Kroger has made a “multimillion-dollar investment” to permanently cut prices on more than 3,000 products in its grocery stores across Memphis and its multistate Delta Division.

Shoppers will be met with oversized signage announcing the price cuts almost anywhere they turn inside Memphis-area Kroger stores. That includes messaging that completely covers the entrances that shoppers walk through at locations like the Kroger at 1675 N. Germantown Parkway, where a bright yellow image of a few grocery items and the announcement “Say Hello To Lower Prices” covers the doors.

2. Retail Workers Feel Disruption From Shifting Shopper Habits - Tuesday, January 9, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) – With new options and conveniences, there's never been a better time for shoppers. As for workers ... well, not always.

The retail industry is being radically reshaped by technology, and nobody feels that disruption more starkly than 16 million American shelf stockers, salespeople, cashiers and others. The shifts are driven, like much in retail, by the Amazon effect – the explosion of online shopping and the related changes in consumer behavior and preferences.

3. Iconic E. Memphis Office Building Sells for $19.7M - Monday, November 6, 2017

Nashville-based Magnolia Capital Investments has purchased the Trustmark Centre located at 5350 Poplar Ave. from Israeli investors, Faropoint Ventures. Faropoint intends to reinvest proceeds from the sale to buy other Memphis properties.

4. Gibson Plans to Sell Downtown Factory, Build a New One - Monday, October 30, 2017

145 Lt. George W. Lee Ave., Memphis, TN 38103: Nashville-based guitar maker Gibson Brands Inc. confirmed Friday, Oct. 20, it is putting its Downtown Memphis factory on the market and plans to build and lease a new facility nearby.

5. Another Round of Premium Hikes: Blame Trump or Obama? - Thursday, May 18, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) – Another year of big premium increases and dwindling choice is looking like a distinct possibility for many consumers who buy their own health insurance – but why, and who's to blame?

6. Plan to Dig Up President Polk's Body – Again – Stirs Trouble - Monday, March 27, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – President James K. Polk did big things for America, dramatically expanding its borders by annexing Texas and seizing California and the Southwest in a war with Mexico. Achieving undisturbed eternal rest has proved more difficult.

7. The World at your Doorstep - Saturday, August 27, 2016

There is nothing you can’t get delivered these days. If you can imagine owning it, it’s only a matter of time before it can be in your possession, brought to your front door within minutes, hours or days from the first moment you even conjured the thought of having it.

8. Pop the Cork - Saturday, June 25, 2016

On Nov. 4, 2014, voters in six of Shelby County’s seven municipalities approved wine sales in food stores effective July 1, 2016. The next day, Josh Hammond, president of Buster’s Liquors & Wines, put the gears in motion to acquire the restaurant adjacent to his Highland Street spirits store.

9. ‘Critical Mass’ - Saturday, June 4, 2016

Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson calls it “a brave new world” after four years of unprecedented changes: the merger and demerger of the county’s public schools systems, the rise of charter schools, the formation of both the state-run Achievement School District and locally run Innovation Zone model, and declining SCS enrollment.

10. SCS Budget Plan Goes To School Board For Vote Monday - Monday, May 16, 2016

Shelby County Schools board members meet Monday, May 16, to vote on a budget proposal that goes to the Shelby County Commission for funding.

The budget proposal up for a vote Monday has $27 million in red ink – the gap between revenues and expenses.

11. Memphis' Grocery Wars - Saturday, December 5, 2015

After Sprouts became one of the newest grocery chains to enter the Memphis market by opening stores in Lakeland and Germantown earlier this year, company spokesman Diego Romero described the chain’s arrival as practically a no-brainer.

12. Tennessee Education Report Card Shows Some Gains For Shelby County Students - Monday, October 26, 2015

The Tennessee Department of Education’s report card for Shelby County Schools showed a slight increase in the graduation rate.

The rate rose to 75 percent in the 2014-15 school year from 74.6 percent the previous year.

13. Williamson County Touts Top School-Testing Outcomes - Saturday, October 11, 2014

A SCORE Prize finalist three years ago, Williamson County Schools is making another strong push for the top district in Tennessee for student learning, based in part on data compiled by the State Collaborative on Reforming Education [SCORE].

14. Maryville City Schools Wants Another Win - Saturday, October 11, 2014

Maryville City Schools doesn’t rest on its laurels.

After being named a finalist three out of four years for the State Collaborative on Reforming Education [SCORE] Prize and winning recognition as the top Tennessee district for student learning in 2011, it could claim another victory this year.

