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Every once in a while, Shardreata Moore gets a Subway coupon in the mail, and she knows she won’t have to worry about her next three meals. “I get a $7.99 footlong and have them cut it in threes,” the retiree told me.Moore, who was having lunch at the Sherman Oaks East Valley Senior Center, says she goes to Subway to order a chicken sandwich on whole grain bread, with spinach, cucumbers and tomatoes. That way, she gets some protein and at least a few fresh vegetables without a trip to the grocery store, where inflation…

Reports from New Scientist suggest gene-edited meat could make an appearance at your local supermarket soon. The report says that a company called Genus is preparing the commercial launch of a batch of gene-edited pigs that have been modified to be immune to disease.If the launch is approved, we could see genetically modified pork on store shelves in the next couple of years. So far, Genus has created hundreds of CRISPR-edited pigs. The goal here is to provide farms with a way to keep diseases in check without…

Grace Cary/Getty ImagesThese are curious times at the supermarket checkout.For a while, it looked as if supermarkets were investing more and more in self-checkout technology.Also: How renaissance technologists are connecting the dots between AI and businessThis approach was completely understandable. It felt like a good investment, one that would obviate the need to employ so many people and to help cut costs, which is something a low-margin retail business craves.That shrinking feelingYet the practical deployment of…

A seemingly ordinary trip to the supermarket with a toddler sparked a viral debate on parenting etiquette and consideration for others, as a mom faced criticism for letting her child learn and contribute at their own pace, a pace that wasn’t to everyone’s appreciation.After posting a viral video on TikTok showcasing her one-year-old at the supermarket checkout, Amy was asked if teaching her child how to navigate life should be done at the expense of others.Amy, who did her weekly grocery shop with her partner and…

Credit: The Food Centre A new model of "social supermarket" providing affordable food and social supports for people experiencing financial stress in South Australia should be expanded, experts say. As the cost-of-living crisis affects a growing number of Australians, Flinders University researchers have partnered with State Government and The Food…

Dutch online supermarket Picnic has bagged a cool €355mn in funding after a year of international expansion, the company announced today. The grocery delivery service launched in the Netherlands back in 2015, before later entering France and Germany. Picnic said that the expansion across Europe helped the business grow by 40% in 2023. Turnover for the year reached an estimated €1.25bn. A particularly thriving new market is Hamburg, which hit a turnover of €40mn just six months after launching…

The cultivated-meat business hopes that this experience will become more common. In June Eat Just and Upside Foods, another California startup, became the first two companies to win regulatory approval to sell cultivated meat in America. A handful of firms already do so in Singapore, which was the first country to permit the sale of the stuff in 2020. A herd of rivals is stampeding after them. All told, around 160 firms are trying to bring cultivated meats to market. But…

“We do not use facial recognition and other biometric identification technology on our customers at self-service checkouts.”The Coles spokesperson said the technology was there to reduce theft.“Cameras used by Coles do not record personal information or have facial recognition,” they said.“Any footage that is recorded, is done so in line with all relevant laws and Coles’ privacy policy.”Interestingly, both Coles and Woolworths said that the cameras embedded in the self-serve units were not recording at all. The footage is…

So soon after GameStop pulled out of Ireland A lot of people are more likely to opt for digital copies of games rather than physical ones these days. In fact, 70% of games sold in 2022 were digital downloads, and there’s little reason to suggest this trend won’t continue. As such, retailers may see less and less reason to stock actual physical stock, and that’s what’s currently happening in the United Kingdom. According to a report from GamesIndustry.biz, Tesco – one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains – will…

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