Cumberland County-based drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp.'s board of directors has elected Bruce Bodaken to the board.

The so-called Great Recession ended in June 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Research. That was almost four years ago, and, still, many of the businesses we work with are struggling mightily to achieve decent sales growth.

Businesses featured this week: Benchmark Construction Co. Inc., Cumberland-Perry Area Vocational Technical School, Dauphin County Technical School , Edwin L. Heim Co. , Enginuity LLC , Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Inc. , Houck Group Inc., Keener Inc., Kline's Services, Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, Lebanon County Career and Technology Center, Lobar Associates Inc., Lobar Site Development Corp. , McClure Co., R.S. Mowery & Sons Inc., Ralph E. Jones Inc. , Rettew Associates Inc., Ritner Steel Inc., Secco Inc., SparkleWash, SPX Cooling Technologies, York County School of Technology

With projected visitation to Gettysburg expected to be about 4 million this year — 1 million more than a typical year — economic activity in Adams County is slated to grow to the tune of $750 million.

Later this year, food processing and manufacturing companies are going to have final rules from Washington, D.C., for food safety. How ready they are to face those requirements under 2011 laws could depend on how much work they've put into improving food safety during the past two years.

The former Troegs Brewery building at 800 Paxton St. in Harrisburg soon will have new life as a ReStore, according to Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area.

Comparable-store sales in the first quarter of the fiscal year for The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. were up 1.2 percent and total sales were up 1 percent to about $646.9 million, the company said earlier this week.

Business featured this week: Lehman Volvo

Industry-wide, funeral directors are seeing one notable paradigm shift.