Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 2, 1993 TAG: 9307020098
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Kroger grocery stores throughout the country emptied their shelves of four Kroger gravies Thursday because some of the cans may have been improperly processed.
The Kroger Co. also asked that customers who had purchased any of the products should avoid opening the cans and return them to the stores for a refund.
Involved are the 13.5-ounce cans of Kroger Chicken Gravy, Kroger Turkey Gravy, Kroger Brown Gravy and Kroger Mushroom Flavored Gravy.
The company said from its Cincinnati headquarters that some of the cans may be swollen as a result of "inadequate processing and the contents in those cans may be spoiled." - Staff report
Expanding plants give reason to party
The Alleghany Highlands Economic Development Authority got off to a roaring start Thursday with the announcement that two area businesses are expanding.
Bennett Logging and Lumber Co. will spend $500,000 to enlarge its operation in Selma and add 10 to 15 jobs. Acadia Polymers of Iron Gate, which is spending $3 million this year and adding 100 jobs, has pledged $1.5 million for expansion next year.
Acadia's expansion is linked to new contracts with Xerox Corp. and IBM Corp. for production of a rod for laser printers, said Glynn Loope, executive director of the authority.
Nearly 100 people, including former Gov. Linwood Holton, who now heads the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, joined Loope for lunch and a tour of a Westvaco Corp. facility as part of the authority's kickoff celebration.
The budget for its first year is $250,000, said Loope.
The authority's offices are in Covington, but that city chose not to be part of it. Covington's participation would have added another $80,000 to the budget, Loope said.
"I anticipate there will be some type of relationship with Covington, however."
Loope also said the authority hopes to match its budget with an equal amount of money from private industry and use the money to market the communities.
Loope became director of the now defunct Greater Alleghany Economic Development Commission in March. He had been assistant director of the University of Virginia Center for Public Service in Wise. - Staff report
Briefly . . .
The principal strategist for the cable TV industry during its unsuccessful fight to avoid federal regulation resigned Thursday as president of the National Cable Television Association. James Mooney, 50, said he wanted to pursue other opportunities. NCTA is the principal trade association of the cable TV industry.
U.S. stock and financial markets will be closed Monday for the Independence Day holiday. The Roanoke Times & World-News will publish business news but no financial tables Tuesday. Financial tables will resume in Wednesday's editions.
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