ON Saturday, September 10th, 2016, MIH Marketing and Sales in Beebe, Arkansas, sent out notice of a food recall of approximately 662,049 pounds of various meat and poultry products that were stored under insanitary conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The raw chicken breast fillet, chicken thigh, chicken […]
The Next New Liquor Store in Saline County About to Open in Bryant
This is a bit of drive-by journalism, I admit, but… related to this blog about long-time Chinese restaurant Taste of D-Light having closed, people are asking what the heck Smuggler’s Bay is – it’s a liquor store, opening soon under the ownership of Roger Snyder. I’ll post more as I know it, but I will say […]
Glenn’s Being Torn Down on Reynolds – What’s Next?
We’ve waited 11 months for Mi Ranchito II on Reynolds Road in Bryant to open its doors again and it has! But now right next door, the gas station (and adjoining carwash) that has been up for sale for months is being torn down. Anyone know what will pop up there next? This picture is […]
First Liquor Store in Saline County in 79+ Years
I don’t know if there was a race, but Chris Howlett, owner of Alcoa Wine & Spirits seems to have won. The first liquor store in Saline County opened Saturday at 6948 Alcoa Road in Benton. Well, it’s not actually the first – but the first since February 1936, when the county was voted dry! […]
That Yogurt Shop Is Coming to Hurricane Creek Village in Benton
Zippity zip, tra-la-la… Just surfing the TCBY website for no reason except that local resident Krista Petty said she saw something interesting on there. Well, what do you know? TCBY (The Country’s Best Yogurt) is planning a location at the new Hurricane Creek Shopping Center in Benton! That’s the one with Kroger Marketplace and Academy […]