• With the arrival of Peapod, the online offshoot of Giant Food Stores, to Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs, web-based grocery sales via computer and smartphone are becoming widely available throughout the region. [Inquirer]
• City Tavern, the colonial-era tourist destination run by Chef Walter Staib, put out the call for potential operators to transform the property from a concessions contract to lease over the summer, but didn’t received a single proposal. [KYW Newsradio]
• Although alcohol has some of the highest profit margins of any menu item, many chains aren’t finding serving booze worth it, since “customers apparently just don’t think a value meal pairs well with a cabernet.” [NYT]
• Next time you’re in Kiev, considering visiting the Vogue Café. Condé Nast evidently has magazine-themed restaurants around the world, and it’s adding more. Anyone fancy a bite at the hot new farm-to-table spot, the Grub Street Grange? [FishbowlNY/Mediabistro]
• Curious to know the earned income of most people receiving food stamps? A big, fat zero. [Real Time Economics/WSJ]
• If you’re so over acai, consider getting into baobab — the antioxidant-loaded African fruit may be the next superfood, if marketers have their way. [NYDN]
