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All the seafood sold at Giant Food’s in-store service counters is now 100 percent sustainably sourced, the grocer announced today.

Seafood sold under Giant’s Nature’s Promise and Own Brand also is all sustainably sourced, including frozen shrimp and canned tuna, Giant said.

The grocer said it offers…

Whole Foods Market plans to offer dozens of new kosher and Passover products this month.

New items offered by Kedem Food Products, a Bayonne, N.J.-based manufacturer and distributor, include the first-ever Kosher for Passover fair trade coffee; salted, chocolate-drizzled coconut macaroons; and…

Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General is accusing Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. in a lawsuit of conspiring with retailers to set a higher minimum price for contact lenses.

The civil lawsuit, filed by the AG’s antitrust division, says the nation’s largest maker of contact lenses violated…

Ulta Beauty is opening in Eldersburg on Friday.

The store at Eldersburg Commons will offer 20,000 products across 500 brands and a full-service salon.

Ulta runs 860 stores in 48 states, including nine in the Baltimore area.

The first 100 customers in the new store at 6400 A Ridge Road on each of…

Shoppers at Aldi can pay with a credit card, starting today.

The fast-growing discount grocer, which has accepted only cash or debit cards, said it’s making the change as the company expands product lines and moves into new markets.

“The way we do business will continue to evolve as well,” Jason…

Giant Food is re-freshing its Nature’s Promise brand, labeling the line’s natural products “Free from” to clearly show the absence of artificial ingredients, the grocer announced.

The retailer introduced Nature’s Promise, which also includes USDA-certified organic products, in 2004.

“Customers…

Nearly half the taxpayers who expect a refund plan to save it, instead of spending it right away.

That’s a finding from the National Retail Federation’s annual Tax Returns Survey.

Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed for the retail trade group by Prosper Insights and Analytics expect a refund.

The…

Perdue said Friday that it plans to use birds raised without antibiotics for all of its prepared chicken products, such as chicken nuggets, as well as a line of foodservice turkey items, continuing a move away from drugged animals the Maryland company has been pursuing for several years.

About…

A new women’s boutique will open in Green Spring Station in April, replacing a shop that has been there for 36 years, one of the center’s owners said Monday.

Carole Halverstadt, the longtime owner of Craft Concepts, is closing the store at the end of February. Boutique W., which purchased the business,…

From a small workshop in Severn, Bryan and Lynn Holmes run their woodworking business, turning raw lumber into engraved cutting boards with personalized messages such as “Eat, Drink and Be Married.”

Bloxstyle started four years ago in the Holmes’ garage, and they sold the boards online through the…