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Don't Be Surprised If You See
Folks Packing Heat at Publix
Oct 9, 2025 12:38 PM CDT
Don't Be Surprised If You See Folks Packing Heat at Publix
Supermarket chain allows open carry in its Florida stores after recent appeals court ruling
(Newser)
- Publix shoppers may soon spot more than just bargains in the aisles. The supermarket giant has announced it will allow customers to openly carry firearms inside its Florida stores, following a recent appeals court ruling that overturned the state's ban on open carry, reports CBS News . The policy shift...
Tiny Village's Big Headache:
a Nonexistent Aldi
Jan 10, 2025 12:05 PM CST
Tiny Village's Big Headache: a Nonexistent Aldi
Pin for market mistakenly shows up on Google Maps, sending 'thousands' to rural Welsh town
(Newser)
- Even more difficult than outsiders trying to spell the name of the Welsh village of Cyffylliog: finding the mystery Aldi there that doesn't actually exist. Locals already know that the supermarket chain doesn't have a presence in the 500-person rural town, located in the county of Denbighshire. But...
Canadian Redditors Revolt
Over Grocery Chain's Gouging
May 25, 2024 5:45 PM CDT
Canadian Redditors Revolt Over Grocery Chain's Gouging
Reddit group Loblaws Is Out of Control does not want to pay $9 for butter, thank you very much
(Newser)
- When you're pushing a cart through the grocery store, the effects of inflation can be seen down nearly every aisle. But a group of Redditors in Canada is calling foul on the country's biggest grocer, Loblaws, for continually raising prices in a way they suspect is padding the...
3 Stats Illustrate Challenges
of Modern Grocery Shopping
Apr 30, 2024 8:14 AM CDT
3 Stats Illustrate Challenges of Modern Grocery Shopping
'Wall Street Journal' reports that people are driving around for bargains more these days
(Newser)
- A story in the
Wall Street Journal
explores how people are coping with high grocery prices, and the piece is captured in a few stats:
Grocery prices are up 21% over the last three years.
People are making 8% more trips to the store this year compared to last year.
...
Trader Joe's: Sorry, Everyone,
We Had No Choice on This
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mar 30, 2024 4:27 PM CDT
Trader Joe's: Sorry, Everyone, We Had No Choice on This
Grocery chain increases price of single banana from 19 cents to 23 cents, first bump since 2001
(Newser)
- Trader Joe's has been selling bananas for 19 cents apiece since the George W. Bush administration, but staffers are now changing up the fruit's price tags. It's not quite a Lucille Bluth-level bump , but the grocery chain will now be hawking individual bananas for 23 cents each...
French Grocery Giant Drops
PepsiCo Products Over Prices
Jan 5, 2024 1:30 AM CST
French Grocery Giant Drops PepsiCo Products Over Prices
Carrefour says prices must come down as inflation does
(Newser)
- Inflation may finally be starting to ease, but prices for some items are showing no signs of coming back down—and now one of the biggest supermarket chains in the world is taking a stand. Carrefour, France's largest food retailer, which runs thousands of stores in 30 countries, has...
Home Alone
Fan Has
Some Fun With Inflation
Dec 16, 2023 8:29 AM CST
Home Alone
Fan Has Some Fun With Inflation
A TikTok user is going deep into how prices have changed since the movie premiered in 1990
(Newser)
-
Home Alone
is the top movie rewatch during the holiday season, and some viewers this year had a little time on their hands to also make it a lesson in inflation. Per
USA Today
, TikTok-er Geoffrey Lyons analyzed a scene in the film where 8-year-old Kevin McCallister hits up a...
He Got in His
Car After Grocery
Shopping. Then,
'Holy Cow'
Apr 2, 2021 9:21 AM CDT
He Got in His Car After Grocery Shopping. Then, 'Holy Cow'
Man had 15,000 bees waiting for him in his vehicle in an Albertsons parking lot in Las Cruces, NM
(Newser)
- Ever get behind the wheel and feel the creepy sensation that someone or something unwelcome is in the car with you? That's what happened to a man in Las Cruces, NM, over the weekend after a short trip to the grocery store, but to his horror, there wasn't...
Sticker Shock at the
Supermarket? You're Not Alone
May 13, 2020 7:32 AM CDT
Sticker Shock at the Supermarket? You're Not Alone
Price of groceries just saw record-setting spike due to coronavirus pandemic
(Newser)
- With most Americans sheltering at home as they wait out the coronavirus pandemic, you may have noticed that while your eating-out tab has gone down, your supermarket bill has gone up. It's not in your head: The monthly consumer price index has been released by the Bureau of Labor...
Man Who Used KKK Hood as
Face Mask Is Off the Hook
May 12, 2020 10:10 AM CDT
Man Who Used KKK Hood as Face Mask Is Off the Hook
Police say their hands are tied after supermarket incident in Santee, Calif.
