A popular local grocery chain that largely caters to Latino customers has stopped selling tobacco products at its stores in Fresno and other Valley cities. The decision by Vallarta Supermarkets makes it the first and largest grocer in California to go tobacco-free. Anti-tobacco advocate Rosendo Iniguez, a spokesperson for the...
More Than 800 Socal Supermarket Workers Test Positive for COVID-19
[aggregation-styles] NBC Los Angeles As the number of coronavirus cases soars in Southern California, the supermarket industry is getting hit harder than ever, according to data obtained by the NBC4 I-Team. The data shows there have been COVID-19 outbreaks at more than 137 Los Angeles area supermarkets in November and...
Pismo's Takes You Into the Future of Restaurants With New Video
Face shields will greet you. Social distancing will be in force as they seat you. Online pre-screening will ask you about your temperature reading, your guests' temperature readings, and whether you've been in contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19. Listen to this article: These are just some of the things...
Trader Joe's Lets Us Be Snobs at Reasonable Prices
For years, I’ve told children, newspaper editors, and other credulous people that I’m the Joe of Trader Joe’s. That’s a lie. But it’s true that the store and I grew up in the very same neighborhood. As a Pasadena child, I would ride my bike two blocks from my house...
Why Community-Owned Grocery Stores Like Co-Ops Are the Best Recipe for Revitalizing Food Deserts
Tens of millions of Americans go to bed hungry at some point every year. While poverty is the primary culprit, some blame food insecurity on the lack of grocery stores in low-income neighborhoods. That’s why cities, states and national leaders including former first lady Michelle Obama made eliminating so-called “food...
Gene-Edited Food Is Coming, but Will Shoppers Buy?
WASHINGTON — The next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or granola bars made with soybean oil genetically tweaked to be good for your heart. By early next year, the first foods from plants or animals that had their...