Bandera Flower Shops

Bandera TX News

Apr 22, 2016

Where to eat on Mother's Day 2016 in the San Antonio area

Anna; and choice of opera cake or Bandera blueberry and peach cobbler. Brunch runs 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and dinner runs 6-9 p.m. Citrus restaurant in Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, 150 E. Houston St., 210-230-8412, hotelvalencia-riverwalk.com/citrus.htm, is featuring a Mother’s Day brunch buffet, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $65 per adult and $25 per child. Offerings include omelets cooked to order, a migas bar, blueberry flapjacks, fried chicken, biscuits and gravy, eggs Benedict, bacon, sausage, potatoes, a seafood display with shrimp, smoked salmon, clam and mussel steamers, soups and salads, a chilled vegetable display; a carving station with rosemary-crusted tenderloin and coriander honey glazed bone-in ham, and a range of desserts. Reservations required. Bars & Drinks Cooper’s Meat Market, 6002 Broadway, 210-820-3838, coopersmeatmarket.c... (San Antonio Express-News (subscription))

Nov 16, 2015

Online competition spurs Walmart to add curbside delivery

De Zavala Road on the North Side Loop 1604 and U.S. 281 on the North Side Loop 1604 and Nacogdoches Road on the Northeast Side Loop 1604 and Bandera Road on the Northwest Side Interstate 35 and South Walnut Avenue in New Braunfels “Amazon is delivering stuff to your door, right?” he said. “Everybody is trying to do everything they can possibly do to get an edge.” Walmart has boosted spending on its Web operations in recent years, from $400 million in 2014 to $700 million this year, according to SEC filings, although that’s still small compared to its $11.1 billion expenditure on physical stores. On Wednesday, the company announced plans to spend $900 million on e-commerce next year and $1.1 billion in 2017. Walmart startled investors Wednesday by slashing its sales forecast for the year, warning that its e-commerce investments and commitment to higher wages would curb future earnings. The news sent its shares plunging. Walmart’s slowing performance also underscored concerns that its superstores, which once upended the way people shopped and for decades dominated the world of retail, finally are succumbing to nimbler rivals in the sprawling world of Internet commerce. Although Walmart offers delivery of some groceries in two markets, Denver and San Jose, for now it’s focused on the pickup service, which has been popular with customers, Hatfield said. “This is about how customers are evolving,” she said. “Customers really want to be able to shop where and how they want to, and this provides them with that option.” Walmart’s e-commerce sales rose 16 percent in the quarter ending on July 31 compared to that time period last year, according to SEC filings. That follows a 24 percent increase compared with the 2013 quarter. H-E-B has made strides of its own in the online delivery realm. It offers deliveries from in-store pharmacies at about 100 of its stores in San Antonio and South Texas, and allows customers to order deli items and custom-designed floral arrangements online for pickup at some stores. Last year, the San Antonio-based company began delivering groceries in the Austin and Houston areas through Instacart, a website and mobile app. It retooled its website for online shopping this spring and created its own app, which allows customers to make shopping lists and locate items in stores. Other retailers are getting into the game, too. Last year, Starbucks released an app customers can use to make... (San Antonio Express-News (subscription))