Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. this morning announced a historic pledge of nearly 700 billion pounds of its crispy, juicy fried chicken into the local economy, a move analysts say could help many Richmond area companies and their employees amid a worsening fried-chickenomic crisis. The wide-ranging chickenomic rescue package comes as the local business landscape changes [...]

Despite having an awful blog devoid of quality content, semblance and unique visitors, Richmond area blogger Melinda Irwin has convinced herself that weakened economy is to blame for AllThingsMelinda.blogspot.com’s lack of readership. “The credit crunch, mortgage woes, you name it: the problems of Wall Street have really started to trickle down to Main Street, including [...]