United States

  • Save for Sure When Buying at Sam’s Club

    Save for Sure When Buying at Sam’s Club

    Sam’s Club is a part of the Walmart group of businesses. It is a warehouse-style store that sells to members only. Products are chosen with businesses and private consumers in mind. Like most warehouse-style stores, merchandise is sold in bulk and multi-packs, either right from the shipping pallet or stocked on industrial-type, steel shelving. The…

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  • The Public Benefits from the Low Prices at Publix

    The Public Benefits from the Low Prices at Publix

    Publix Supermarkets currently holds 3.2% of the food retail market and is eighth in line, Walmart coming in first place. It is the biggest employee-owned grocery store chain in the United States with over 140,000 employees. Publix is considered one of the biggest grocery chains that are regional and operating more than 1,000 stores. They…

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  • Save More with Meijer Stores

    Save More with Meijer Stores

    Meijer (pronounced Meyer) is a chain of superstores headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company is still privately owned and run by the Meijer family with Hank Meijer on board as Co-chairman and CEO, and Doug Meijer as Co-chairman. In 2008, Meijer was rated 19th in Fortune’s “The 35 largest U.S. private companies.” In 2011,…

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  • The Grocery Game

    The Grocery Game

    The Grocery Game is a website established in 2000 by founder Teri Gault, a mother of two. She decided to help by sharing her grocery saving tips with a wider audience after doing it for her own family and later for friends. Initially, Teri was the normal coupon clipper and sale hunter like some of…

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  • Smoked Salmon Salmonella Outbreaks

    Smoked Salmon Salmonella Outbreaks

    The salmonella pathogen has been a problem ever since it was discovered. It seems that this bacterium is evolving to deadly strains. It seems that not only does this pathogen cause outbreaks, but the new strains are said to have even worse consequences than the latter. The salmonella pathogen is mostly associated with meat products…

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  • E. Coli on the Rise

    E. Coli on the Rise

    It seems that significantly more Canadians are falling ill because of the beef products they produce. Beef was recently recalled because it was suspected to have the E. coli O157 pathogens. The beef was recalled after a few people started to complain of severe diarrhea and stomach pains. The affected people were rushed to the…

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  • Walmart’s Treatment of Employees

    Mega retailer Walmart has been building stores in pro-union cities while moving out of the non-union south, which has led to increased union attacks. Many workers seek out Walmart jobs from other unionized supermarkets, grocery stores and places where their pay is much less, on–the-job injuries occur in significantly high numbers and labor infractions are…

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  • Selling Liquor in Grocery Stores?

    Selling Liquor in Grocery Stores?

    A debate on selling liquor in convenience and grocery stores has been stirred by the head of the liquor policy review in British Columbia, John Yap. This comes just a few days after seeking the public’s opinion on Columbia province’s outdated laws governing alcohol. According to Yap, the governmental website aimed at gathering input from…

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