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A Shopping Cart as a Business Barometer

What a grocery store parking lot can tell you about a person and how they conduct business.READ»

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Attention Stop & Shop Customers: There's a Sale on Fig Newtons, Gouda, Re/Max Homes on Aisle Five!

Let's see, what's on my grocery list today? Need some tomatoes, and some lettuce for that salad. Also need some chicken to grill. Funyuns, Clamato ... Oh, and a house. I keep forgetting to pick up that friggin' house. Is it on aisle five...?READ»

Does Carbon Labeling Overwhelm Grocery Shoppers? Tesco Says No

Tesco, a popular British supermarket chain, earlier this month started printing milk pint labels with information about the product's carbon footprint. It seems uncontroversial enough--Tesco already puts carbon labels on orange ...READ»

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Safeway Supermarkets Putting a Spotlight on Local Foods

Movies like "Food Inc." and "Fresh" have put the pressure on grocery stores and other mass-market food vendors to defend their products. Safeway, a major U.S. supermarket chain, isn't increasing the amount of ...READ»

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Tesco Lets Shoppers Ditch Excess Product Packaging at Grocery Stores

Excess food packaging is a pain--what's the point, exactly, of having a plastic wrap inside a plastic tray inside a paper-based container? Tesco, a British grocery store chain, is letting customers ditch packaging right in the ...READ»