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Food Basics USA
Food Basics USA started out in 1995 as a Canadian subsidiary to The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. A&P brought over Food Basics to the United States in 2001 after Metro, Inc. purchased all A&P stores in Canada. Fresh Basics USA originally did not offer fresh meat and deli foods to customers, and some…
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Columbus Wines
Since 1993, Murray Rosen and his staff have been helping wine lovers, likers and learners get more out of a bottle. They are the best local source for knowledge and passion about wines of all sorts, and they love to share what they know and hear what you think. What you’ll find Store Hours…
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Uptown Whole Foods
Gary Null opened his first health food store in Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 1966. For nearly thirty years, his current store, Gary Null’s Uptown Whole Foods, has been New York’s premier market for only certified organic-grown produce and a wide selection of gourmet natural and raw foods. The store serves more fresh organic juices…
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Egg Safety Improved by FDA
The FDA made an announcement concerning a law that would help in enhancing the safety of eggs for human consumption. The regulation is meant to lower the prevalence of infections arising from consumption of contaminated eggs. Eggs are mainly contaminated by Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) bacterium. The regulations were released on July 7, 2009, and different…
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Folate May Minimize the Risk of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a cancer type that emerges from breast tissue and cells. The cancer usually begins from the milk ducts’ inner lining or lobules supplying milk. Cancerous tumors have been known to spread to other body parts. Most cases of breast cancer occur in women. It is thus evident that breast cancer is one…
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Caraluzzi’s
Caraluzzi’s Market is a well known one-stop shop family owned and operated grocery retailer in Connecticut. On most days in any of Caraluzzi’s Markets or liquor store you can find family members on hand, working with their employees and customers to improve every aspect of the business. History In 1949, after 27 years of refining…
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Fischer Bros. & Leslie
A prime UWS source for Kosher meats and prepared foods since 1949. Morris and Louis Fischer opened the store and were then joined by Leslie Niederman, a young Holocaust survivor. Leslie’s son, Steve, and son-in-law, Paul Whitman run the store today. Kashruth is our highest priority under supervision of the Orthodox Union of Rabbis. All meats…
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Overview of Food Poisoning
Food poisoning is not only common, but also upsetting and, at times, a life-threatening issue for numerous United States citizens and people across the world. Food poisoning may be either non-symptomatic or associated with symptoms such as severe and bloody diarrhea, as well as intestinal discomfort. Depending on infection type, food poisoning can also be…