15. Businesses Seek Cure for Health Care Cost Surge - Thursday, August 15, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) – A year ago, Teresa Hartnett was on the verge of expanding her small business. The company had hit $1 million in sales, and requests from clients were flowing in. She planned to transition from nearly 30 freelancers to a full-time staff of 60 by 2014.

16. School Board Looks for Consensus - Tuesday, June 26, 2012

After effectively ruling out Kriner Cash last week as the leader of the consolidated Shelby County school system, school board members now turn to a decision about how to select that superintendent.

17. Privatization Thoughts Highlight Changes - Monday, February 27, 2012

Here’s a roundup of what some of the city’s banks and bankers, investment professionals, mortgage brokers, asset management firms and other financial services shops have been up to in recent weeks.

18. Mercer Capital Promotes Heinz to Senior VP - Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Nicholas J. Heinz has been promoted to senior vice president at Mercer Capital. Heinz joined Mercer Capital in 2000 and is a senior member of the Mercer’s investment banking corporate valuation division.

19. School Board, Congressional Race To Take Center Stage - Monday, April 5, 2010

As voters focus on the May 4 county primaries, the field for the Aug. 5 election is almost set. The filing deadline for candidates was last week. Thursday at noon is the deadline for any candidates to withdraw.

20. Races Open For Two County School Board Seats - Friday, April 2, 2010

The Aug. 5 elections will feature two races for open seats on the Shelby County school board.

At the noon Thursday filing deadline for the four odd-numbered district seats as well as the state and federal primaries, board member Anne Edmiston did not file for another four-year term. Board member Teresa Price had announced earlier that she would not be running either.

21. UPDATE: Two Open County School Board Seats At Filing Deadline - Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Aug. 5 elections will feature two races for open seats on the Shelby County school board.

At the noon Thursday filing deadline for the four odd-numbered district seats as well as the state and federal primaries, board member Anne Edmiston did not file for another four-year term. Board member Teresa Price had announced earlier that she would not be running either.

22. Filing Deadline Hits for August Primaries - Thursday, April 1, 2010

The stage is set for the county’s most anticipated political showdown in the Aug. 5 state and federal primary elections.

Noon today is the deadline for candidates in the primaries, as well as those vying for nonpartisan seats on the Shelby County school board and the three judicial positions, to file their qualifying petitions for the ballot.

23. SCS Superintendent Search Differs From MCS Approach - Monday, March 2, 2009

If one wanted proof of just how different Memphis City Schools are from Shelby County Schools, it could start with the way each school system goes about selecting superintendents.

Each of the school systems has a superintendent appointed by its respective elected school board.

24. Shelby Schools Superintendent Search To Be Limited To West Tenn. - Friday, February 27, 2009

The Shelby County school board will conduct its own search for a new superintendent and it will be a search confined to West Tennessee.

The board voted Thursday evening on a search process the same day that Dr. Bobby Webb announced he would retire as superintendent effective June 30.

25. Shelby Schools Superintendent Search to Be Within West Tenn. - Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Shelby County school board will conduct its own search for a new superintendent and it will be a search confined to West Tennessee.

The board voted Thursday evening on a search process the same day that Dr. Bobby Webb announced he would retire as superintendent effective June 30.

26. County Commission To Fill Vacancy - Monday, February 23, 2009

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners should return to its full complement of 13 members today.

The commission is scheduled to select a replacement for David Lillard, a Republican who resigned from the commission this month following his appointment in January as state treasurer. Whoever wins the appointment will serve the year and a half remaining in Lillard’s four-year term of office.

27. Retailers Amp Up Promotions for Back-to-School - Thursday, August 7, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - Retailers preparing for a difficult back-to-school season are getting creative in their attempts to entice shoppers into the stores - aggressively introducing new products, slashing prices and amping up marketing in the battle for parents' bucks.

28. Get Ready For Calvary & the Arts - Thursday, September 14, 2006

Part-time singer and entertainer Teresa Pate is over the rainbow for Judy Garland. And she intends to put that adulation on display at an intimate concert in November, part of a series that's long been a Downtown Memphis tradition.

29. Archived Article: Calvary (lead) - Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Sherwood Pate, concert manager

Calvary Kicks Off Annual Arts Series

Weekly concerts offer break for Downtown workers

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

With Wednesday afternoons performance by the Tennessee Bolt Smokers bluegrass band, Calvary ...

30. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, June 4, 1997
Dansherryl Chewe has been appointed account executive for Powertel PCS Memphis region Dansherryl Chewe has been appointed account executive for Powertel PCS Memphis region. She previously spent three years as an account executive with Cellular South...