Some people light up the room when they arrive. Sweetbay Supermarket customers will light up the freezer aisle in the company's new Tarpon Springs store. Opened last month on South Pinellas Avenue, Sweetbay built the store as a virtual showcase of eco-friendly, energy-saving projects not usually seen in grocery stores. There are motion sensors that turn on lights only when customers walk nearby. And huge areas of the stores have refrigerators with glass doors, rather than open-air shelves. ...more

December 4, 2009

Blue Bell Ice Cream visited various fire stations on July 15 to thank firefighters for their service to the community and to stock their freezers with various flavors of ice cream. One of the stops, held in honor of National Ice Cream Month, was at Tampa Fire Station 14, 1325 S. Church Ave. ...more

August 5, 2009

With seven restaurants already open in Hillsborough County, the local franchisee of Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries is expanding his burger empire to Houston and Columbus, Ohio. ...more

January 27, 2009

The new Five Guys Famous Burgers at the Skypoint condominium in downtown Tampa had a big "soft opening" today because it was giving out free food. ...more

January 26, 2009

Once relegated to the dank corners of the basement, freezers are being embraced again by shoppers who are stashing bulk-sized purchases of meats, fruits and vegetables there as they work to combat rising food prices. ...more

August 29, 2008

Repairs to drought-stricken flower beds and sales of freezers designed to hold bought-in-bulk food helped Lowe's Cos. post a better-than-expected second-quarter profit. ...more

August 19, 2008

Ruth Campagna's Redington Beach home has four air conditioning units. When two needed replacing recently, she opted to cover them with an annual service contract. ...more

July 23, 2008

Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries opened its newest restaurant last weekend - joining five other locations in the Tampa area. ...more

June 28, 2008

Sarasota police have charged an ice cream man with molesting a 12-year-old girl inside his truck. ...more

June 6, 2008

Hillsborough County school officials are ready to dispose of or return more than 1,600 beef patties recalled Sunday as part of a 143 million-pound frozen beef recall by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...more

February 18, 2008