The new food court at Fashion Park, called the Park Cafe, will open in October. The 292-seat facility will house 8 food merchants, create at least 70 new jobs, and generate $40,000 in sales tax each year. The Nordstrom expansion is also detailed.
Jack in the Box announced it will no longer buy hamburger patties from Vons. This comes a week after a severe food poisoning outbreak linked to Jack in the Box left 2 children dead and at least 75 people hospitalized.
Jack in the Box officials blamed a food poisoning outbreak that led to one death and the hospitalization of at least 70 persons from Seattle to San Diego on a shipment of contaminated hamburgers traced to Arcadia-based Vons. Vons has denied its meat processing plant in El Monte was the source of the problem.
The Saturday Farmers Market will continue for at least another six months. Arcadia Business Association operates the event and estimate that 22,000 have visited the market in the last 8 months.
Fantastic Sams, a popular hair salon, opened a new store at 50 West Las Tunas Drive. They offer a 20% senior discount for the 55+ crowd Monday thru Friday, as well as a special play area with toys for small children.
The Wilderness Park, now to be known as the Arcadia Wilderness Preserve, will be open to the general public on weekdays and to non-profit organizations and small groups that have reservations on weekends.
Brian Osier and Mark Thompson, co-owners of Teamates Sporting goods, are organizing a benefit tournament to help the family of Rob Edgell, a West Covina resident who died in May, leaving behind a wife and four children and no life insurance.
Nordstrom's Department Store is scheduled to open in August 1994, while 20 specialty shops and a 292-seat food court will open in October, 1993. The $34.3 million expansion is expected to generate about $1 million in sales tax revenue each year, as well a create 250 retail jobs.
Residents of E Monte say they're frustrated over plans for an all-nude 18-and-over club opening in Arcadia in a few months. the club, called Golden Eyes, will be within 1,000 feet of an El Monte residential neighborhood.
Wendi Wagner, president of Wild Cherry Entertainment, Inc. creates new innovations in the candy industry. Her latest creation is Lean Bean, a skinless jelly bean.
Arcadia resident Wendi Wagner develops candy products. Her latest product, an unshelled jelly bean called "The Lean Bean," is now sold at Target stores.
The Arcadia First Medical Association held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the opening of their new clinic in the medical complex at 624 West Duarte Rd, Suite 103. The association, with support from Methodist Hospital has opened the facility to provide service to Chinese-speaking residents of Arcadia and San Gabriel area.