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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...

Walmart Tests Online Grocery Service

John Johnson — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:10:05 CDT

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 website...

Reusable Bags May Hurt Planet, Too

Matt Cantor — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:05:08 CST

Now that you’ve made the transition from plastic bags to reusable ones, it turns out they, too, may be an environmental threat, reports the New York Times . Studies show some such bags contain may contain unsafe amounts of lead, which could eventually seep into groundwater if they're disposed of. The...

Consumer Reports : Try Generic Brand Foods

John Johnson — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:11:56 CDT

Consumer Reports offers some age-old advice the next time you're cruising the grocery aisle: Don't pay for the brand name. It recently sampled 21 food products and found that generic brands beat or tied the brand-name version in taste on 14 of them. Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, for instance, lost...

Food Stamps Make You Fatter

Nick McMaster — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:40:02 CDT

Barack Obama might like to think that the down-and-out are using food stamps to buy arugala at Whole Foods, but as Science Daily reports, people tend to gain weight on food stamps. The average benefit of $81 a month doesn't go a long way toward nutritious foods, researchers suggest in...

Prepared Food Aisle Is the New Restaurant

Matt Cantor — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:49:02 CDT

Cash-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...

Veggie Gardens Thrive in Lean Times

Ambreen Ali — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:00:20 CDT

Sales of vegetable seeds are skyrocketing this season and experts say it’s not just the local food movement or Michelle Obama’s First Garden that’s driving the craze. Americans hit hard by the recession are slashing grocery bills by growing their own, as evidenced by a 30% spike in seed sales...