Industry News
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Fast Foods of the 90s
A recent study by the American Journal for Preventive Medicine shows that most of the fast food restaurants in America have made very little progress with regard to creating better and healthier menus. Although most of the fast food joints have added more fruits, vegetables and salads to their menus, the comparative amount of unhealthy…
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Are You In Line for Grocery Shopping On Line?
Very often, when you decide to go grocery shopping for your house, you write a shopping list. This is to help you remember to buy all the essential groceries that you set out to buy. Having a shopping list also greatly helps in controlling the costs incurred in grocery shopping. However, despite these measures, you…
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Walmart Cutting Grocery Prices
Walmart is one of the biggest grocery stores in America. Most Americans who have been victims of the economic recession are likely to breathe a sigh of relief at the announcement by the big grocery store chain that they are cutting down on their prices. The price adjustments affect over 3,800 Walmart stores throughout the…
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Grocery Consumer Trends
Though the economy hasn’t become as ripe as it has been expected to, it is no surprise that most high-end consumers are still willing to pay more money for their high-end groceries. The shares of high-end supermarket operators such as The Fresh Market have been on an increasing trend with the company reporting increasing profits…
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SuperValu Hits the Register
SuperValu plans on closing down at least 60% of its grocery stores according to market surveys. SuperValu operates a number of grocery stores around America including Shop ’n Save, Albertsons, and Save-A-Lot. The company has over 4,400 stores around the country. Closing 60% of the stores will result in serious accounting pain and long-term financial…
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Walmart to Battle Big Three Grocery Chains
It is common knowledge that groceries are a very important part of the budget of most homes in the world. This means that the grocery budget cannot be completely eliminated. The only thing that we can do is to reduce the grocery budget when the economy and the finances are not good. So, it is…
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The Grocery Store of the Future
This setup is not yet in existence. The prototype of this project was presented by a group of researchers last year at the Nordic Exceptional Trendshop conference. This was a futuristic exhibition and conference in Denmark. The project was dubbed ‘Agropolis’ and was aimed at solving the problem of finding fresh farm produce in most…
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Worlds Strangest Supermarket Items
Whenever most people are traveling, they become focused on what they eat. When you are not eating, you will most probably be looking for food. Supermarkets are the most obvious destinations you will be looking into to get some food. One of the biggest benefits about traveling is the fact that it gives you the…