Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

More schools are offering free meal kits once a week

FCPS has been providing free meals for pickup since the pandemic took hold. [FCPS] Now that Fairfax County schools have opened for four days of learning a week, many FCPS Grab & Go food distribution sites have switched from daily food pickup to weekly distribution of meal kits.  The kits contain seven days of breakfast, … Continued

Gopchang Story open on limited basis

Gopchang Story, the Korean restaurant specializing in intestines, is expected to have a grand opening within the next week or so.  Meanwhile, the restaurant, at 7356-B Little River Turnpike in Annandale, is open for indoor dining 5-10 p.m. and offers carryout beginning at 11 a.m. When the restaurant is fully open, it will offer lunch … Continued

Amazon Go Grocery store expected to open in former Bailey’s Crossroads Safeway

The Safeway at the Crossroads Center closed in June 2019. The shuttered Safeway at Crossroads Center in Bailey’s Crossroads is expected to be converted to an Amazon Go Grocery store. Neither Amazon nor the owner or leasing agent for the shopping center confirmed that plan but the Washington Business Journal obtained documents from Construction Journal indicating … Continued

Giant to add labels indicating products are from a minority-owned company

The Giant on Columbia Pike in Annandale. Giant Food will introduce new shelf labels in January for about 3,100 products sold in its stores that come from minority-owned businesses, the company announced last week. The labels will let shoppers know certain products are from women, black, Asian-Indian, Hispanic, LGBT, or veteran-owned businesses. There are 218 … Continued