Grocery retailers aren’t sharing nutrition facts online: study
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Grocery retailers aren’t sharing nutrition facts online: study

ByNews Polite

Stew on this — a new analysis of 10 grocery websites found that retailers provided nutrition facts and other pertinent information online only 35% of the time. “The government has clearly intended that you should be able to know certain things about your food,” said senior study author and Tufts University…

Boar’s Head sales plunge across NY supermarkets after listeria outbreak
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Boar’s Head sales plunge across NY supermarkets after listeria outbreak

ByNews Polite

Supermarkets and delis across New York have seen sales of Boar’s Head meats plunge as much as 30% following a deadly listeria outbreak that has been linked to the iconic cold cut brand, The Post has learned. New York has been especially hard hit as the state health department investigates…

Grocery stores boost donations to congressional Democrats
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Grocery stores boost donations to congressional Democrats

ByNews Polite

The level of political donations from major food companies accepted by Democratic lawmakers has ticked higher this congressional election cycle, even as many Democrats have accused the top U.S. grocery chains and their suppliers of pushing prices higher at consumers’ expense, a Reuters analysis of Federal Election Commission data shows….

Woman’s Aldi rant backfires after she complains container doesn’t hold pasta
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Woman’s Aldi rant backfires after she complains container doesn’t hold pasta

ByNews Polite

A woman who shared a picture of an Aldi food container “fail” has not received the reaction she was hoping for, instead sparking backlash online. The woman took to a US-based Facebook group to share her frustration with a “special buy” at American Aldi stores. Her complaint was that one…