Colman Andrews 24/7 Wall Street Published 1:32 PM EDT Sep 12, 2019 There are more than 38,000 supermarkets in the U.S. The vast majority of these – over 25,000 – are so-called conventional or traditional markets. The Food Marketing Institute defines these as stores offering a full line of groceries, meat, and produce, and generating annual sales of at least $2 million. About another 3,500 supermarkets are categorized as specializing in natural and/or gourmet foods. These stores are often known for higher quality fruits and vegetables, and their knowledgeable customers know how to pick the best produce. Still others – a lot of others – buy their food at Walmart (which is, along with everything else, America's largest supermarket by far in both number of units and revenue) or other big-box stores. And many, of course, spend their money at all of the above, depending on what they're looking for. A business school study of grocery store customer loyalty last … [Read more...] about Walmart, Whole Foods among best reviewed grocery stores on Yelp
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Sabrina Ghayour’s top 5 cities for foodies to visit
If you travel with mainly your stomach in mind, you’re not alone. Food is one of the great joys of visiting different countries, and for cook and food writer Sabrina Ghayour, it’s a massive part of any trip.The British-Iranian chef’s latest cookbook, Bazaar – which was 100% vegetarian – was published earlier this year, and here she rounds up her absolute favourite places around the world for glorious food.1. Bangkok“Bangkok is ridiculously vibrant. There’s no food trend they’re not on and don’t do beautifully. "You have the whole Thai culture and then you have everything else also – it’s just like New York. "It’s the most visited city on Earth. It’s colourful and we spend a hell of a lot of time there – I love it.”2. Istanbul “Istanbul connects me to my culture, and when I look at these people and the way that they eat, they have pickle stands and watermelon on the side of the street, … [Read more...] about Sabrina Ghayour’s top 5 cities for foodies to visit
The truth about the US’ most iconic food
A sizzling symbol of Americana eaten at stadiums and barbecues, the humble hot dog originated in a very unlikely place: the beach. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on WhatsApp Share on Google+ Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on StumbleUpon Share on Google+ Share by Email By Julia Hammond 3 July 2019 If there’s any food that represents Americana, it’s the humble hot dog. Today, these bunned frankfurters are sold at every baseball game, grilled at nearly every backyard barbecue and available at roadside convenience stores from the Carolinas to California. In fact, this most archetypal of American foods originated as the US started to stitch itself back together in the 1860s following the American Civil War and forge its new identity. But while you can now find these seasoned sausage … [Read more...] about The truth about the US’ most iconic food
The troubling legacy of Martin Luther King
Newly-revealed FBI documents portray the great civil rights leader as a sexual libertine who ‘laughed’ as a forcible rape took place David J. Garrow Features 30/05/2019 Martin Luther King arrives at the FBI to speak with J. Edgar Hoover on December 1, 1964. Their meeting was highly publicised, but evasive and dishonest on Hoover’s part (©BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES) Newly-released documents reveal the full extent of the FBI’s surveillance of the civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King in the mid-1960s. They expose in graphic detail the FBI’s intense focus on King’s extensive extramarital sexual relationships with dozens of women, and also his presence in a Washington hotel room when a friend, a Baptist minister, allegedly raped one of his “parishioners”, while King “looked on, laughed and offered advice”. … [Read more...] about The troubling legacy of Martin Luther King
New York City park welcomes goats for weed-eating
Two dozen goats arrived Tuesday to start eating their way through New York City's Riverside Park. The goats will spend the next three months clearing a two-acre stretch of overgrown vegetation in the park, gobbling up invasive plants, including poison ivy and mugwort. Riverside Park Conservancy arranged for the goats to be brought to the park in Manhattan from Green Goats farm, about 100 miles away in Rhinebeck, New York. Goat handler Larry Cihanek was excited about the goats' new project. "The goats actually help bring back a bigger variety of plants," he told CBS News.They were greeted by dozens of volunteers and community members. Riverside Park Conservancy, a nonprofit that works with the city to support the park, named the event "Goatham" — a play on "Gotham," a word derived from Old English meaning "goat town." "Though originally meant as a put-down, New Yorkers embraced the name," the group's website notes. "'Goat town' was an apt description of the undeveloped Upper West … [Read more...] about New York City park welcomes goats for weed-eating