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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!...

Look! Dry Ice at the Grocery Store

We don't usually see dry ice at our grocery store, so we were surprised to see it at a Ralph's in Pasadena. Dry ice seems like a specialty good, hazardous and unusual, so we started wondering why it w...

Good Quote: On Red Delicious Apples and Grocery Stores

"Red Delicious - We grow this variety because the grocery stores demand it, but we don't recommend it to our pick your own customers. While it is a good eating apple, almost all varieties surpass it. ...

Trader Joe's is Coming to the Upper West Side
New York

According to a post we just read on New York Magazine's website, Trader Joe's is planning to open a store on 72nd Street and Broadway next year. Could it alleviate some of the unbearable crowding at F...

Fall Wine Recommendation: Il Valore 2006 Primitivo

After Mary's review of wines carried by Trader Joe's, we thought we'd share one of our recent Trader Joe's discoveries. It's the Il Valore 2006 Primitivo - find out why it's our favorite wine bargain ...

Local Store Profile: City Feed and Supply
Boston

In an era almost bereft of "local" grocery stores, we are so excited that City Feed and Supply has opened up a second location on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain! More details after the jump......

England Preserves
London

When I was in London last month, a friend with excellent taste took me with her on her supermarket run to Waitrose, and was dismayed to find that they didn't have any England Preserves London Marmalad...

Survey: How Often Do You Shop For Groceries?

Danielle from AT:San Francisco found that she and her husband were shopping (and eating out) far too many times a month, so they devised a system to help keep their trips to a more budget-friendly lev...

Eating Well From The Corner Store: Bodega Party in a Box

There is always chatter about improving neighborhoods by opening up more farmers markets and making them affordable for all. Nothing wrong with that. But what about turning around the thinking behin...

How To Choose Good Cheap Wine from the Big Brands: Pinot Grigio

Pinot Grigio wines have experienced unprecedented growth in the United States over the past 20 years. After Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio is the second most popular white wine. Unfortunately, some wine s...

Look! A Trader Joe's Cookbook

You probably know that we're pretty big fans of Trader Joe's. We often give you recipes and recommendations from their stock of cheap-yet-"gourmet" products. Their inexpensive cheeses, chicken broth, ...

How To Choose Good Cheap Wine from the Big Brands: Cabernet Sauvignon

We’ve all been there. It is 6:30pm and you get a call from a friend inviting you over for a casual dinner. Your only option is the supermarket or local grocery store. The shelves are lined with the ...

Good Reminder: Buy Spices from Bulk Bins

We were shopping at Whole Foods recently and discovered that they have a whole wall of bulk spices. We always buy our grains from their bulk section, but we were really happy to see this additional ar...

Is Fairway the Best Grocery Store in Manhattan?

We know we may rankle a few readers with this one, but when it comes to all-purpose, get-everything-on-your-list grocery stores, we think Fairway has little competition. But the crowds......

Weeknight Meal Tip: Quick Grocery Shopping Tricks

We love shopping for food - it can be an adventure into something new, or it can be an experience for the senses....

Grocery Store News: New Piggly Wiggly Organized by How Shoppers "Think"

A new Piggly Wiggly store opened in Myrtle Beach, SC, last month, and it is laid out in an unconventional way. Instead of the traditional model — produce on one side, dairy in the back — the sto...

Supermarket Closings Make Fresh Food Less Accessible

We're often seen here hooting and hollering and get all excited every time a snazzy new grocery store opens. We've brought you new Whole Foods (ostrich eggs, anyone?), Trader Joe's, Fairway and Fresh ...

Good Food with Evan Kleiman: Grocery Shopping at 99-Cent Stores

Attention, bargain hunters! With all this talk of high food costs and budget crunching, have you ever thought of grocery shopping at $.99 stores? Like Evan Kleiman in her interview with Julie Makinen...

Look! Local Ostrich and Emu Eggs at Whole Foods

We don't visit the local Whole Foods very often, and we hadn't inspected their loose selection of local eggs very closely. So we were in for a shock when we wandered over last night and realized that ...

More Grocery Gloom and Doom: Organic Sticker Shock in the New York Times

Another article today on rising food prices, this time in the New York Times Business section. Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles tells us that organic prices are rising rapidly, and the premium that...

Publix Recalls Empañadas Due to Undeclared Milk Ingredient

Via the FDA's website: Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall on all codes of prepackaged 2 and 4-pack Apple, Pineapple and Pumpkin Empanadas sold in retail bakeries due to the undeclared...

Store Review: The Park Slope Food Coop

When it comes to the Park Slope Food Coop, unbelievers are everywhere. They say that there are too many rules, which are too stridently enforced. They complain about crowded aisles and long lines. The...

Sunflower Markets to Close

A sad piece of news for our Midwestern readers: Sunflower Market is closing their doors. Sunflower Market is a natural and organic grocery with locations in the Midwest, including Chicago's Lincoln Pa...

Whole Foods Market: Grocery Store

Whole Foods - where do we even begin? In our ongoing review of regional and national grocery stores, Whole Foods is an obvious choice to review, and there is a lot to say about this juggernaut of heal...

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