Oceanside Firefighters Make Quick Work Of Strip Mall Blaze Jul 19, 2008
Neighboring businesses, including a Vons supermarket, were evacuated. There were no reports of injuries, according to officials. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Fallen: Green Beret known for athleticism Jul 2, 2008
Treber worked for a while at a Vons supermarket in Imperial Beach. Three years ago, he decided to join the Army. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Volunteers make river cleanup project work Jun 11, 2008
Vons supermarket on Blackstone Avenue provided sandwiches and bottled water for two cleanup days. The U.S. Department of Fish and Game provided a flatbed truck to haul large trash items away. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The Palms is changing, not closing Apr 11, 2008
Those who prefer to keep those wallets shut should head to the new Robeks Juice at Fowler and Ashlan avenues in Clovis (near the Vons supermarket). To celebrate last week's opening, the shop is giving away free 12-ounce smoothies 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Michael Jackson and his family all running out of money Mar 26, 2008
Marlon Jackson, 51 Lives in San Diego, where he works stocking groceries at a Vons supermarket. He fell on hard times three years ago when he was forced to leave his foreclosed home and move into an Extended Stay America hotel with his wife, Carol. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Consumers cut back on small pleasures Feb 28, 2008
79 for each one at his gym, slightly less at his neighborhood Vons supermarket. Jepson ate an energy bar before working out five days a week. (USA Today -- Money)
Fresh & Easy takes on the bigger supermarkets Jan 20, 2008
3 cents an ounce at the Fresh in Vista, versus 17 cents at a Vons supermarket on South Santa Fe Avenue ... On Tuesday morning, several items were cheaper at the month-old Fresh on East Vista Way, compared with the nearby Vons supermarket on South Santa Fe Avenue. (North County Times)
Man who shoots at security guard arrested Jan 12, 2008
The guard, who works at a Vons supermarket strip mall on Mission Gorge Road in Grantville next to the hospital on Zion Avenue, was not injured. Police said that on Thursday, the guard asked the Kaiser worker to not park in a small lot directly behind the strip mall. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Storms bear down on California, could trigger slides, flooding Jan 4, 2008
In the eastern Sierra ski town of Mammoth Lakes, resident Barbara Sholle went to the local Vons supermarket after receiving a call from the town's reverse-911 system. She waited an hour to pay for her groceries amid a crush of residents. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Holiday desserts no pie in the sky Dec 26, 2007
At Vons supermarket, at 729 North H St., bakery manager Sandy Robertson has lost count of how many pies her store has sold. I'd say a couple thousand. (Lompoc Record, CA)
New grocery contract gives workers back some benefits Jul 24, 2007
Local grocery store workers expressed relief Monday after Sunday's union vote to approve a new contract with Ralphs, Albertsons and Vons supermarket chains, averting a repeat of the costly strike and lockout of 2003-04. "I went through the first strike -- I'm so happy we're not going to have to deal with that again," said Nicholas Vieaux, a delicatessen counter employer at the Vons supermarket at Felicita Avenue and Centre City Parkway. (North County Times)
Labor & your groceries: It all comes down to consumer choice Jun 17, 2007
A striker yells at a Vons Supermarket customer outside the Vons Supermarket in Carlsbad during the 2003 strike. North County Times File Photo. (North County Times)
Strike still possible by SoCal grocery workers Jun 3, 2007
But a spokesman said today there's no agreement with the Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons supermarket chains. In fact, the president of the union local says the markets have proposed "an unacceptable scheme" that would bankrupt the workers' health care fund. (KRNV.com, NV)
No Agreement Yet In Supermarket Negotiations Jun 3, 2007
Both sides were guarded in their comments, but one person close to the talks told the Los Angeles Times that "we are closer than the rhetoric would lead one to believe." But a union spokesman Saturday insisted "there is no agreement...period" between the Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons supermarket chains and their 65,000 union members. Mike Shimpock, spokesman for the Unified Food and Commercial Workers, said "employers continue to insist on dangerously under-funding the proposed health care plan"... (CBS2.com, CA)
Cops: Elderly Woman Victim Of Scam Jun 2, 2007
It began with the report of an alleged kidnapping of an elderly woman from the parking lot of a Vons supermarket Friday afternoon. The woman, identified as Betty Warren, told NBC 7/39 she was approached by a man, who told her there was something wrong with the wheel of her 1965 Ford Mustang. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Diabetics need more than a shot May 7, 2007
From his home in Valencia, it's walking distance to both a Whole Foods and a Vons supermarket. He exercises daily lifting weights in his condo's workout room or jogging through safe, quiet, meandering streets. (Los Angeles Times)
Most stores complying with city's shopping cart crackdown Feb 25, 2007
At the city yard, green shopping carts from Ralphs supermarket and Dollar Tree, red carts from Staples, Circuit City and Office Depot, a few purple Party City carts, gray Wal-Mart carts, and brown ones from Vons supermarket all could be seen. Some of the shopping carts looked like they had just rolled out of a store parking lot, such as one Vons cart that was complete with a colorful advertisement for organic foods and a black cup holder. (North County Times)
Prices soar for California citrus after temperatures plummet Jan 18, 2007
Shopper Lindsay Beamish, 29, was surprised to see a 10-pound bag of oranges selling for $10 at a Vons supermarket in Pasadena. I might just have to get 10 pounds worth because that's not going to last, she said of the price. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Cold Ruins Nearly $1B of Calif. Citrus Jan 17, 2007
"California is the nation's No. 1 producer of fresh citrus, growing about 86 percent of lemons and 21 percent of oranges sold in the U.S., according to the California Farm Bureau. Florida produces more citrus overall - about 55 percent of the nation's total, according to the USDA - but most of that state's oranges are processed for juice.More than 70 percent of this season's oranges, lemons and tangerines - nearly $1 billion worth of fruit - were still on the trees as nighttime temperatures in... (The Morning Star)
