By KSDK Credit: Save A Lot | Leevers Supermarkets An example of the Save A Lot y Mas concept, targeted to serving the Hispanic community. ST. LOUIS — Save A Lot, the St. Ann-based discount grocery business, and its licensee Leevers Supermarkets are opening a second St. Louis-area location of a grocery concept targeting the Hispanic community. Save A Lot y Mas at 3427 S. Jefferson Ave. in the city's Gravois Park neighborhood will hold a grand opening Wednesday beginning at 8 a.m. , and the...

Story Highlights What's This? The St. Louis Business Journal names 12 diversity award honorees. Armstrong Teasdale and USA Mortgage represent the region's recognized companies. A special awards section will publish on Sept. 4. The St. Louis Business Journal's 2026 Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards, which celebrate individuals, nonprofits and for-profit companies that promote diversity in areas such as race, sexual orientation and disability, include 12 honorees this year. The focus...

By AOL Over 15% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the distinctive American culture and spirit is the result of blending many diverse cultures and histories, the United States has for centuries had an up-and-down relationship with immigration. Each era of immigration has been met with reductive...