grocery stores news stories on Newser

Your New Grocery Store: Dollar General?

Kevin Spak — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:46:04 CDT

When you think dollar stores, you probably think of Tiki statues, fragile toys, and cheap kitchen implements. But Dollar General is trying to change all that, the Wall Street Journal reports, by taking a real shot at the grocery market. Over the next year, the discount chain intends to open...

Governors Defend Pink Slime by Eating It

Rob Quinn — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:29:26 CDT

Pink slime is perfectly safe to eat, but it has a bit of a PR problem, according to federal authorities and a coalition of at least four governors. Department of Agriculture officials say the "slime"—leftover beef trimmings sometimes treated with ammonium hydroxide—is actually a low-cost way of making...

3 Grocers Boycott Pink Slime

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:36:23 CDT

At least three national supermarket operators have decided to stop buying ground beef that contains the filler now known as "pink slime." Federal regulators say the filler, known in the industry as "lean, finely textured beef," meets food safety standards. But critics say the product could be unsafe and is...

Whole Foods Trying to Lose 'Whole Paycheck' Rep

Kevin Spak — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:14:05 CST

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," the Wall Street...

Grocery Store Wouldn't Let Me Pay in Quarters: Woman

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:38:48 CDT

It's not a good week to be a grocery store. First, a Safeway in Honolulu got raked over the coals for arresting a pregnant woman who ate a sandwich while shopping and forgot to pay for it. Now, a woman in Portland says a Save-a-Lot wouldn't let her buy groceries...

Grocer A&P Files for Chapter 11

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:34:10 CST

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., once the nation's largest grocer, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it struggles with enormous debt and increased competition from low-priced peers. The 151-year-old company operates 395 stores around the Northeast under the A&P, Waldbaum's, The Food Emporium, Super Fresh, Pathmark,...

Trader Joe's: The Biggest Small Store

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:02:15 CDT

Green eaters will probably be dismayed to hear that Trader Joe’s, that enclave of cage-free eggs and organic veggies, also sells pita chips…made by FritoLay. But that’s the most damning revelation in Fortune ’s look at the company, which has managed to maintain its “neighborhood store” feeling even as it...

Don't Touch That Receipt! It May Be Toxic

Caroline Miller — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 CDT

Sheesh: The same toxic chemical—bisphenol A—that's shown up in baby bottles and canned goods is apparently also all over the receipts you get from stores and restaurants, and in much greater amounts. BPA was found in the coating used on cash register receipts in 40% of businesses tested,...

Meet the 'Right-Wing Hippie' Who Runs Whole Foods

Harry Kimball — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:00:00 CST

John Mackey is a libertarian, an adherent of Ayn Rand, a skeptic about climate change, a vegan, and the CEO of Whole Foods. The company does $8 billion in annual sales, but Mackey flies commercial and drives a Civic hybrid. Nick Paumgarten investigates this walking contradiction, described by a business...