(Washington Post) — When the glass doors at Wegmans in Prince George’s County glide open at 7 a.m. Sunday, shoppers will be stepping into a place that symbolizes the county’s continuing transformation. For a county without any other high-end grocers – no Whole Foods, no Trader Joe’s, no Harris Teeter – officials and residents describe it […]
(WSJ) — The city is calling it a “supermarket sweep.” Inspectors from the Department of Consumer Affairs visited more than 700 grocery stores in the past year and found violations at nearly half, according to a report released Wednesday. The inspectors searched for relatively minor offenses — lack of produce scales for customers, items missing […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Mayor Richard Daley and Walgreen Co. officials touted progress Wednesday in the city’s push to wipe out “food deserts” in Chicago. The Deerfield-based drugstore chain is adding fresh fruit and vegetables at four stores by next week, bringing to 10 the number of such outposts on the city’s South and West sides. Those impoverished […]