Supermarkets

Mind-Boggling Nutrition Guidance? You Betcha'!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Processed Food, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Healthy Living Health News, Katz, Onqi, Nutrition Profiling, National Consumers League, Supermarkets, Nuval, Diet, Kelly Brownell, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Groceries, Nutrition Guidance, Fmi, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Consumers, Food Industry, Nutrients, Public Health, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

The National Consumers League, claiming to represent consumers' interests, issued a press release this week announcing they had submitted a complaint to the FDA, asking the agency to banish NuVal from the nation's supermarkets.

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Stores In England Have To Hide Their Cigarettes Now

AP | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: UK, Video, Smoking, Cigarettes, England, Smoking Ban, Ireland, Supermarkets, British Ministers, Cigarette Ban, Iceland, Canada, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, Business News

LONDON -- British ministers say a ban on displaying packs of cigarettes inside supermarkets and other large stores will send a message that smoking is...

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Cashier or Smartphone: Which Do You Prefer?

Phil Lempert | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: SupermarketGuru Consumer Panel Survey, Apple Store App, Self Checkout, Stop & Shop, GS1 Bar Code, Apple Store, National Grocers Association, Supermarkets, Smart Phone, Scan It!, Cashier, Technology News
Phil Lempert

Most consumers would rather have a competent cashier and bagger than self-checkout lanes. After all, it's the ending to our shopping trip and common s...

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Alys Fowler: Food for Thought (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Birmingham, Allotments, Bbc, Self-Sufficiency, Ethical, The Edible Garden, Supermarkets, Gardening, Organic Gardening, Urban Gardening, Alys Fowler, Video, Green News
Crane.tv

Gardener, Alys Fowler, is an individual who manages to balance city life with sustainable living. The BBC presenter currently lives in Birmingham but is semi self-sufficient and eats 100% seasonally.

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Where Are You Buying Your Groceries?

Phil Lempert | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Walmart, Trader Joe's, Schnuck's, Family Dollar, Fresh & Easy, Cvs, Aldi, 99 Cents Only, Walgreen's, Dollar Tree, Rite Aid, Dollar Chains, Supermarkets, Retail Trends, Drug Chains, Dollar General, Iga, Food News
Phil Lempert

Where do you shop and why?

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9 Things You NEED To Know About The Food You Eat

Tracie McMillan | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Food in America, Income Inequality, The American Way of Eating, Supermarkets, How to Eat Well, Wal-Mart, Books News
Tracie McMillan

Three years ago, I went to work undercover in America's food system. I wanted to see how the country's vast industrial food system worked. But more than that, I had a bone to pick with foodies.

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Are Increased Food Prices at Odds With Increasing Innovation?

Phil Lempert | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Innovation, Food Companies, Usda, Food Marketing Institute, Phil Lempert, Fmi, Food Prices, Supermarkets, Economic Reserch Service, Cpg, Pepsico, John Compton, Supermarketguru, Food News
Phil Lempert

Innovation is key to growth for food companies, and adds excitement and many benefits for the purchasers of these products. However, I question whether repurposing funds is the way to go.

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10 Things I Don't Want to Hear From You When I'm in the Checkout Line With My Kid

Rob Sachs | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Toddlers, Supermarkets, Etiquette, Parenting, Babies, Glennon Melton, Raising Children, Parents News
Rob Sachs

Over the years I've received a slew of unwelcome comments from strangers and for some odd reason this seems to always happens to me in supermarket checkout lines.

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Makeover of New Orleans Naval Complex Slated for 2013

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: U.S. Navy, UNITY of Greater New Orleans, Historic Tax Credits, Housing, Homelessness, Cruise Ships, Police, Military Bases, Katrina, Disasters, Supermarkets, Asbestos, Industrial Canal, U.S. Dept. Of Housing and Urban Development, New Orleans' Ninth Ward, Bp Spill, Mississippi River, Green News
Susan Buchanan

After a string of natural and man-made catastrophes, New Orleans has become a spot to share expertise on flooding, wind, spilled oil and any other grief that comes down the pike.

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Cops: Man Caught With Romantic Dinner In His Pants

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Dannial Ashley, Supermarkets, Florida, Video, Dumb Crime, Naples Police, Shoplifting, Florida Crime, Crime News

Is that a romantic dinner in your pants or are you just happy to see me? Police in Florida could only wonder when they arrived at a supermarket whe...

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How Supermarkets Trick You Into Spending More Money

Organic Authority.com | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Grocery Stores, Supermarkets, Grocery Marketing Tricks, Supermarket Marketing, Slidepollajax, Grocery Stores Marketing, Supermarket Sales Tricks, Supermarket Marketing Tricks, Holidays Canada, Food News
Organic Authority.com

How many times have you made a quick stop by the grocery store for a couple of simple items like milk and bread, only to wander out in a daze almost an hour later with an entire basket full of random items?

