Apartment Therapy: Supermarkets

Video: Eddie Izzard on Supermarket Psychology

Happy Friday! Our discussion on choosing the fastest checkout line reminded us of this more humorous take on "queue strategy." Get your weekend started with a laugh from one of our favorite comedians,...

How Do You Choose a Checkout Line at the Grocery Store?

Yesterday we pointed you to a great article on how to choose the fastest line at the supermarket, math-style. But we're curious: do you have any tricks and tips of your own to choosing the fastest lin...

Whole Foods Market Opens New Wine Store in Manhattan

Manhattan finally has a Whole Foods Market wine store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Eager to explore, I popped along to see what exciting wines I could find! ...

It's Open! New Whole Foods (and Wine Store)
New York city

Today was opening day for the new Whole Foods on 97th Street and Columbus Avenue, and we walked through the doors at 8:30 a.m. First up: a latte from the coffee bar, followed by a long stare at the...

No More Cardboard! Fresh Direct To Ditch Their Boxes

New York City residents, take note. Fresh Direct is ditching their boxes. Fresh Direct's delivered-to-your-door grocery service has grown enormously in the last seven years of serving the New York met...

Update: UWS Whole Foods Opening August 27th
New York

We've been eyeing the construction of the new Whole Foods on Columbus Avenue and 98th Street for a while now. (If you live in our neighborhood, no doubt you have been, too.) Well, the date is set. And...

Money-Saving Tip: Shop at Multiple Grocery Stores

For reasons of competition, store policy, or who knows what, some stores just offer better prices on certain items than other stores. Shopping strategically across several stores means that we can rea...

Going Underground: Department Store Food Halls
Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is a food lover's paradise. Home to a bustling fish market with ultra-fresh, affordable sushi; tiny kiosks selling sizzling hot yakitori (grilled chicken skewers); and 7-Elevens offering onigi...

Apartment Hunting: Is Proximity to a Grocery Store Important?

When looking for a new apartment, we foodies often have a long list of "ideals". We want ample counter space, decent storage, good natural light, and a gas stove, too, if you please. After all, we're ...

What to Do With... Whole Foods Hot Pak Bags?

Whole Foods is a pioneer (at least in the U.S.) in reducing waste. They give you a discount for bringing your own bag and eliminated plastic bags. But lately we've noticed the employees stuffing anyth...

The Truth About Orange Juice
Good Food with Evan Kleiman

Evan Kleiman's interview with Alissa Hamilton this past week about commercially-produced orange juice really stopped us in our tracks. The good news is that the OJ you buy in the grocery store is tech...

Good Question: How Do I Buy Mold-Free Raspberries?

Moldy raspberries! How distressing! That's Katie's problem. Can you help her? The past few times I've bought rasberries at the store, I've gotten them home to find them moldy on the inside of the frui...

Survey: How Do You Shop?

This week, as I skittered around town getting ready for a dinner party, I thought about how differently people shop for food. First, let's see how you all shop, then some thoughts on shopping consci...

Wine Retailing: Do Supermarkets Offer the Best Choice?

What is your view on selling wine in supermarkets? In the United States, many states (35 to be precise) allow wine to be sold in supermarkets, but many including New York prohibit the sale of wine i...

Wine to Be Sold in New York City Grocery Stores?

Yesterday we noticed a sign at Whole Foods imploring us to go to VoteforWine.com and show our support for getting wine into grocery stores in the city. Governor Patterson proposed the idea as part of ...

What Foods Do You Buy Frozen?

Aside from an occasional foray to buy ice cream, we don't often find ourselves in the frozen foods aisle. And yet buying frozen vegetables, fruit, and even proteins like fish can be a really smart cho...

Sing Along to the Trader Joe's Song!

Yesterday we linked to an article on yet another favorite item that Trader Joe's is discontinuing. TJ's, we love you, but sometimes you push us just a little too far. There's only one thing to do ...

Survey: Do You Use a Shopping Cart or a Basket?

I have a pathological aversion to shopping carts. I don't like being burdened with this giant cart, squeaky in the wheels and awkward in the turns. Regardless of the shopping list, I almost always gra...

Inspire Us! What's Your Favorite New Ingredient?

What new seasoning, vegetable, grocery store find, or all-star flavor booster have you been loving these days? We're feeling the need for some new cooking inspiration, so we'd love to hear what you've...

How to Save Money by Shopping at Whole Foods

We don't think Whole Foods deserves the moniker Whole Paycheck. In fact, there are certain products that are cheaper than at other stores, especially New York City stores, that we routinely stock up...

How Do You Write a Shopping List?

For us, grocery shopping is usually an in-and-out kind of affair. Key to this operation is a good shopping list. But what may seem like an organized and logical list to us might be completely baffling...

Hot or Not: Self-Checkout Stations at the Grocery Store

Are you grocery shopping today for the weekend? When you go to the grocery store, do you pick the self-checkout line? It's that newfangled way of checking, scanning, and paying for your groceries wher...

Good Product: Trader Joe's Wild Rice

When we talked about our love of wild rice a few months ago, several of you mentioned buying it at Trader Joe's. We looked for it the next time we were in the store, and sure enough, there it was!...

What Foods Do You Buy Weekly?

After last week's discussion of all the ingredients we keep stocked and ready to go in our pantry, we got curious about what foods get bought on a weekly basis. These are either perishable ingredients...

Holiday Baking: Inspiration from Trader Joe's

Wanting to give you some inspiration for our Best Pie Bake-off, we headed over to Trader Joe's to see what they might have to spark your creativity. Take a look!...

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