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Grocery Stores

Business Crime

The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd

A teenage clerk dialed 911. How should the brothers who own CUP Foods pay for what happened next?

Aymann Ismail Slate Oct 2020 25min Permalink

Business

Inside the Story of How H-E-B Planned for the Pandemic

The grocer started communicating with Chinese counterparts in January and was running tabletop simulations a few weeks later. (But nothing prepared it for the rush on toilet paper.)

Dan Solomon, Paula Forbes Texas Monthly Mar 2020 20min Permalink

Business World

The Aldi Effect: How One Discount Supermarket Transformed the Way Britain Shops

When Aldi arrived in Britain, Tesco and Sainsbury’s were sure they had nothing to worry about. Three decades later, they know better.

Xan Rice Guardian Mar 2019 30min Permalink

Business Food

Food Fighter

A profile of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey.

Nick Paumgarten New Yorker Jan 2010 35min Permalink

Arts Business Food

Can Whole Foods Change the Way Poor People Eat?

How the new store is—and isn’t—changing Detroit.

Tracie McMillan Slate Nov 2014 30min Permalink

Arts Food

Enchanted Aisles

The history of Trader Joe’s.

Dave Gardetta Los Angeles Sep 2011 20min Permalink