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Kroger, Albertsons announce plans to sell hundreds more stores to gain merger approval

Kroger was dealt a big blow in February when, 16 months after the company first announced plans to acquire its competitor Albertsons, the Federal...

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Bodegas, crime and Chick-fil-A: The bad taste of Trump's culinary campaign trail stops

When former president Donald Trump stopped in to visit Sanaa Convenient Store, a tiny Harlem bodega, last week, he told the crowd that gathered to...

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Jell-O, nostalgia and Nuka-Cola: The subtle genius of the food of "Fallout"

What should the ideal nuclear fallout shelter welcome basket contain? It’s a question that the residents of Vault 4 — a subterranean bunker safe...

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Why San Francisco is considering a bill that would let shoppers sue closing grocery stores

In 1984, the managers of a Safeway supermarket located at Bush and Larkin Streets in San Francisco announced the abrupt closure of the store; they...

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A new, viral study linked intermittent fasting to cardiac death — but don't worry just yet

In 2021, Harvard Medical School published a bulletin with the title, “Intermittent fasting: The positive news continues.” According to the...

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How secret weddings became the new "it" wedding

On April Fool’s Day, “The Queen’s Gambit” and “The Menu” actress Anya Taylor-Joy posted a series of photographs to her Instagram page: one...

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Republicans fought WIC — and WIC won

In January, 50 years after the very first clinic in the country that would administer the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,...

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"Safety crisis": Food delivery's simmering violence problem

Over the past few years, the posts on r/UberEats, a subreddit dedicated, in part, to couriers’ working conditions, have increasingly centered on the...

08.04.2024 4

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Ozempic, Big Food and why eating intuitively is easier said than done

Sarah Jessica Parker doesn’t want her daughters, 14-year-old twins Tabitha and Marion, to be afraid of food. As someone who has experienced the...

07.04.2024 4

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Are potatoes a vegetable or grain? Why lawmakers are fighting over how they're classified

Every five years, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the USDA publish the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a...

03.04.2024 3

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Uncoiling the future of food: Scientists say snake might be the solution for sustainable protein

As climate change continues to shape and threaten global food security, both advocates and scientists are consistently on the hunt for viable...

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Republicans would rather boycott Tyson Foods than acknowledge how essential immigrant workers are

When Tyson Foods revealed earlier this month they would be closing one of their plants in Perry, Iowa, which employed over 1,000 people in a town of...

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Seeds of dissent: Agricultural manufacturers and farmers clash over “right to repair” equipment

Last Tuesday, dozens of Tennessee farmers and advocates visited the state capitol for Ag Day on the Hill, a celebration of the state’s agricultural...

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Why supermarkets have abandoned some of America's poorest neighborhoods

Despite the recent news that Family Dollar would be closing nearly 1,000 of their 8,000 American locations, dollar stores are spreading across the...

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Republicans are using Tyson’s decision to hire migrants to push their “Great Replacement” lie

Leadership from Tyson Foods announced last week they would be shuttering one of the company’s pork plants in Perry, Iowa. It’s not great news for...

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Oprah's departure, Ozempic and a failed "hype house": WeightWatchers struggles to adapt its image

Shortly after it was reported that WeightWatchers’ stock shares had tumbled 58% over the last one-month period, the company’s CEO, Sima Sistani,...

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How dollar stores exacerbated American food deserts — and what it means when they leave them

The past few years have held a series of difficulties for Family Dollar, which characterizes its brand as a collection of “neighborhood discount...

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Could decaf coffee be banned? A controversy over chemicals is brewing

A significant coffee controversy is brewing as two activist groups and a California lawmaker have petitioned to ban European Method decaf — the most...

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McDonald's experienced a "technology outage" that has impacted orders across the world

According to a Friday morning report from CNN , McDonald’s experienced a “technology outage” which disrupted online orders around the...

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"Let them eat cereal": How accusations of "greedflation" fueled consumer ire against Kellogg's

Since 2022, Kellogg has been running an ad campaign encouraging families, with the help of Tony the Tiger and Toucan Sam, to break out of their boring...

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"Drill, baby, drill": Trump's plan to curb food inflation? He doesn't seem to have one

On Super Tuesday, the results which made the seemingly inevitable November rematch between former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden all...

07.03.2024 4

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Simply paused or permanently sunk? The Kroger-Albertsons merger has hit a major snag

When grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons — which together own more than 5,000 supermarkets across the country, including regional chains like King...

04.03.2024 1

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“Orwellian”: Supermarket leaders say Republicans' new SNAP plan makes cashiers the "food police"

For the last week, rumors and reports have been swirling about how Congress may finally be nearing a deal that would result in appropriating some...

27.02.2024 4

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"Cut the partisan games": How House Republicans could force a choice between SNAP and WIC

After months of deliberation, it appears that Congressional lawmakers may finally be nearing a deal that would provide a very much-needed boost in...

26.02.2024 3

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To reconnect with food, I'm unplugging my diet

When I first moved back to Chicago after over a decade away, I embraced the city by frequently practicing what English writer Virginia Woolf...

