Read more grocery stores stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18045/grocery-stores.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:09:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72864/americans-skip-bar-buy-booze-at-grocery-store.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecession-strapped Americans are hitting the bar less and less, but they’re not giving up drinking: sales of beer and wine at grocery and convenience stores have ballooned, prompting many shops to start offering alcohol. Between September 2008 and last month, the number of stores selling beer shot up by 2,...http://www.newser.com/story/72864/americans-skip-bar-buy-booze-at-grocery-store.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 17:27:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70147/the-express-lanes-a-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhich is faster: the express lane with more customers, or the standard lane with fewer? It’s a conundrum we’ve all faced, and there are too many variables to give a definitive answer. But math teacher and blogger Dan Meyer broke down data from a 6-hour shift, added his own observations,...http://www.newser.com/story/70147/the-express-lanes-a-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 14:12:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64270/prepared-food-aisle-is-the-new-restaurant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCash-conscious consumers who’d rather not cook are increasingly ditching restaurant dinners in favor of grocery stores’ prepared meals, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. At some stores, prepared-food sales have jumped 7% to 10%, says an industry consultant. For their part, supermarkets are hawking a bigger and better selection of such...http://www.newser.com/story/64270/prepared-food-aisle-is-the-new-restaurant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 14:49:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56598/full-price-fury-sends-writer-to-the-dumpster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSince February, W. Hodding Carter's family of six has been living within their means on $550 a month, which means making hummus at home and slashing extras like candy and fancy cheese. But now, in a fury over the "unconscionably insufficient number of sale items" at his local supermarket, Carter...http://www.newser.com/story/56598/full-price-fury-sends-writer-to-the-dumpster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 15:03:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51886/germans-exalt-grocery-clerk-sacked-over-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA grocery clerk fired from her job of 31 years after allegedly stealing $1.66 has turned into a recession-time hero in Germany. While financial fat cats walk away with billions despite triggering a worldwide economic crisis, the sacking of a 50-year-old mother seems unfair, her supporters tell Der Spiegel...http://www.newser.com/story/51886/germans-exalt-grocery-clerk-sacked-over-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 11:30:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51786/shoppers-embrace-coupon-clipping-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession has more Americans clipping coupons, sort of. While coupon use has jumped 10% since October, more of those discounts were downloaded to smart phones and supermarket rewards cards—not cut out from the newspaper. And digital advertising, still a 1% sliver of the discount pie, seems to benefit...http://www.newser.com/story/51786/shoppers-embrace-coupon-clipping-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Feb 2009 16:27:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50701/food-spending-turns-anorexic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans have trimmed their food spending sharply, hitting restaurants, food retailers, and brand-name food producers squarely in the gut, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the last quarter of 2008, spending on food plunged an inflation-adjusted 3.7% from the previous quarter, the steepest decline since the government began keeping...http://www.newser.com/story/50701/food-spending-turns-anorexic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 9:36:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45029/french-cashier-tells-all-cashes-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter 8 years of being ignored, a French grocery store cashier has forced bad-mannered shoppers to take notice. Anne Sam's best-seller, Tribulations of a Cashier , has become a sensation, with comic book, movie, and musical adaptations forthcoming, the Washington Post reports. And Sam has quit her day job to write,...http://www.newser.com/story/45029/french-cashier-tells-all-cashes-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Dec 2008 13:58:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41963/in-tough-times-aldi-promises-cheap-thrills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt may not stock Coke or tempt shoppers with fancy end-aisle displays, but bare-bones grocery chain Aldi fits these tough economics, reports Time . With Americans downgrading to cheaper stores, Aldi's generic, spartan approach is attracting customers eager to save a buck, or more, on a gallon of milk. The chain...http://www.newser.com/story/41963/in-tough-times-aldi-promises-cheap-thrills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Nov 2008 13:28:23 CST