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How To Grocery Shop Like A Hunter-Gatherer

Nancy Deville | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Whole Foods, Health-Food-Stores, Health, Supermarkets, Weight Loss, Real Food, Grocery Shopping, Animal Protein, Soy, Soy-Free, Healthy Living Body, Diet & Nutrition, Healthy Living News
Nancy Deville

Just because we don't have to actually pick, gather, milk, hunt or fish for our food doesn't mean that we can walk into a market in a daze and load up the cart without thinking.

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Humans Taking Machines' Jobs, In Supermarkets

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Big Y Supermarket, Self Checkout, Self-Serve Checkout, Big Y Supermarkets, Self-Service Checkout, Supermarkets, Self-Checkout, Grocery Store, Big Y, Self Serve Checkouts, Supermarket Checkout, Technology News

By Stephanie Reitz, The Associated Press MANCHESTER, Conn. -- When Keith Wearne goes grocery shopping, checking out with a cashier is worth the few...

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Supermarkets Nix Self-Checkout

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Groceries, Video, Bagging Groceries, Supermarket, Supermarkets, Self-Checkout, Checking Out, Grocery, Food News

By STEPHANIE REITZ, Associated Press MANCHESTER, Conn. — When Keith Wearne goes grocery shopping, checking out with a cashier is worth the few ex...

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California Grocery Workers Reject Contract Deal

AP | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Strike, Labor, Socal, Southern California, California, Grocery Stores, Supermarkets, Food, Health Care, Labor Unions, Business News

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of Southern California grocery workers have voted overwhelmingly to reject a health care proposal from major supermarket...

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Gaza Benefiting From Israel Easing Economic Blockade

AP | By IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Tel Aviv, Hunger, Food Shortages, Gaza, Egypt, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, Supermarkets, Imf, Grocery Store, Hamas, Un, Food Prices, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Business News

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip -- Maher Khoudari boasts that his Gaza grocery has a wide assortment of chocolates for sale – even some you couldn't fin...

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Virtual Supermarket Allows South Koreans To Shop In Subways With Their Phones

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Tesco, Supermarket, Virtual Supermarket, Supermarkets, South Korea Supermarkets, South Korea Virtual Supermarkets, Tesco Homeplus, Virtual Supermarkets, Food News

Mega supermarket chain Tesco has designed a virtual supermarket in South Korea in hopes to gain more business than its competitor E-Mart. According to...

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Do You Live in a Food Desert? New Map Exposes Areas Most at Risk

Valerie Jaffee | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Health, Grocery Stores, Agriculture, Map, Food, Supermarkets, Usda, Diabetes, Obesity, Income, Infographic, Green News
Valerie Jaffee

The Department of Agriculture just released a new online tool, the Food Desert Locator, which allows you to see whether your community lacks access to affordable, fresh and healthy food.

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Southern U.S. Less Energetic Than Nation's West And North

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, New Orleans, Sports, Cholesterol, Leisure, Children, Farmers Markets, Supermarkets, Touro Diabetes Center, Cdc, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, Obesity, African Americans, Home News
Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the March 7, 2011 edition.) If Saturdays find you in an easy chair with a magazine--weary ...

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Bugged by Food Shoppers Who Don't Bag

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paper Shopping Bags, Cell Phones, Unemployment, Triathlon, Reusable Shopping Bags, Grocery Stores, Supermarkets, Plastic Shopping Bags, Eco-Friendly, Food, Digital Devices, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Food News
Dave Astor

Shoppers should want to do their own bagging. After all, some cashiers have been known to place a gallon of orange juice on top of your bottom-of-the-bag bananas.

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Polly Wanna A Cracker? Not Today. A Grocery Shopper's Tale

Yvonne Durant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food Shopping, NYC Shopping, Supermarkets, Groceries, Gourmet Stores, Grocery Stores, New York News
Yvonne Durant

All I wanted was a box of crackers for some cheese. My quest began at one of my neighborhood's fancy food stores. I know what I'm in for as soon ...

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Sex and the Salad.

Meredith Fineman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Safeway, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Patti Stanger, Humor, Sex, Meredith-Fineman, Dating, Food, Supermarkets, Fifty First (J)Dates, Love, Healthy Living News
Meredith Fineman

So apparently the supermarket is a good place for young people to meet other young people. According to Patti Stanger, Our Lady of Pink Office Motifs,...

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A Wish List For Aspen's City Market

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King Soopers, Charlie Sheen, Trader Joe's, Krispy Kreme, Tiffany & Co., Supermarkets, Renovations, Resort Towns, City Market, Aspen, Kroger, Denver News
Meredith C. Carroll

At the moment I can't imagine a bigger nuisance than the fact that my local supermarket is closed for renovations for 16 long days.

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5 Things You Didn't Know About Supermarkets

Foreign Policy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supermarkets, Grocery Stores, Raj Patel, Food News

From Beijing to Brighton, billions of people now can't imagine life without supermarkets. But what forces push us, as we push our carts? ...

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THE PRICE IS WRONG: Ralphs Accused Of Overcharging

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ralphs, Supermarkets, LA Times, Kroger, Supermarket-Chains, Undercover-Investigation, Supermarket News, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles County Officials Tuesday charged Ralphs Supermarket Chain with overcharging customers, false advertising, and false labeling, after an ong...

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