Grocery

A state law requiring that all eggs sold in Colorado’s grocery stores be cage-free goes into effect on Jan. 1, and businesses, producers and consumers will all feel the impact of the change. The regulatory agency overseeing the transition expects to give grocery stores and other businesses time to upgrade their supply chains, so they can be fully compliant with the new regulations — meaning they won’t start handing out fines next month. Same goes for producers, who will have until Jan. 1, 2025, to produce only cage-free…

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Chief executives of the two largest U.S. supermarket chains are set to testify Tuesday at a Senate subcommittee hearing, where they are expected to defend their companies’ proposed $20 billion merger and address questions about how it could affect American grocers and consumers.  Kroger Co. KR -0.43% CEO Rodney McMullen and Albertsons ACI 0.44% Cos. CEO Vivek Sankaran…

Restaurants and supermarkets are ramping up competition for Americans’ mealtimes, as consumers gird for a souring economy while food bills continue to rise. Eating at home generally remains cheaper than dining out, with the typical restaurant meal costing 3.4 times as much as meals made using groceries, according to market research firm NPD Group. Inflationary forces that this year have driven up the cost of food, fuel and other necessities have pushed up price tags on grocery-store shelves at a faster clip than those on…

Google has issued a new update to the At a Glance widget. Pixel’s At a Glance widget is now showing food & grocery delivery status, which makes it even more useful than before.Some of you will know that this feature did appear in the past, but was quickly removed. Well, it now seems to be back for good, as this seems to be the proper rollout we’ve been waiting for.Pixel’s At a Glance widget now shows both food & grocery delivery statusThis feature did appear back in August, but it did not work properly. It took a…

Get ready to fork over more for this year’s Thanksgiving meal.American families will spend about 14% more this year on their holiday dinner thanks to higher prices of turkey, flour, eggs and other staples, according to data from Information Resources Inc. Increasing costs of ingredients, production and transportation—coupled with extreme weather and avian influenza outbreaks across the U.S. that affected millions of birds—could add up to what IRI projects to be the most pricey Thanksgiving meal in recent memory. Here’s…

Canada, the home of hockey, doughnuts, and free health care, is now one of the best places to buy the second-gen Apple AirPods. In an unusual move, No Frills — a grocery chain owned by Canadian food retail giant George Weston Limited — is selling the super-popular wireless earbuds for as low as $119 Canadian, which approximately converts to $89 U.S., according to Canadian tech site Mobile Syrup, making this by far the best price you’ll find right now. It’s not unusual to see smaller brands like Skullcandy or…

One of South Africa's largest grocery retailers Pick n Pay, is expanding a pilot of adding cryptocurrency as a payment option to more stores after the successful completion of the first phase, it said. The announcement came weeks after the Financial Sector Conduct Authority formally declared crypto assets as financial products in South Africa, enabling them to be regulated and clearing the way for cryptocurrency to be a mainstream method of payment. "Increasingly cryptocurrency is being used by those under-served by…

Beyond SteakSource: Beyond MeatBeyond Meat is launching a steak substitute in grocery stores on Monday.The new product will roll out nationwide at more than 5,000 Kroger and Walmart stores, as well as Albertsons, Ahold Delhaize, Jewel-Osco, Sprouts and other local grocers.The announcement concludes a rocky month for the maker of meat alternatives. Beyond ousted Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey after he was arrested for allegedly biting another man's nose. The company also announced plans to cut 19% of its workforce, or…

Under proposition 125, any store currently licensed to sell beer or other malt beverages, such as hard seltzers and lemonades, would automatically be allowed to start selling wine in March. Currently, wine and other vinous liquors — wine coolers, sake, cider and mead — can only be sold at stores with a broader liquor license. As of June 30, 2021, there were more than 1,800 licenses issued to sell beer and other malt beverages, each able to sell at an unlimited number of locations, that would be affected. Meanwhile, there…