Grocery Stores

Living Wages, Sheep, and Grocery Store Strikes

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analys (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Let's play a game of Q&A. The time to go on strike is: 1: Company profits are soaring and competition for hiring by employers is strong 2: Company profits are sinking, corporate taxes are rising, competition for jobs by employees is going through the roof This may seem like a no-brainer, but not if you have the mind of some union workers. Inquiring minds note Strike looming for employees at Fry's,...

• Strike looming for employees at Valley Fry's, Safeway stores - Arizona Republic

Grocery workers’ strike appears likely

Commercial Insurance Knowledge (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

In about a week, workers at Fry’s and Safeway in Arizona could be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and bagging groceries, The Associated Press reports. Bookmark To:

Saving Money on Groceries with the Coupon Mom Method

2 Pennies Earned (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

The only thing I used to do to save money on groceries was to make a list before each shopping trip and stick to a monthly grocery budget. I didn’t use coupons because I figured I saved more money by purchasing store brands (preferably store brands on sale) and shopping at discount stores and farmers markets. I wouldn’t buy everything on my list sometimes — if something was too expensive...

Drop In & Decorate – 10,000 Cookies and 10,000 Smiles

Culinary Types (Free subscription) | yesterday

Wally Amos. Debbi Fields. Lydia Walshin. The names are all synonymous with cookies. But, Lydia’s cookies have some premium ingredients and a team of bakers across the country that you’d surely want to have as neighbors. Lydia, food writer and author of The Perfect Pantry , created Drop In & Decorate based on a simple idea: bake some cookies and gather a group of family, friends, neighbors,...

Vegetables

Dr. Weevil (Free subscription) | yesterday

Thanks to the local Farmers’ Market, I have discovered that kohlrabi looks a lot better than it tastes, while sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke) tastes a lot better than it looks. Too bad the market and the grocery stores are all out of sunchokes.

Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike

Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday

In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat.

• Fry's readies for possible walkout by union members; advertises for strike replacements - Star Tribune
• Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Fry’s, Safeway prepping for possible strike

Commercial Insurance Knowledge (Free subscription) | yesterday

In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat. Bookmark To:

Whole Foods says we're not educated enough for them'??

The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | yesterday

Expect a more extensive account of today's Wal-Mart townhall in the near future. This was one point heard that I want to address. Ald. Howard Brookins was there today along with his friend and neighboring Alderman (well our very own) Freddrenna Lyle. Basically he discussed all the companies that he approached about opening another anchor store at Chatham Market. He went through a decent gammut Whole...

Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat. Fry's Food Stores has begun advertising for thousands of temporary workers in the event its estimated 13,000... Safeway - Grocery store - Business - Arizona - Retail

• Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike - Miami Herald
• Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Masterfoods commercial

the poison doughnut (Free subscription) | yesterday

Julie from MasterChef is starring in a couple of TV ads for Fountain Sauces and Masterfoods Australia. Is it just me, or are they both deeply tragic and embarrassing to watch? In the one where she tells her boys to take the bins out, one of her sons gives her this look. You know he's thinking, "OMG Mum. This is so lame. You have totally sold out and gone mad with power. I'm just doing this because...

Something Scary in the Pantry

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | yesterday

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF NYT Your body is probably home to a chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA. It’s a synthetic estrogen that United States factories now use in everything from plastics to epoxies — to the tune of six pounds per American per year. That’s a lot of estrogen. More than 92 percent of Americans have BPA in their urine, and scientists have linked it — though not...

Rachel's Ray of hope

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday

TV host Rachael Ray brought her award-winning cooking show to Wilmington to try to boost the spirit of a town devastated by the recession. She gave the local soup kitchen a complete makeover and promised to stock the pantry for a year.

Rachel Ray gives ray of hope

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday

TV host Rachael Ray brought her award-winning cooking show to Wilmington to try to boost the spirit of a town devastated by the recession. She gave the local soup kitchen a complete makeover and promised to stock the pantry for a year.

West Seattle biznotes: Bank branch closing; fitness name change

West Seattle Blog... (Free subscription) | yesterday

ADMIRAL SAFEWAY BECU BRANCH CLOSING: Thanks to Diane for the tip - she got a letter saying the Admiral Safeway BECU branch is closing as of 1 pm December 5. The letter says, “The Safeway building is being reconstructed so we must close this location.” The most recent estimate given by Safeway for when they [...]

Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009

In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat.