Tag: grocery stores
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Bring-Your-Own-Bag at No-Packaging Grocery Store; Coming Soon to TX
If you’re reading this, you probably bring your own reusable bags to the grocery store. Maybe you even wash out your plastic produce bags until they’re in tatters. But how far are you willing to go down the no-packaging road?
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7/14 Binge & Purge: Gardens, Floodgates & Playgrounds
Record 1 in 6 now on food stamps as depression escalates // 12 signs that the world is running out of food // Police state in action: woman faces 93 days in jail for planting vegetables in her front yard // Bureaucrats in Michigan threaten woman with jail time for vegetable garden // Nestle to…
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major grocer albertsons getting rid of self-checkout lanes
chain to replace computers, wants more human contact from msnbc: One of the nation’s major grocery store chains is eliminating self-checkout lanes in an effort to encourage more human contact with its customers. Albertsons LLC, which operates 217 stores in seven Western and Southern states, will eliminate all self-checkout lanes in the 100 stores that…
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7/7 binge & purge: fatty needs a fix
wonder why americans are so fat?: 777-pound burger in california takes guinness record on july 4th* as commodity prices soar, so does demand for wood pulp – cellulose use increases as a ‘food extender’* don’t tell your kid, but there’s cauliflower in his mac & cheese* it’s not all white: cocktail of up to 20…
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why are food prices rising so fast?
from the economic collapse blog: If you do much grocery shopping, you have probably noticed that the cost of food has been rising at a very brisk pace over the past year. So why are food prices rising so fast? According to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, inflation is still very low and the economy…
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6/23 binge & purge: cruelty, control & the cost-effective clean 15
house rebukes looming fda frankenfish approval* pesticide spraying near streams to expand under house bill; hr872 lets farmers bury ‘clean water act’* utah man accused of eating live rat, posting video online charged with animal cruelty* chicago grocers accused of $500k food stamp fraud* conagra foods’ net income increases, warns high costs could hurt future…
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lawsuit: whole foods ‘organic’ china veggies from polluted prisons
you won’t hear about this in the ‘whole foods parking lot’… from bloomberg: A Florida judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed that claims Whole Foods Market Inc. (WFMI) violated the state’s deceptive trade-practices law by selling frozen vegetables from China grown in a polluted region by prisoners and certified as organic. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge…
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ewg releases 2011 ‘dirty dozen’; apples top list for pesticides
from cbsnews: That shiny little apple you’re eating has a dirty little surprise. At least, that’s what a food safety watchdog claims in its annual examination of government produce tests. The Environmental Working Group says apples top its “Dirty Dozen” list of fruits and vegetables with the highest amounts of pesticides. “We found that nearly…
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4/28 binge & purge: shareholders & armed agents
are you enjoying your daily chemical cocktail?* coca-cola shareholders vote on bpa resolution* little piggies, crawling in the dirt: minnesota reps behind ag-gag bill have factory-farm ties* the truth about coconut water* sweden will soon be gm-free!* action tips to get monsanto out of whole foods & trader joe’s!* so how’s the food patriot act…
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4/21 Binge & Purge: Tests, Deaths, Laced, Dates
FDA refuses to test fish for radioactivity // Organic growers v. Monsanto: Lawsuit filed to protect against contamination // McDonald’s warns of higher food inflation // Genetic labeling easily doable, despite claims
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high bacteria levels in meat at US stores: report
with superbugs contaminating fresh meat, the truth comes out about food safety bill from reuters: Meat found on grocery store shelves often contains high levels of bacteria, with more than half of the bacteria resistant to multiple types of antibiotics, a study released on Friday said. The meat is still safe to eat but consumers…
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Frankenfoods In Your ‘Natural’ Foods Store
After two decades of biotech bullying by Monsanto and Food Inc., a grassroots movement of organic consumers and farmers is rising up across the United States.
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food inflation kept hidden in tinier bags
a stealth downsizing, as shoppers pay more for less food… or: nabisco is cheating you out of precious saltines
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3/24 Binge & Purge: Scares, Shares, Rallies, Allergies
Codex alimentarius & food irradiation in US // russia bans food from 6 japanese prefectures // store-brand food eating up market share // junk-food oxymoron: frito-lay tries all-natural chips
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Your healthy alternative food may be same crap, different packaging
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