the newest Pure Michigan television commercial and the first consumer packaged good to be featured in the state’s iconic advertising campaign. As Kroger customer communications representative, Dave Hollandsworth, explains, there are three components to the new campaign: promote local brands through Pure Michigan, work with Michigan State University’s Product Center to bring smaller brands to Kroger shelves and clearly identify those products that are “Michigan Made" throughout the store. “In some cases, I have felt almost a militant …

Monday, January 30, 2012

Kroger Recalls Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes

Kroger is recalling Aunt Jemima frozen pancakes for because they may contain soy. The supermarket chain is also making automated phone calls to inform customers about the recall.

Kroger stores are recalling certain Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes because they may contain soy protein. According to a release from Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, the parent company for Aunt Jemima, people who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy protein may run the risk of an allergic reaction if they consume this product. Pinnacle issued the voluntary recall after it discovered "there may have been a potential cross-contact with product that contained soy protein being produced on the same equipment" according to the release. The company has no reports of illness, and the Food and Drug Administration has been made aware of this recall. According to Pinnacle, this recall applies to Aunt Jemima Frozen Panckes in  cardboard cartons with …

Friday, September 9, 2011

Police Seek Help Identifying Suspect

Michigan State Police are looking for a woman, believed to have taken money from another woman's account at the Brighton Kroger ATM on Aug. 28.

The Michigan State Police are asking for help identifying a suspect who is believed to have withdrawn money from another woman's bank account at the Brighton Kroger ATM, the Livingston Daily reported Friday. Police said a Wayne County woman visiting the Brighton area, used the ATM, was in a hurry and walked away from the machine without exiting her account and taking her card. Michigan State Police Trooper Investigator Jeff Frazier of the Brighton post told Brighton Patch that's when a second woman walking by, went up to the ATM machine and withdrew money using the victim's debit card. A picture of the woman was taken from a camera in the ATM machine. There is currently no reward being offered. If anybody has information regarding the …

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