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Ronald Burkle's stake in Whole Foods Market reaches 7%
It looks like Los Angeles billionaire Ronald Burkle is on a shopping spree. On Thursday the supermarket mogul disclosed in a regulatory filing that he had purchased a 7% stake in Whole Foods Market Inc. Last week Burkle revealed in another filing that...Tags: BB&T Corporation, Wild Oats Markets Incorporated, Arable Farming, Sales, Anti Trust Crime
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Victory gardens sprout up again
These days, digging some holes and planting a little lettuce or a few beets is a political act. Just ask Julie Stern, who shares a backyard organic garden with her neighbor in Topanga Canyon. Stern worked at the polls on election day. "There's a feeling...Tags: Eagle Rock, Government, Gardening, The White House, Santa Monica
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Top this grocery list
Dining@LargeAll my guest posters this week are picking subjects I wish I had thought of first. My grocery lists are always models of decorum. The problem is that I don't want anyone I know to see what's actually in my...... -
No bills for some pills: Wegmans' generic antibiotic program
Of The Morning CallGrocery store chain Wegmans is offering free generic antibiotics to its customers through March, joining a growing list of retailers launching programs to cut the cost of prescription drugs and persuade customers to shop at their stores. ''We...Tags: Virginia, Health Treatments, Western Medicines, Medicine, Wisconsin
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Wegmans to offer free antibiotics to help customers cut drug costs
Grocery store chain Wegmans announced today that it will offer free generic antibiotics to its customers through March, joining a growing list of retailers launching programs to slim the cost of prescription drugs. "We understand the economic pressures...Tags: Virginia, Western Medicines, Medicine, Allentown, Nazareth
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Coupons just for you: Data-crunching helps grocer Kroger zoom in on customers
AP Business WriterCINCINNATI (AP) — Lisa Williams has never liked sorting through coupons, and she no longer has to at Kroger Co. grocery stores. Every few weeks, coupons arrive in Williams' Elizabethtown, Ky., mailbox for items she usually loads into her cart:...Tags: Coca-Cola Company, Sales, General Mills Incorporated, Tesco Plc, Personal Data Collection
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Life without plastic is very hard
Chicago TribuneAmid a recent flurry of worrisome reports about plastic, a simple question came up: Could we live without it? Could my typical family — a mom, a dad, a 3-year-old girl and a 7-month-old boy — put aside the very material of American lives, the...Tags: Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Imperial and Royal Matters, Metal and Mineral, Alternative Energy, Metal
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Ukrop's to close its Lightfoot store
247-4741 | 247-7840— The Ukrop's store at Williamsburg Marketcenter will close Jan. 31, the grocery chain announced Tuesday. The store, at 6610 Mooretown Road in Lightfoot, opened in October 2006. "We opened the Lightfoot store in anticipation of the significant...Tags: Hampton Roads, Restaurants, James City County, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking
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Happy relationship threatens to go up in cigarette smoke
DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend, "Jasmine," has been seeing a therapist to deal with serious depression and anxiety issues, and I think she has done well for the most part. I am just upset that she has taken to smoking with her co-workers to deal with stress. I...Tags: Economic Policy, Reviews
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Economic Downturn: Saving Money At The Grocery Store
McClatchy NewspapersEven in a recession, you have to eat. But with food prices up 7 percent this year and projected to go up at least another 3.5 percent next year, it's not easy to fill the grocery cart. Doris Jones of Raleigh, N.C., has started eating just two meals a...Tags: North Carolina, Market and Exchange, Retirement, Sales, General Electric Company
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Why aren't grocery prices falling yet?
When the price of gas rose, so did my grocery bill. We Americans were told gas was the cause. The price of gas has gone down, but grocery prices have not. I don't think the farmer is asking for more money for his product. But there have been changes in...Tags: Emmaus
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Turf battles
If getting a new development approved and built is a battle, the skirmishes are escalating in and around Turf Valley. After the recent launch of a petition drive challenging a law that that affects the size of grocery stores, the Howard County Chamber of...Tags: Justice System, Owings Mills, Local Elections, Lawyers, Referenda
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