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Still no charges in Wal-Mart Black Friday pepper spray incident
L.A. NOWNearly a year after a woman was arrested for allegedly blasting shoppers with pepper spray during a Black Friday shopping frenzy at a San Fernando Valley Wal-Mart, no charges have been filed in the case, authorities said.... -
No on Proposition 37
There's a growing gap between what grocery shoppers think they know about their food and the reality. Those tomatoes with the evenly rich red color that look ripened to perfection? They were bred to avoid showing streaks of green, a result of genetic...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Consumer Goods Industries, Engineering, Food Industry, Biotechnology
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The problem with soda taxes
When it comes to so-called sin taxes, tobacco is simple. Food and drink are complicated. Cigarettes cause terrible disease and have no positive side effects. Taxes on them clearly reduce smoking and contribute to public health. But healthy eating requires...
Tags: Obesity, Healthy Diet, Nutrition, Services and Shopping, Vitamin Therapy
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Amazon, watch your back: Target, Best Buy to match online prices
Target and other brick-and-mortar retailers are treating this holiday season as an offensive against online rivals such as Amazon.com, using tactics such as price-matching to win back dominance of the Christmas shopping season. Tired of being used as...
Tags: Walmart, Amazon.com Inc., Holidays, Target, Services and Shopping
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Wal-Mart to ramp up small stores amid employee strikes
Get ready for more small Wal-Mart stores, and sooner. The mega-retailer known for its big-box strategy said it’s planning to speed up openings of its Neighborhood Market and Express stores. While some Wal-Mart workers are protesting low wages and...
Tags: Employees, Walmart, Career and Workplace, JC Penney Company Inc., Target
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Anthem's tip for better health: Try this ice cream
Anthem Blue Cross wants people to eat better. And to help its members make more healthful food choices, the insurance giant is sending out money-saving coupons. For ice cream. And processed sandwich meat. And mayonnaise. And canned vegetables. And,...
Tags: Mayonnaise, Honey, High Blood Pressure, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Insurance
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Man aisle: New York grocery store dedicates section to dude items
Lest men get lost in the feminine hygiene section or the towering array of probiotic yogurts, a New York grocery store has created a testosterone haven: a so-called man aisle stocked with all the goods a dude could desire. It’s a supermarket man...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Media Industry, Chicago Tribune, Services and Shopping
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Wal-Mart's Chinatown plan draws critics, defenders to City Hall
L.A. NOWWal-Mart’s plan to bring a grocery to Chinatown got a testy airing as speakers on both sides of the issue squared off in a crowded hearing room at L.A. City Hall.... -
L.A. makes history with ban on plastic bags at stores
L.A. NOWLos Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a hard-fought victory to environmentalists and promising to change the way Angelenos do their grocery shopping. The City Council........ -
Connecting WIC participants with farm-fresh produce
Los Angeles TimesAt the Prime Time Nutrition store in El Monte, a store that stocks the foods provided monthly to recipients of a federal mother-and-child nutrition program, shoppers can pick up formula and cereal, cheese and bread and other basic groceries. This summer,...Tags: Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Health, Obesity, Farms
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Ralphs supermarkets fined over pricing discrepancies
L.A. NOWJudge Gloria Trask on April 27 issued an injunction requiring all Ralphs and Food 4 Less stores in Riverside County to hire a “pricing integrity coordinator” for each store to ensure that information on store shelf tags was accurate.... -
Wal-Mart launches 'Pay With Cash' option for online shoppers
Wal-Mart customers, the majority of whom pay with cash when shopping in stores, now have the option to do the same online with the giant retailer’s new “Pay With Cash” option. Shoppers on Walmart.com who either don’t have a credit...
Tags: Homes, Walmart, Bribery, Corporate Crime, Services and Shopping
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