• Stop & Shop is opening a “concept” store in Chelmsford, where they’ll test new initiatives like on-site day care and curbside pick-up. So now you can have the National Enquirer delivered right to your window, and little Timmy won’t even interrupt! [BBJ]
• A vending machine at an Alabama convenience store dispenses meat. Now old-school butchers are really endangered. [Zagat Buzz]
• The cantaloupe scare that so far has killed 29 people has one affected person suing Wal-Mart for selling the tainted fruit. [Bloomberg]
• Restaurateurs are increasingly using Kickstarter and other crowd-funding methods to finance their ventures. [NYT]
• Trade publication Drinks International presents its list of the world’s 50 best bars. New York’s PDT leads the pack. [HuffPo]
• Big seafood-restaurant chain Landry’s has swallowed up slightly less big seafood chain McCormick & Schmick’s. [NRN]
