What Did These Hopkins Landmarks Used to Be? (Part IV)

Share your best guesses and then check back to find out the answers.

Hopkins is going through some monumental changes. From apartments rising in the downtown to a growing park in the Blake Road Corridor, the character of the city is changing rapidly. With the city undergoing so much transformation, Patch invites you to take a look back into the past and see if you can remember what some of the current landmarks used to be. Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions. Pizza Lucé Hopkins Honda Supervalu Thanks for sharing your guesses over the past few days. If there’s a site you’d like to know more about, feel free to mention it in the comments section below.

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What Did These Hopkins Landmarks Used to Be? (Part III)

Share your best guesses and then check back to find out the answers.

Hopkins is going through some monumental changes. From apartments rising in the downtown to a growing park in the Blake Road Corridor, the character of the city is changing rapidly. With the city undergoing so much transformation, Patch invites you to take a look back into the past and see if you can remember what some of the current landmarks used to be. Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions. Marketplace & Main Cargill Corporate Campus (Excelsior Crossings) LA Fitness The next three sites are: Share your guesses in the comments section below and then check back tomorrow for the answers and more sites.

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Tragic Teen Death, Shoe Store Robber and a Fire Fatality: Pick of Our Patches

This week's headlines from around the West Metro also include a salute to a lost boy, transportation issues and SuperValu's biggest sale. And, free beer!

Editor’s Note: Every week we bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Serial Shoe-Store Robber Bought Pellet Gun at Fridley Walmart, Police Say He bought a gun in Walmart's sporting goods department then crossed the street and robbed Payless Shoes, police allege. Two days later, prosecutors say, he robbed a Famous Footwear in Shakopee the same way and led police on a 90mph chase, ending in a Savage Target parking lot.  Supervalu Agrees to $3.3B Deal to Sell Off Five Store Brands There is no word yet on how Eden Prairie jobs will be affected. …

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Supervalu Agrees to $3.3B Deal to Sell Off Five Store Brands

There is no word yet on how Eden Prairie jobs will be affected. The Hopkins warehouse will continue operations as usual.

Supervalu has reached a definitive agreement to sell off stores under five brands and two related in-store pharmacy brands as part of a $3.3 billion agreement that will also bring in former OfficeMax head Sam Duncan as the new Supervalu CEO and president, the company announced Thursday. “I am excited by the opportunity to lead Supervalu,” a news release quoted Duncan. “The company has very solid market positions and I see great potential in our ability to successfully build on each of these three core businesses.” AB Acquisition, an affiliate of a Cerberus Capital Management L.P.-led investor consortium, will acquire Supervalu stores under the following brands: It will also acquire related Osco and Sav-on in-store pharmacies. That will …

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Black Friday, New Caribou and Burgers: West Metro Business Roundup

Are you wondering what businesses are opening or closing in the west metro or otherwise making the news? Here’s your update for October 2012.

The following is a collection of business related articles that recently appeared on Patch sites in Edina, Eden Prairie, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. Click on the headline to read the full story. Plans for New Golden Valley Gas Station, Retail Store Move Forward A BP Gas station upgrade and four new retail stores could come to Boone Avenue in Golden Valley if the City Council approves the final plans. Five Guys Burgers, Bruegger’s coming to Hopkins A Sprint store and a Fantastic Sams will also be moving into a retail center on the old BP site. Residents Respond To Walmart At Plymouth Meeting More than 50 people attended…

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Social Media Reacts to Supervalu Reshuffling

Supervalu Inc., which has a distribution center in Hopkins, fired CEO Craig Herkert and replaced him with Wayne C. Sales, the company's non-executive chairman.

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Cafeteria Manager Suspected of Stealing Nearly $1,800 From Workplace

Shala Marie Stadtfeld has been charged with felony theft.

Police are looking for a former cafeteria manager accused of stealing nearly $1,800 from her workplace, according to charging documents filed Tuesday. Officers started looking into the case April 16 when Aramark Food Services, located in the Supervalu building, reported that an employee had stolen money from the company between April 10 and 16, Detective Renee Meuwissen wrote in the charging documents. Police learned that 34-year-old Shala Marie Stadtfeld, a manager at the Aramark cafeteria, had failed to show up for work April 16. The head cook contacted a supervisor, who got permission to open the safe and get cash to open the register. Stadtfeld had the safe key, and there was a spare key whose location was known only to three people—…

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Loss Widens at Supervalu

The grocery chain missed estimates; shares dropped 12.5 percent.

Brighter days for Supervalu

The grocery giant invested $20 million to improve energy efficiency among its 4,300 stores, and the White House took note.

Supervalu Has a Tough Time Living Up to Its Name

Sales have fallen for three consecutive years. The dividend has been slashed. The share price is down 85 percent since the end of 2006 and about 50 percent since the middle of 2009.