Selected Articles
The politics of food insecurity
The USDA defines food insecurity as a state in which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money [...]
High Court: Food retailers can keep SNAP data confidential
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as the Food Stamp Program, provides food-purchasing assistance for low-income people living in the [...]
As goes China, so goes the world.
While the food industry is sometimes called the world's biggest industry - in reality it's a conglomeration of broad sectors and businesses. [...]
How many grocery stores are there in the United States?
Related Links: The largest US Supermarket company is The Kroger Co...but there's a hitch. The top 10 grocers in the US [...]
Is farming octupus unethical?
A Japanese aquaculture company recently announced it has succeeded in hatching eggs of fully farmed octopus in western Japan. The seafood company [...]
Are ‘robot supermarkets’ the next big thing in the same day grocery delivery biz?
Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of U.S. Supermarket chains such as Giant Food, Food Lion and Hannaford, is hoping that "robotic picking [...]
What is a Grocerant?
There was a time when food was sold through much more rigid channels than exist today. For the most part consumers used [...]
Where’s the beef cut come from?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ever wonder where your T-Bone Steak or the juicy sirloin tips you had for dinner the other night come from? While [...]
What is the Biggest Fast Food Restaurant Chain?
Ever wonder which fast food restaurant is the largest out of the thousands of fast food restaurants in the world? It seems [...]
Kroger’s Top 5 Consumer Food Trends for 2019
Kroger Co. was the leading supermarket in the United States with sales of over $105 billion in 2017 and a total of [...]
