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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...

Whole Foods employees in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and two other states have filed a class action discrimination lawsuit against the grocery chain for disciplining workers who wore Black Lives Matter masks during their shift. The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Boston, seeks a preliminary injunction prohibiting further retaliation against employees choosing to wear the masks at...

Before the coronavirus pandemic, many customers selected where to shop for groceries based on a store’s location, product prices and food selection. These days, however, more and more consumers are also taking stock of what stores are doing to protect shoppers and workers from COVID-19. In the newly released Consumer Health & Safety Index, marketing research company Ipsos Group compared...

As demand surges during the COVID-19 pandemic, some front line grocery and deliver workers increasingly concerned over their own health and safety are holding strikes and walkouts.

Amazon says it needs to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads and keeps more people at home, shopping online

A trio of police officers paid for an accused shoplifter’s groceries rather than arresting her at a Manhattan Whole Foods.

Whole Foods Market has announced it is recalling multiple vegetable products from its stores nationwide, days after the company that sells to the grocer and others yanked its veggies over concern about possible bacterial contamination.  The company that sells to Whole Foods and other retailers, Mann Packing Co., said last week it was pulling vegetable products after it was...

Whether you want new construction or a fixer upper – home prices in the D.C. area are more than double the national average. So how far can your money go? News4’s Erika Gonzalez takes a look.

A man accused of recording a video up a young girl’s skirt at a Whole Foods store in D.C.’s Logan Circle had videos of dozens more upskirting victims on his phone, court documents say.

A man took video up a 13-year-old girl’s skirt and up another unidentified woman’s skirt at the Whole Foods in Logan Circle in the spring, police say. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Most people think of granola as a healthy option to grab on the go, but some brands are loaded with sugars, fat and calories that can really derail your diet. Jummy Olabanji reports on new research from Consumer Reports to help you start your day off right.

Snack bars find their way into kids’ lunch boxes all the time for their convenience, but are they actually healthy? News4’s Eun Yang reports.

A new development in Tysons, Virginia, called “The Boro” is betting on getting people to ditch their cars and live in a space where they can live, work and play — all within a short distance to the Metro. News4’s Adam Tuss reports the development includes apartments, the largest Whole Foods on the East Coast, a movie theater, shops, restaurants...

National Ice Cream Day is here just in time to provide some sweet relief from the summer heat.

Ice Cream Jubilee has big plans for National Ice Cream Day: They want to make D.C.’s longest sundae. News4’s Erika Gonzalez has the details.

News4 wants kids in the DMV to have a great start this school year, and school supplies are the first step. This year, we’re partnering with Whole Foods to kick off this back-to-school campaign. Head to Whole Foods in Riverdale Park on Thursday through 2 p.m. Here’s how you can help.

The News4 Consumer team went to several grocery store chains last week in search of 12 popular items to compare prices. Susan Hogan reports.

Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan and producer Meredith Royster placed delivery orders with several grocery stores to compare their services.

The wildly popular Philadelphia-based convenience store, take-out restaurant and gas station chain is now open in Tenleytown.