Tag: grocery stores
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: General Mills to Put GMO Labeling On Its GM Cereal (Video)
Jean-Claude Van Damme kicks banksters on French TV; General Mills labels everything thanks to Vermont; and Tesco’s bad image helps feed the hungry.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: JCVD Is Aware, GM Labels GMOs, Tesco Donates (Audio)
Jean-Claude Van Damme kicks banksters on French TV; General Mills labels everything thanks to Vermont; and Tesco’s bad image helps feed the hungry.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 9, 2016
Tap water trust, smart chocolate and big dumb food + this day in history w/Emergency Banking Act and our song of the day by Tom Waits on your Morning Monarchy for March 9, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 2, 2016
Wasted medicine, glass action lawsuit and food deserts + this day in history w/Hayes’ sElection and our song of the day by Allen Stone on your Morning Monarchy for March 2, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 1, 2016
Crashing robots, snatching websites and virtual whistleblowing + this day in history w/the Weathermen bomb and our song of the day by the James Hunter Six on your Morning Monarchy for March 1, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 17, 2016
Healthy stamps, ugly food and re-Colonelization + this day in history w/the Blaine Act and our song of the day by the Fruit Bats on your Morning Monarchy for February 17, 2016.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: French Food, Parmesan Bonds, Crime Drop (Audio)
This week on GNNW: France says it’s a sin to waste food; Italian dairy raises €6M in cheese-backed bonds; and despite the fear-mongering, crime continues to drop.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Parmesan Cheese Is As Good As Gold (Video)
This week on GNNW: France says it’s a sin to waste food; Italian dairy raises €6M in cheese-backed bonds; and despite the fear-mongering, crime continues to drop.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 12, 2016
Biometrics, invisible barcodes and crime-fighting robots + this day in history w/the Harrisburg Seven and our song of the day by Merz on your Morning Monarchy for January 12, 2016.
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Supermarkets Waste Tons Of Food As They Woo Shoppers
from npr.org: Supermarkets and restaurants serve up more than 400 million pounds of food each year, but nearly a third of it never makes it to a stomach. With consumers demanding large displays of unblemished, fresh produce, many retailers end up tossing a mountain of perfectly edible food. Despite efforts to cut down on all…
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10 Companies Make 90% of Your Conventional Crap
from thedailymeal.com: It’s hard to believe, but most of the food in your home along with your cleaning supplies, over-the-counter medicines, and even your soap are produced by just ten mega-corporations that own virtually every nationally available brand.
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Frugal US Consumers Make It Tough for Food Companies to Raise Prices
from reuters.com: Consumers “have gotten really good over these last four years at stretching a penny,” said Pat Conroy, leader of the U.S. consumer products practice at Deloitte LLP. Referring to the recession, he said, “Our hypothesis was that this thing was going to leave a scar, not a bruise. So far, we’ve been right.”…
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Rising Food Prices Make Tabs Higher at Markets, Restaurants
from toledoblade.com: Through March, the price of food is up 1.7 percent during the last year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is running ahead of the general inflation rate, currently at 1.5 percent. In March alone, retail food prices rose 0.4 percent from February. And…
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New Seasons to Sponsor Oregon Latina Entrepreneurs
from bizjournals.com: New Seasons Market will sponsor Latina entrepreneurs through the nonprofit Adelante Mujeres for the next five years. Wendy Collie, CEO of the Portland grocery, will announce the sponsorship of Adelante Mujeres’ Empresas Small Business Development program today at the Portland Business Journal’s Women of Influence luncheon. Check back later for more news from…
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Albertsons Parent Cerberus Buys Safeway for $9 Billion
from latimes.com: Albertsons parent Cerberus Capital Management is setting its sights on the grocery throne currently occupied by Kroger, buying up rival Safeway Inc. in a deal valued at more than $9 billion. Through its AB Acquisition arm, Cerberus said Safeway shareholders will receive $40 a share, including $32.50 a share in cash. Board members…