Albanian Anchovy Sales Boom as Lockdowns Promote Tinned Food
Businesses worldwide have gone dark under coronavirus shutdowns, but in Albania, the anchovy trade is booming as demand for the tinned delicacy surges among European households.
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Texas Grocery Chain Does a Bang-Up Job Against Coronavirus
The secret society of toilet paper hoarders has retreated to their dank lavatories leaving rolls a plenty at Texas grocery stores. And business is booming for the Texas chain H-E-B thanks to a pandemic plan 15 years in the making.
Read morePanama to Restrict Movement by Gender During Virus Quarantine
The government of Panama on Monday announced strict quarantine measures that separate citizens by gender in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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World Economy Staggers Under Massive Layoffs
The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was reported in China in December has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy.
Read moreTrump Calls on Americans to Cease Hoarding Food, Supplies
President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Americans to cease hoarding groceries and other supplies, while one of the nation’s most senior public health officials called on the nation to act with more urgency to safeguard their health as the coronavirus outbreak continued to spread across the United States. Dr. Anthony Fauci says he would like to see aggressive measures such as a 14-day national shutdown.
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Whole Foods Loses Bid to Trim Employee Class Action
The D.C. Circuit rejected a bid by Whole Foods on Tuesday to winnow a potential $200 million class action over employee bonuses.
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Judge Rules Instacart Likely Misclassifies Its California Workers
The San Diego City Attorney announced Tuesday that a state court judge has found grocery delivery company Instacart likely violates state employment laws by misclassifying its grocery shoppers as independent contractors, eschewing paying its employees benefits.
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Tesco Says Cutting Bakery Jobs as Shoppers Shun Loaves
Britain’s biggest retailer, supermarket group Tesco, said Tuesday it was cutting more than 1,800 jobs at its in-store bakeries following a drop in demand for its bread loaves.
Read moreBanana Slip
A federal court in Louisiana denied a grocery store’s motion to dismiss a personal injury suit brought by a woman who “violently” slipped on what was likely a ripened banana on the store’s floor. Even if children dropped the substance, the question of whether two and a half minutes is sufficient time to put employees on notice must be left to the jury.
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Volunteer-Run Grocery Revives Rural French Village
Like so many villages tucked in the folds of the French countryside, the centre of Sauxillanges faced a near-certain death.
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Christmas Card Message Alleges Forced Labor in China
The U.K.-based grocery chain Tesco said it halted production at a factory in China on Sunday after a British newspaper reported the factory used forced labor to produce charity Christmas cards for the supermarket.
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Dutch Court Blocks Supermarket Protest Planned by Farmers
Dutch farmers can protest emissions cuts but they cannot block the country’s food supply ahead of Christmas, a court in the Netherlands ruled Tuesday.
Read more8,573 Mink
Frye’s Fur Farm sued Whalen Foods in McHenry County (Ill.) Court, claiming it sold Frye’s 21 tons of frozen ground eggs tainted with e. coli, which killed 8,573 mink.
Read moreFrench Supermarkets Under Fire After Food Found in Trash
Two French supermarket chains came under fire Wednesday after a lawmaker staged raids on Paris trash cans that uncovered packages of food within their use-by dates as France marked its national anti-food waste day.
Read moreMan to Stand Trial for Murder in Trader Joe’s Shootout With Police
A Los Angeles County judge ruled a man who led police on a high-speed pursuit last summer will face a murder charge in the death of a woman shot by police during a shootout outside a Trader Joe’s supermarket in 2018.
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A federal class action claims that, contrary to Whole Foods Market’s claims, its house brand of Starkey bottled water is contaminated with arsenic.
Read moreWitnesses Recount Fearful Moments in Trader Joe’s Shooting
Customers and employees at a Los Angeles Trader Joe’s market say they were taken hostage last summer after a man led police on a high-speed pursuit right to their neighborhood market and on Wednesday several of those witnesses recounted that day in a Los Angeles courtroom.
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Shareholders Say Conagra Buried Troubles on Pinnacle Foods Merger
Conagra Brands Inc. faces a shareholder derivative alleging the company’s top officers withheld wrongfully withheld information about internal issues spurred by its acquisition of Pinnacle Foods Inc.
Read moreEmbezzlement
Dennis Blieden, 29, formerly of Santa Monica, was charged this week in Las Vegas with 11 counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and two forfeiture counts.
Read moreUK Blocks Sainsbury’s Merger With Walmart Unit Asda
British regulators blocked Sainsbury’s $9.4 billion purchase of Walmart’s Asda unit on Thursday amid concerns the deal would have increased prices and reduced the quality and range of products available. For Walmart, it’s another setback as it tries to refocus its international operations on higher-growth markets.
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