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Displaying all articles tagged:
Wal Mart
crimes
1/14/2019
American Hero Banned From Walmart for Best Reason Ever
“ … drinking wine from a Pringles can for several hours while riding on an electric cart.”
coffee wars
8/3/2018
Companies Are Locked in a Heated Battle to Produce the Best So-so Coffee
Walmart has partnered with a third-wave roaster.
grocery wars
3/14/2018
Walmart Will Launch Same-Day Grocery Delivery in NYC
The next best thing to actually being allowed to build a store in the city.
grocery wars
11/21/2017
Ongoing Price Wars Give Grocery Shoppers Lowest Thanksgiving Prices in 5 Years
Just about everything is cheaper this year, from turkeys on down.
grocery wars
11/20/2017
Walmart Is Making Punch-Flavored Pickles to Compete With Amazon
The war over groceries moves to a “secret” Arkansas food lab.
lawsuits
11/10/2017
Walmart Has to Pay $7.5 Million to Shopper Who Broke His Hip Buying a Watermelon
The produce-aisle incident left him walker-bound.
grocery wars
10/10/2017
Walmart Wants Your House Keys So It Can Store Groceries Directly in the Fridge
A “convenient” service that happens while you’re “at work” or “off doing other things.”
bad news
10/5/2017
Walmart’s Salmon That Funds North Korea Could Be in Supply Chain for Over a Year
Walmart, Aldi, and others imported over 2,000 tons of the tainted seafood this year alone.
grocery wars
8/23/2017
Walmart Opened an Organic Fast-food Restaurant Inside One of Its Supermarkets
The company that sells Larry the Cable Guy chips has entered the “slow food for fast people” business.
grocery wars
5/18/2017
Here’s Why German Discounter Lidl Will Escalate America’s Grocery-Price Wars
It plans 330 stores that offer food at up to 50 percent below rivals’ prices.
recalls
4/10/2017
Walmart Recalls Salad Mixes After Dead Bat Discovered Inside
The CDC can’t rule out rabies because of the animal’s “deteriorated condition.”
peeps show
2/17/2017
Walmart Will Unleash Peeps Oreos
In mid-February, before real Peeps are even in stores yet.
news you can booze
2/16/2017
Lawsuit Says Walmart’s New Craft-Beer Brand Is a ‘Wholesale Fiction’
Trouble Brewing is mass-produced by Genesee and meets “none of the criteria” for craft beer.
horrible products
12/13/2016
Walmart Yanks ‘Got Retard?’ Coffee Mugs From Its Website
It also decided shoppers can do without a “Got Hitler?” option.
food waste
10/28/2016
Walmart Stores Caught Trashing Food That Hasn’t Even Expired Yet
The CBC dug through the company’s trash in Canada and found items that still “appeared to be fresh.”
half baked
9/26/2016
Walmart Workers Refuse to Make ‘Racist’ Cake for Police Officer’s Retirement
The officer’s friends are now demanding a boycott.
deep-fried everything
9/13/2016
Walmart Rolls Out a Whole Restaurant Modeled After the Texas State Fair
It features a 45-item menu celebrating the “treats families enjoy ever year.”
let's roll ... back prices
9/8/2016
Walmart Horrifies Shoppers With 9/11-Themed Soda Display
“We will never forget” is about right.
sweet jesus!
8/12/2016
America Reacts to Walmart’s Deep-Fried Twinkies in a Box
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I think it is safe to say this is peak western civilization. Was a good run, folks.”
food waste
7/19/2016
Nearly 150,000 People Have Signed a Petition Demanding Walmart Sell Ugly Produce
#WhatTheFork is getting harder for the country’s largest grocer to ignore.
Sweet
6/6/2016
Now You Can Gorge on Deep-Fried Twinkies in the Comfort of Your Own Home
Hostess has given the world a prepackaged version, and it’s available at Walmart.
Recalls
5/4/2016
42 Frozen-Food Brands Recalled Over Listeria Fears
The list includes 358 products sold under 42 different brands.
Lawsuits
2/25/2016
Lawsuit Accuses Walmart of Defrauding Shoppers With Fake Parmesan
The company’s “100% Grated Parmesan” allegedly contains as much as 10 percent wood pulp.
Takes the Cake
1/5/2016
Get Ready for Two More Patti LaBelle Desserts at Walmart
The supermarket hopes “Patti cakes” will go as viral as her sweet-potato pie.
