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Pressure growing to remove PFAS from fast food wrappers

Environmental and health groups are pushing dozens of fast food companies, supermarkets chains and other retail outlets to remove PFAS from their packaging

The Independent UK

Public grocery stores a bad fix for food deserts

The city should seek a candidate from among those grocers who already know the business, which is famous for thin profit margins, and would hit the ground running

Chicago Sun-Times

Man reveals his ‘day in the life’ as a ‘stay-at-home-husband’: ‘People seem to think I lost my man card’

‘Sunday reset? More like resetting societal norms’

The Independent UK

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End food deserts with publicly owned grocery stores

When market actors such as grocers divest from a community, policymakers turn to incentives to lure them back. Now is the time to rethink this approach.

Chicago Sun-Times

Whole Foods leaving Englewood elicits memories of the past

The corner of 63rd and Halsted was one of the mightiest shopping districts in Chicago, and it was a lifeline for us.

Chicago Sun-Times

Whole Foods is leaving Englewood, and city must find new oasis for a food desert

The store’s closing gives the city and the developer a chance to find a grocery store that’s a better fit for the neighborhood

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot: Whole Foods closing ‘gut blow’ to Englewood, but ‘we’re gonna work our tails off’ to find replacement

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said her predecessor’s grand experiment was doomed from the start. Many in the community are “hard pressed to pay, for example, 15 bucks a pound for a piece of steak.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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Afternoon Edition: April 29, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Whole Foods to close 6 stores nationally, including one in a Chicago 'food desert'

CHICAGO — Six years ago Whole Foods Market opened a store with much fanfare in Englewood, a South Side neighborhood that had few other groceries at the time. Lines of customers, many of them clutching Whole Foods tote bags, stretched out the door on opening day. Live music filled the…

Chicago Tribune

Whole Foods to close stores nationally, including one in Chicago 'food desert'

Whole Foods will close two of its 12 Chicago area stores, including a location Englewood, a poor South Side neighborhood considered a food desert, a spokesperson for the specialty grocer confirmed Friday.

Chicago Tribune

Englewood Whole Foods to close after just 6 years in neighborhood, leaving few healthy options

The store in Englewood Square Shopping Center is among six stores targeted for closure nationwide, including a store in Lincoln Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jodie Comer on the Killing Eve finale, her West End debut and the joys of M&S

As Killing Eve reaches its finale, shape-shifting star Jodie Comer talks to Rosamund Dean about how her gritty West End debut took priority over Ridley Scott’s next epic

Evening Standard

Tilray's Hemp Foods Brand Manitoba Harvest Teams Up With Whole Foods Market, Here Is How

Manitoba Harvest, a hemp foods brand, and a subsidiary of Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ TLRY) (TSX:TLRY), debuts their innovative Hemp+ Matcha and Hemp+ Supergreens powders exclusively at 300 plus Whole Foods Market locations nationwide, landing on shelves throughout April 2022.

Benzinga

The best budget buys at Whole Foods

For those who love pantry staples, Whole Foods has some surprising bargains

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The Guardian - US

Revealed: the dangerous chemicals in your food wrappers

Tests by Consumer Reports found PFAS in all kinds of food packaging, even from companies that say they’ve phased out the chemicals

The Independent UK

Man reveals he was denied job because of tweet joking about Whole Foods

‘So you weren’t complying with the social media policy of a company that you didn’t work for?’

The Guardian - US

‘Locked out by a robot’: Amazon Fresh accused of retaliation to union drive

Several unfair labor practice charges filed with the NLRB as a Seattle Amazon Fresh grocery store resists efforts to unionize

Benzinga

Amazon Consummates MGM Deal Post Clean Chit From Regulators

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) closed the $8.5 billion acquisition of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after a clean chit from the U.S. FTC and EU. The EU contended that the deal would not hamper competition as the two companies did not significantly overlap in content production, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FTC also did not…

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Benzinga

Here's How Amazon Looks To Cope Up With Booming Demand For Delivery

In late February, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) informed its U.S. gig workers who fetch delivery items would become its Whole Foods division's employees with more extended shifts, CNBC reports. Whole Foods' recent job post disclosed that the schedules would be made three weeks in advance and cover two-week periods. The job post contradicted Amazon…

Reason

Whole Foods Fight Over Black Lives Matter Masks Pits National Labor Relations Board Against Free Speech

Should Whole Foods be allowed to stop staff from wearing Black Lives Matter masks on the job?

Kiplinger

18 Things You Should Know Before Shopping at Trader Joe’s

Everything you need to know to save money and shop smarter at the quirky Trader Joe’s supermarket chain.

Fortune

Inside the secret world of Trader Joe's

America’s hottest retailer is notoriously hush-hush. Fortune uncovers the secrets of its success.

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