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Grocery Wars: It's Not Just About Selling Food Anymore
When it comes to grocery stores, we all have our favorite. But just how loyal are you? And what might tempt you to switch stores? As our options for grocery shopping increase, supermarkets are realizing they have to get creative to win our business. Many customers say price is a driving force when determining where to shop. “Price is still…
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Grocery Wars: It's Not Just About Selling Food Anymore
As our options for grocery shopping increase, supermarkets are realizing they have to get creative to win our business. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan shows us how they’re doing it.
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DC Closing Grocery Distribution Sites, Giving Resources to Food Banks
The D.C. government has been providing free groceries and meals since the start of the pandemic. The District has been operating 10 grocery distribution sites since March. At times the lines were long, but officials say demand has decreased, so five of the pick-up sites have recently been closed, and the plan is to close the remaining five at the…
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Walmart Launching Drone Delivery in North Carolina
The pilot program will deliver grocery and household items and launch in Fayetteville, N.C.
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Walmart and Instacart Partner for Same-Day US Delivery in Fight Against Amazon's Whole Foods
Walmart is partnering with Instacart to offer same-day delivery starting in a few U.S. markets, making it the latest major grocery chain to team up with Instacart in its fight against Amazon and Whole Foods. The partnership is currently in a pilot phase in four markets across California and Oklahoma. Walmart’s partnership comes at a key time. Consumers are relying on grocery delivery demand at an unprecedented...
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Discount Grocer Aldi to Open More Than 70 Stores by End of Year as Part of National Expansion
Discount grocer Aldi said Tuesday it will open more than 70 stores by the end of the year, with hopes of attracting new customers and wooing some away from grocery rivals including Walmart and Kroger.
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Volunteer Firefighters Are Delivering Groceries to At-Risk Residents in Virginia
Fairfax County in Virginia created a program using volunteer firefighters. The group of volunteers are helping deliver groceries to vulnerable residents who don’t want to leave their home during the coronavirus pandemic. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports.
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How the Pandemic May Change the Way We Grocery Shop
Gone are the days of leisurely browsing the aisles of grocery stores. Instead, customers are getting used to new grocery store fixtures: Mask-wearing employees, plexiglass barriers at cash registers, one-way aisles and antibacterial wipe dispensers. Some of those will become the norm. Others will fade away as coronavirus cases decline. But many analysts predict the pandemic will change how customers stock...
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US Grocery Costs Jump the Most in 46 Years, Led by Rising Prices for Meat, Eggs
Prices Americans paid for eggs, meat, cereal and milk shot higher in April as people flocked to grocery stores to stock up on food amid government lockdowns designed to slow the spread of Covid-19. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that prices U.S. consumers paid for groceries jumped 2.6% in April, the largest one-month pop since February 1974. The spike in...
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How to (Easily!) Regrow Vegetables From Scraps Indoors
As we all get used to our life under quarantine, there’s a certain appeal to the thought of growing our own food. But for those of us without outdoor space (or the will to use it), there is actually a lot that can be done right from your windowsill. And in many cases, you don’t even need dirt —...
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DC Sees Huge Response to Free Grocery Distribution
News4’s Mark Segraves reports the latest on the coronavirus pandemic in Washington, D.C.
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Tyler Perry Buys Groceries for Seniors at Dozens of Supermarkets
Tyler Perry is showing up for his community when they need it most.
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14th Street Trader Joe's Temporarily Closed After Employee Gets Coronavirus
The Trader Joe’s on 14th Street NW in D.C. has temporarily closed after an employee at the store tested positive for COVID-19, the company said in a statement. Trader Joe’s said the employee was last at the store on Sunday and it is closing the location for additional cleaning. It was not clear when the store might reopen. The...