Taste-Test
11/25/2015
Taste-Testing Patti Labelle’s Viral Pie
There’s some nutmeg blowback, but it can compete with any fancy shop’s version.
Crazes
11/18/2015
The Black Market Is Booming for Walmart’s Patti LaBelle Pies
Lucky eBay users are selling the massively popular pies with an 1,000 percent markup.
The Chain Gang
7/13/2015
Starbucks Will Now Try to Solve America’s Unemployment Problem
CEO Howard Schultz is spearheading a multi-company initiative to hire 100,00 young adults over the next three years.
Horrible Things
7/1/2015
Horrific Details Continue to Emerge About Southeast Asia’s Fishing Slaves
Like working 24-hour shifts, sleeping on beds of dead fish, and watching others jump overboard.
Drama
6/30/2015
Walmart Refused to Make a Confederate-Flag Cake, Happily Made an ISIS One
The company says that the employee had no clue it was a terrorist flag.
Awful Things
3/25/2015
Chances Are Disgustingly High That You’ve Eaten Fish Caught by Slaves
An investigation led back to companies like Walmart, Kroger, and Sysco.
Sweetened Deals
9/16/2014
Walmart Told Customers a Fake ‘Sugar Tax’ Was Making Their Coke Cost
The “tax” equaled the amount discounted by an ad.
Recalls
6/19/2014
Kraft Recalled Some Velveeta Because It Wasn’t Fake Enough
Walmart shoppers in the Midwest, check your pasteurized prepared cheese product.
Awful Things
6/10/2014
Guardian
Says Shrimp Sold at Walmart and Costco Comes From Slave Labor
A ‘Guardian’ investigation ties shrimp at several major retailers to fishmeal produced on Thai slave ships.
Health
4/10/2014
Coming Soon to Walmart: Cheap Organic Food
The products will cost the same as non-organic goods.
Tomatoland
1/21/2014
Walmart Agrees to Pay Florida Tomato Growers a Penny More Per Pound
The retailer will give an extra penny per pound, to benefit the Immokalee.
Food Drives
11/18/2013
Ohio Walmart Holds Food Drive for Employees Who Can’t Afford Thanksgiving
It’s not supposed to be like this, employees say.
Lawsuits
9/26/2013
Dead Rat, Cash Money Found in Grocery Store Food
A dead rat in frozen lemonade would mess you up, too.
Sunday Twinkie Sunday
7/12/2013
Here’s a Look at the Brand-New ‘First Batch’ Twinkies Box
Sure to be a collector’s item, maybe, someday.
Paula Deen
6/26/2013
Walmart Drops Paula Deen, Too
The chain is just the latest company to cut ties with the troubled Southern celebrity chef.
Make It Stop
6/6/2013
Paula Deen–Branded Butter Sounds Absolutely Delicious
GMO-friendly, y’all.
Leftovers
1/15/2013
Lou Amdur Teams Up With Night+Market; Plan Check Opening Fairfax Location
The owner of Lou Wine Bar will pair vino with seven courses of Thai street food.
Good Buy
12/13/2012
Wal-Mart May Buy Hostess, Bring Back Twinkies
Phew. We were really worried for a minute there.
Rinse Before Using
10/24/2012
Living Frog Found Inside Bag of Wal-Mart Salad Greens Speaks Out
A Florida woman says her bag of mixed greens contained a pink frog.
Off the Market
8/16/2012
Windsor Terrace Is Officially Supermarket-Less
Ugh, Walgreens.
Beef
6/18/2012
War Brewing Over Chinatown’s Wal-Mart
A local community development advocate cites the brand’s bad record as an employer.
Grocery Wars
5/30/2012
Downtown Feels Shunned by Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s
Meanwhile, other big box grocers are wisely moving in on the turf.
Mediavore
3/23/2012
Weed Workers Join United Food and Commercial Union; Kegger Cup Company Rakes It
The 35,000 member-strong union promises to put its weight behind keep medical marijuana dispensaries open.
Mediavore
3/22/2012
Deceased Guido’s Employee Died of Respiratory Infection; City Council Fights
Earlier reports suggested the staffer had been shot, then beaten, to death, causing much undue alarm.
Mediavore
2/27/2012
Fans Pay Last Respects to Sushi Nozawa; Wal-Mart Opening Chinatown Grocery Store
Diners flock to Studio City to part ways with a legendary sushi stand-out.
Mediavore
2/21/2012
Obama Mulls National School Vending-Machine Rules; Wal-Mart Eyes China
Apples and almonds could replace school lunch supplements like Snickers and Cheetoes.
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