Master Grocer
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Storage Tips for Food Safety
While eggs and raw meats are the main sources of infection-causing microbes, fresh vegetables and fruits can also contain organisms that are food poisoning time bombs. Keeping the foods well stored, whether in pantries or in refrigerators, will go a long way in ensuring food safety. Consider and practice these food storage tips and keep…
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Tom Thumb Food and Pharmacy
Tom Thumb is a supermarket chain founded in the year 1948. The two founders Robert B. Cullum and J.R. Bost, opened the store under the name Tom Thumb-Page Food Stores. The store expanded, and by 1956 had 20 stores. The expansion continued in California and the Midwest when they acquired Pantry Food Markets and Hinky…
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Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe’s, based in Monrovia, California, is a chain of specialty grocery stores named after its founder, Joe Coulombe, who began it in 1958 and first operated under its current name in 1967. Coulombe began the store as convenience store using Pronto Markets brand. The current motif of the chain of the South Seas was…
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Raley’s and UFCW Reach Provisional Agreement
Raley’s and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) reached a provisional agreement that ended a 9-day strike. The tentative agreement won’t be publicized until ratification is done by the union’s members. The negotiations have been ongoing for 15 months. The management of Raley’s said that the contract provided the company with cost savings, which…
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Price Chopper Offers Thanksgiving Dinner
Price Chopper Supermarkets has prepared Thanksgiving dinner for customers that don’t have the time or inclination to fix a big dinner. The dinner is a fully roasted turkey with all necessary fixings. Customers have two options between a Plainville Farms turkey breast of 4-6 pounds, including gravy or a Plainville Farms full turkey of 10-12…
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Weis Set to Open First LEED Store
Weis Market is set to open its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified store. The supermarket, which operates in 162 store locations in 5 states, announced that the opening will be on December 9th in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania. The opening of this store has been an anticipated event by both the management and the…
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Walmart Walkout: Employees Black Friday Work Action Increases
Walmart staff began walking out of their jobs this week. This action comes before Black Friday, during which three-union backed factions expect protests nationwide. Last month, a Los Angeles Walmart had a strike that spread to Walmart stores in 12 other cities. Over 200 stores saw protests held over better pay, more affordable health care…
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Hostess is Set To Lay Off Thousands And Close Shop
Hostess is set to close as a result of what it calls a crippling union fight. Approximately 18,500 jobs will be lost, not to mention the tax revenue that comes from shops and plants of the company across the U.S. The union has been stubborn in its talks with the snack food icon and the…