• Myths About Canned Food You Can Stop Believing

    For many of us, canned goods are the stuff we cook if there is nothing left in the house. Much of this is because canned vegetables have a bad rap. But do they deserve their reputation? Here are some canned food myths that need to be debunked.

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  • Why You Should Think Twice Before Buying Pre-Ripened Fruit

    When you walk into a produce section of a supermarket, it's difficult not to fall prey to the siren song of all the beautiful colored fruits beckoning to be washed and eaten. But if that fruit has been pre-ripened, it might not last very long on your countertops

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  • Why Everyone's Talking About Aldi's New Hot Honey

    Your favorite budget grocery store just released yet another must-have product. Aldi is pretty well known for unleashing some deliciously intriguing products, and this one is equally interesting — it's a couple of different types of spicy honey.

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  • What You Never Noticed About Grocery Store Shopping Carts

    Between the 1930s and the 1970s the size of shopping cart steadily grew. By the 1970s, it became a truth universally acknowledged within university economics departments that the bigger the shopping cart, the more the consumer was likely to purchase.

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  • The Real Reason Grocery Prices Are Rising At An Alarming Rate

    This year will be remembered for many things. This is the year food supply was high, and the harvests should have been plentiful (via The New York Times). But it is also the year millions of pounds of fresh food was destroyed while prices for essentials like meat and dairy rose to new highs.

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  • Genius Ways To Make Your PB&J Healthier

    Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have been around since the beginning of the 1900s. And, thank goodness for that, right? The average, homemade, PB&J on soft bread has 210 calories, 9 grams of fat, 28 grams of carbohydrates, and 10 grams sugar. There are ways to make this sandwich a bit healthier

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  • Costco's New Iced Latte Has Everyone Talking

    My Cafe Latte is Costco's latest offer in the 'I have no time because I'm in a hurry but I need a caffeine fix' department, which means it sits, ready-made in the refrigerated drinks section, and primed to be enjoyed at a moment's notice.

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  • Why Sam's Club's Unusual Grapes Have Shoppers Excited

    If you think fruit tastes too fruit-like, then you're probably all over the food trend of fruits that are flavored to taste like something else. If you're a fan of flavored grapes, then you'll definitely want to bust out your Sam's Club membership card or break down and buy a membership.

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  • Things You Should Never Do In Costco

    Excellent savings. Free samples. Giant containers of cheese balls. What's not to love about Costco? But your next trip to Costco may not be as simple as you think. You, or your fellow shoppers, could actually be precisely what many Costco customers and employees despise.

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  • Walmart Is Changing The Way It Sources Its Beef. Here's Why

    In 2016, Walmart outlined a roadmap that it said would flesh out details for a sustainability agenda, with action items that included doubling sales of produce locally grown in the U.S., looking to sustainably source 20 commodities including bananas and tea by 2025. Beef has been added to this list.

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  • Costco Fans Might See A Change In This Food Court Staple Soon

    The sudden disappearance of the Costco churro even led to a petition on Change.org to bring back the cinnamon-and-sugar-dusted pastries, but word on the internet is that they are poised to re-emerge — and they might be better than ever when they once again grace the menu.

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  • The Weird Ingredient That's In Your Orange Juice

    In many cases, bottled orange juice includes artificial flavoring — regardless of what the label says. Alissa Hamilton, the author of Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice, writes orange juice drinkers are "misinformed about what it is they are drinking."

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  • What You Need To Know About The 'High Risk' Ground Beef Recall

    More than 19 tons of ground beef delivered to retailers in the southeast U.S. have been recalled and should not be eaten, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The department's Food Safety Inspection Service determined the meat was not inspected at its port of entry.

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  • Read This If You Recently Bought Onions From Walmart Or Kroger

    If you recently purchased onions, you may be in immediate danger of contracting salmonella. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a statement on July 31, 2020 saying that they are currently investigating a multi-state outbreak of salmonella linked to potentially contaminated red onions.

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