In the event that you're not in an evacuation zone and plan to hunker down in the comfort of your own home this weekend, you will probably want something to eat. Or, at the very least, to drink, because nothing quells the fear of nature like a cocktail! In addition to the non-food supplies you should have ready in that go bag (right?), here's a little shopping list for you to review.
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Results tagged “groceries”
Stocking Up For Hurricane Irene: Time To Fill The Bathtub?
Target To Sell Everything Ever, Including Groceries
Target, attempting to take "one-stop shop" literally, is now offering more groceries than ever before, because nothing says "convenience" like being able to buy hemorrhoid cream and bologna under one roof.
Groceries In NYC Are Cheaper Than In Most Of The Country?
Believe it or not, when looked at in aggregate, groceries are cheaper in New York City—home of the $5 dollar bottle of Coke and $150 bowl of soup—than they are in other parts of the country, a new research paper reports. According to two Columbia University economists a "household that moved from Des Moines to New York and purchased goods from the same type of stores in the two cities would realize a 10% drop in the overall cost of its grocery purchases."
Grocery Stores Still Miffed Over Those Pesky Produce Carts
Mayor Bloomberg's "Green Cart" initiative to bring more fresh produce to "food deserts" in the form of fruit stands may not get that much love from the people, but it certainly has the ire of some shop owners. The city is once again looking to give out permits for the stands, and again store owners are crying foul.
Groceries Up To $60 A Bag In Manhattan
We already reported that food is getting really expensive, and if there's anyone who is feeling the pain, it's a Manhattanite. “I feel like I am getting fleeced and taken advantage of. I don’t buy meat anymore. I can’t. It’s too expensive," a D'Agostino shopper in Hell's Kitchen told the Post, which calculated that the average price for a bag of a dozen common grocery items jumped $9.11 from last year to $59.85.
Wine at Groceries a Dream Deferred No Longer?
The Times reports that Gov. Paterson is once again pushing to allowing New York groceries to be able to sell wine, as a means of raising revenue for our depleted deficit. The same measure was defeated last year, largely due to lobbying efforts by wine store owners and distributors who feared losing business. But under the new proposal, wine and liquor stores for the first time could sell "breads, cheeses and other items that would go naturally with wine," install A.T.M.'s in-store, and sell directly to restaurants, bars and convenience stores! Watch your back, 7-Eleven.
At the Ethnic Market: Saku sai gai
At the Ethnic Market highlights international specialty foods and ingredients you're very unlikely to find at your local Gristedes.
Fresh Direct Workers Vote Down Union
Employees at FreshDirect’s Plant Operations warehouse voted overwhelmingly against unionization over the weekend. Given options of joining either the United Food & Commercial Workers, the Teamsters, or no union at all, 80 percent of the employees voted “no union.” The vote comes in the midst of an ongoing labor crisis at the warehouse; over one hundred undocumented workers were forced out earlier this month as FreshDirect announced an imminent inspection by Immigration and Customs Enforcement [I.C.E.].
Fresh Direct Exit
Approximately 85 undocumented workers are being fired from the high-end grocery delivery company Fresh Direct on the on the eve of the holiday season because their status as U.S. residents is disputed. Dozens of workers filed out of the company's Queens warehouse. Fresh Direct blamed a federal probe for the axing of almost a hundred workers. According to the Daily News, "management insisted it carried out the purge under pressure from federal authorities to crack...
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