Low-price food baskets in stores: Will food prices in Latvia actually go down?
The first real signs are emerging from the memorandum on food price reduction, signed last month. Leading retail…
#Latvia #LV #Europe #Europa #EU #Featured #foodprices #Grocerystores #IngūnaGulbe #Jaunumi #latvia #Latvija #lidl #lowpricebasket #lowprices #maxima #memorandum #rimi #Saeima #ViktorsValainis
https://www.europesays.com/2197334/
Is It Time for a #PublicOption for #Groceries?
In communities where access to #freshfood is scarce, public #grocerystores can provide crucial resources at #lowerprices.
https://progressive.org/latest/is-it-time-for-a-public-option-for-groceries-daigon-20250623/
Kroger Announces Plans to Close 60 Stores Across the U.S. Months After CEO Quit
USA as a failing state: Food Security 🥚
“Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens dozens across 7 states”
‘The #AugustEggCompany recalled about 1.7 million brown organic and brown cage-free egg varieties distributed to #GroceryStores between February and May because of the potential for salmonella, according to a posted announcement Friday on the Food and Drug Administration’s website.
At least 79 people in seven states have gotten a strain of #salmonella that was linked to the eggs, and 21 people have been hospitalized. the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The recall covers #Arizona, #California, #Illinois, #Indiana, #Nebraska, #NewMexico, #Nevada, #Washington and #Wyoming.’
#FDA / #industrialisation / #capitalism / #regulation / #FoodSecurity <https://apnews.com/article/salmonella-outbreak-eggs-cdc-c521525f7af5d5abe50c62c98b1e082c>
Why Do #GroceryStores Cover #Potatoes at Night?
https://www.mentalfloss.com/why-do-grocery-stores-cover-potatoes-at-night
Trader Joe’s Recalls a Popular Pre-Packed Item in 17 States Due to 'Undeclared Allergen'
At These #GroceryStores, No One Pays
https://civileats.com/2025/04/14/at-these-grocery-stores-no-one-pays/
San Diego becomes first US city to ban digital-only grocery store discounts
San Diego City Council Monday passed an ordinance banning #grocerystores from offering digital-only deals in the city, the first of its kind in the nation
The ordinance, which must still go through a second reading in April, is intended to help those who might not have the access or knowledge to use digital coupons. Many grocery stores offer deals through phone apps or otherwise online only
A tip for avoiding #Amazon is to check your local #ethnic #grocerystores & independent (non chain) #discountstores. You'll likely find it cheaper & bonus no shipping fees/min.
I found this cosmetic back applicator at a #Korean grocer. I was looking for one to apply a glycolic acid toner & found one here for only $4 CAD. On Amazon their cheapest one was $20+.
I found this travel security door lock for only $6 at Dollar Smart. They sell for $16+ on Amazon.
Food security is not just an urban thing.
Read the article: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-01-15/how-illinois-is-bringing-grocery-stores-back-to-main-street/
"In his...book Barons: Money, Power and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry, antitrust expert Austin Frerick writes that the gutting...regulations has allowed companies like Walmart to amass a level of dominance not seen in US history...local ownership helps guarantee decision making about how a store is run & what it stocks are based on the community benefit."
Should #Cities Open Their Own #GroceryStores?
https://www.governing.com/urban/should-cities-open-their-own-grocery-stores
Read BUTT-DIAL WHILE OUT SHOPPING • by Lynn Kozlowski -- Literary -- #GroceryStores #infidelity #LynnKozlowski #smartphones https://everydayfiction.com/?p=23766
Plastics #contamination in ‘bay area’ foods… ‘We detected plastic chemicals in 86% of the foods we tested.”
At least one of the 18 chemicals was found in every baby food, prenatal supplement, human breast milk, yogurt, and ice cream product that we tested, to name only a few categories. We also found plastic chemicals in all the products we tested from Starbucks, Gerber, Chobani, Straus, Celsius, Blue Bottle, RXBAR, Coca-Cola, Tartine, and Ghirardelli.
Plastic chemicals were also in practically all the upscale and healthy products we tested; we tested raw milk and beef straight from the farm, 22 organic foods, and 20 healthy groceries from Whole Foods. Apart from O Organics eggs, all of those products contained plastic chemicals.
#food #plastic #PlasticPollution #environment #GroceryStores #Starbucks #Gerber #Chobani
How changing demographics and tastes are shaping Canada's grocery stores
Specialty stores like Adonis are enjoying growth thanks to not only immigration but also the more diverse tastes of younger generations.
#demographics #tastes #grocerystores
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/how-changing-demographics-and-tastes-are-shaping-canada-s-grocery-stores-1.7155182
Well... things I learned about Lidl and Aldi:
* Aldi has better tasting Greek yogurt.
* Aldi has better mandarins.
* Aldi wants a bloody quarter to get a cart. Lidl does not.
* Aldi appears to me more expensive, but that's hard to tell because their website's pricing does not correspond to the in-store pricing.
* Neither are great at frozen vegetarian selections.
"Albertsons sues Kroger and ends failed grocery megamerger"
:catthinking:
If you can't mate with them, sue them???
#USNews #Kroger #Albertsons #GroceryStores #merger #lawsuit
https://wbhm.org/npr-story/albertsons-sues-kroger-and-ends-failed-grocery-megamerger/
I used to be a cashier for a busy grocery store. Most people have a basic understanding of how the conveyer belt at the checkout counter works. But a few people missed that memo. Usually, if someone wasn't placing their goods on the moving belt, I'd switch it off. But one time, as I bagged up the preceding customer's groceries, I decided to leave it on to see what the next customer would do.
Rather than put a single thing on the moving conveyer belt, they balanced a cart full of groceries on the little ledge that separates the conveyer belt from where they stood. The precarious wall of groceries was impressively tall. They managed to balance eggs, bread, canned goods, and even a bag of potatoes on that no man's land.
#cashier #groceries #CheckOut #GroceryStores
Which #GroceryStores Do #Health-Conscious #Shoppers Prefer?
https://progressivegrocer.com/which-grocery-stores-do-health-conscious-shoppers-prefer
“Food deserts are not an inevitable consequence of poverty or low population density, and they didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened. That something was a specific federal policy change in the 1980s. ... Food deserts will not go away until that mistake is reversed.”
#FoodDeserts #Poverty #PopulationDensity #RobinsonPatmanAct #EnforceTheLaw #GroceryStores #GroceryPrices
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/food-deserts-robinson-patman/680765/
