The Safeway at 1335 Webster St., San Francisco, plans to close in March. Google Street View The Safeway in San Francisco’s Fillmore District — the only major grocery store in the neighborhood — is slated to close in March, a Safeway spokesperson told SFGATE in a statement on Thursday. Safeway has agreed to sell 3.68 acres of … Read more
File — A Bay Area baking company is being sued by the maker of the popular Brazilian cheese bread sold at Trader Joe’s. Diane Macdonald/Moment Editorial/Getty Images A Bay Area bakery has been accused in a new lawsuit of illicitly collecting trade secrets from a rival company in order to try to secure a sought-after … Read more
Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels plans to open its new Santa Clara location this week. Lydia Daniller/Courtesy of Boichik Bagels Santa Clara’s long-awaited location of Boichik Bagels is finally expected to open on Dec. 7, owner Emily Winston announced on Instagram. Winston first announced her popular Berkeley bagel business would be opening a bagel shop at 2050 … Read more
In a recent Trader Joe’s podcast, hosts Tara Miller and Matt Sloan revealed that this season there are a whopping 469 winter-themed products on the store’s shelves. Last year, there were 473 items to hit the aisles. Members of an official holiday tasting panel don ugly sweaters and begin tasting and choosing as early as … Read more