(Newser)
- A white man pictured wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood at a supermarket near San Diego will not face charges. An investigation into the May 2 incident at the Vons in Santee didn't uncover enough evidence for police to pursue charges, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said...
Experts: Skip the Gloves, and
Other Grocery Shopping Tips
in case you missed it
Apr 18, 2020 7:00 AM CDT
Experts: Skip the Gloves, and Other Grocery Shopping Tips
Good news: You don't need to use a million disinfectant wipes
(Newser)
- In March a Michigan doctor's video on how to sanitize your groceries went viral—and his tips were pretty involved. But are they really necessary? According to the infectious disease, virology, and food safety experts NPR spoke with, perhaps not. The upshot of their tips is this: "Focus...
Doctor's Viral PSA: Leave
Your Groceries Outside for Days
Mar 26, 2020 10:10 AM CDT
Doctor's Viral PSA: Leave Your Groceries Outside for Days
If you can't do that, Jeffrey VanWingen has plenty of tips
(Newser)
- Michigan doctor Jeffrey VanWingen posted a 13-minute video on safe grocery shopping in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. By Thursday morning it had racked up nearly 4.5 million views. The Grand Rapids doctor begins by painting a picture of how you should think about the coronavirus:...
A New Kind of Apple Is Coming
Oct 19, 2019 1:15 PM CDT
A New Kind of Apple Is Coming
It's called the Cosmic Crisp
(Newser)
- They call it the Cosmic Crisp. It's not a video game, a superhero, or the title of a Grateful Dead song. It's a new variety of apple, coming to a grocery store near you Dec. 1, the AP reports. Cosmic Crisp is the first apple ever bred in...
Walmart Will Physically Put
Groceries in Your Fridge Now
Sep 22, 2017 2:30 PM CDT
Walmart Will Physically Put Groceries in Your Fridge Now
Grocery shopping. Just. Got. Lazier
(Newser)
- You might think grocery shopping couldn't get any lazier than home deliveries. You would be wrong.
Fortune
reports Walmart—in its never-ending competition with Amazon—is testing out a grocery delivery service in which the delivery person actually enters the customer's home and puts the groceries away in...
Tech Giant Is Getting Into the
Convenience Store Game
Oct 11, 2016 5:49 PM CDT
Tech Giant Is Getting Into the Convenience Store Game
Sources say Amazon wants to expand further into grocery market
(Newser)
- Amazon is about to expand ever further into the grocery business in a big way, sources tell the
Wall Street Journal
. Plans include opening convenience stores where shoppers can grab perishable groceries (milk, meat, fruit, etc.) to take home while using their mobile phones or touchscreens inside the store...
America's 10 Favorite
Grocery Stores
May 14, 2015 1:55 PM CDT
America's 10 Favorite Grocery Stores
Trader Joe's takes the cake ... or the Speculoos Cookie Butter
(Newser)
- America's most beloved grocery store is once again Trader Joe's. That's the conclusion of Market Force Information , which surveyed 7,200 people on 14 grocery chains. It's the third consecutive year Trader Joe's has taken the top spot, with Publix once again nipping at its...
America's Best
Grocery Store
Is ... Not
Trader Joe's
opinion
Dec 2, 2013 4:30 PM CST
America's Best Grocery Store Is ... Not Trader Joe's
Aldi is well-priced, efficient, and oh-so German: Rebecca Schuman
(Newser)
- Ever try out the grocery chain Aldi? And if so, how did you like the deposit for a checkout cart and cardboard boxes instead of shelves? Rebecca Schuman was certainly enthralled, writing at Slate that it's "the best grocery store in America." Sure it's only in...
Supermarkets
Cut Prices—
Just for You
Aug 10, 2012 2:41 PM CDT
Supermarkets Cut Prices— Just for You
Marketers gather heaps of data on individuals, tailor coupons to them
(Newser)
- The food shopping of the future could look a lot more like buying airline tickets: You might not be paying the same price as the person next to you. That's because Safeway and Kroger—and likely soon other supermarkets—are tailoring personal prices based on your purchase history, reports...
Whole Foods Trying to Lose
'Whole Paycheck' Rep
Feb 15, 2012 11:14 AM CST
Whole Foods Trying to Lose 'Whole Paycheck' Rep
Expanding into suburban markets is working out well for organic grocer
(Newser)
- Whole Foods wants you to know—or, at least, believe—that you won't go broke by shopping there. The upscale grocer is expanding beyond its traditional urban haunts into suburban markets, and in the process trying to shed the reputation that earned it the nickname "Whole Paycheck,"...
Walmart Tests Online
Grocery Service
Apr 23, 2011 2:10 PM CDT
Walmart Tests Online Grocery Service
People in San Jose can order on the Internet for home delivery
(Newser)
- The online grocery business is small-scale right now, but the potential for growth just got a lot better: Walmart is taking a stab at it. The chain announced it is testing a "Walmart To Go" service in San Jose, California, reports Reuters . Customers can order groceries from the store...
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