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“A nefarious bargain”: Lawsuits, union resistance mounts as Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger stalls

According to a new lawsuit filed by Colorado’s attorney general last week, Kroger and Albertsons — two of the country’s largest supermarket...

20.02.2024 3

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How an $18 Big Mac meal became a symbol for economic anxiety — and what that means for Democrats

Every few weeks since late fall, receipts for an $18 Big Mac meal from a Connecticut rest stop go viral online — with social media users lining up...

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"Delicious in Dungeon": The anime that cured my food TV burnout

When English author Geoffrey Chaucer popularized the phrase “familiarity breeds contempt” in the late fourteenth century, I know he wasn’t...

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Conservatives are backpedaling on their Bud Light boycott. To understand why, follow the money

Last week, ten months after numerous right-leaning public figures called for a boycott of Bud Light because of the beer brand’s short-lived...

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Caitlyn Jenner says Bud Light made "a huge mistake" partnering with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney

On Tuesday, Republican commentator and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner sprung to the defense of Bud Light, saying that it was time for fellow...

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Conservative watchdog group accuses Oreo of "grooming children" because of PFLAG partnership

The National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog group, has accused Oreo of “grooming children” because of the cookie company’s...

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Martha Stewart "smuggled food" from prison cafeteria to bake for fellow inmates

The new CNN miniseries, “ The Many Lives of Martha Stewart ,” explores how the homemaking mogul came to be, chronicling the highs and lows...

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Ina Garten quietly announces 2024 memoir release date

On Thursday, which happened to be the eve of Ina Garten’s 76th birthday, the “Barefoot Contessa” announced the release date of her...

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If the government recognizes that “food is medicine,” why aren’t they taking hunger more seriously?

On Wednesday, the United States Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) held the first ever “Food is Medicine” Summit, which focused on...

01.02.2024 3

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"They have a formula": Why some of the Food Network's original stars are moving on

For two decades, Rachael Ray had been an intrinsic part of the Food Network’s DNA. She was both prolific — one year she reportedly delivered a...

30.01.2024 3

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Caffeine overdrive: The dark side of America's "no sleep" hustle culture

With nearly 20% of office spaces currently sitting empty across the United States, and as multiple major property and asset management companies have...

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Ghost kitchens and digital cafes: How our shared spaces are losing their humanity

In 1902, Horn & Hardart opened the first automat in Philadelphia. The concept, which was a precursor to modern fast-food establishments, featured rows...

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Fox News outrage over Biden's "smoothiegate" misses the most important point about food inflation

When inflation is up, so is hunger — but that's the part conservatives want to ignore

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How the lunch-pail became — and remains — a symbol of the working class

While running for the Mississippi governorship in 1975, Charles Finch — better known to his constituents as Cliff — endeavored to establish...

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WIC at 50: Why the momentous occasion comes at a precarious time for the program

Fifty years ago, on an unseasonably mild January morning, the first clinic in the country that would administer the Special Supplemental Nutrition...

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How the ex-marketing whiz behind Crocs helped turn Stanley into the "it" cup

Since developing the all-steel vacuum flask in 1913, the Stanley company has cultivated a particularly rugged, if not decidedly masculine, image. Per...

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Le Creuset fans beware: That's not really Taylor Swift in those Facebook ads

Over the last several weeks, a series of ads have appeared on Facebook featuring Taylor Swift’s voice encouraging “Swifties” to sign up to...

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Grocery therapy: Rediscovering the joys of shopping small

Because the early days of the pandemic were such a blur, I honestly don’t remember who gave me this advice (it could have been a friend, an...

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Bacon, butter and Brazil’s national cocktail: Salon Food’s 5 most popular recipes of 2023

In terms of popularity this year, comfort food reigned supreme for readers of Salon Food.  Deputy food editor Michael La Corte taught us how to...

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"I do not believe in welfare": Some state Republicans opt out of Summer EBT program for hungry kids

On the Friday before Christmas, Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that her state would opt out of a federal program that gives $40 per month...

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Treacherous Christmas blizzard conditions expected in the Plains and Midwest

By Sunday night, over 1,000 flights in the U.S. scheduled for Monday were delayed — with about 250 cancellations — in anticipation of Christmas...

25.12.2023 6

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"Incorrectly boarded": Spirit Airlines placed unaccompanied 6-year-old on wrong holiday flight

On Thursday, Maria Ramos went to pick up her 6-year-old grandson at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers — only to be told that he...

25.12.2023 5

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Big in Japan: How American Christmas cakes became a global holiday tradition

The most expensive strawberry in Japan is the Bijin-hime or “Beautiful Princess,” which can sell for up to $500 per palm-sized fruit. Some...

24.12.2023 7

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Banksy put up a $600,000 stop sign. Two men with bolt cutters took it down

On Friday, a piece of street art — a red stop sign featuring illustrations of three military drones — was erected on a south London street corner,...

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A new Minnesota law prevents potential employers from asking about past or current pay

Minnesota is implementing a new law in the new year which is aimed at reducing the state’s pay gap between employers of different races and...

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