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Food Poisoning Starts from the Grocery
Every day cases of food poisoning reach medical facilities with incumbent reasons of improper storage of food in the homes. People die everyday. Food poisoning is an issue that starts farther than thought. It does not start from your freezer or in your storage facility. Food poisoning can be as a result of improper storage…
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Get your Pig on With Piggly Wiggly
Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service store celebrated its birthday 2 weeks ago on September 6th. The grocery chain turned 96 years old. Founded in 1916 by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee, as the first self-service store, his was truly a concept whose time had come and which changed the face of the retail business. Previously,…
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Meijer Stores
A modest barber decided to open a grocery store in the middle of the Great Depression to supply groceries to his customers. He bought some goods on credit and together with his 14-year old son, Fred, opened the North Side grocery in Greenville, Michigan. That was 1934. He later renamed the store Meijer’s Grocery. Hendrick…
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