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Kroger, Albertsons, Dollar Tree and 99 Cents Only all tested positive for BPA in canned foods

July 09, 2017 -

To carry out the report, researchers examined more than 250 canned products purchased between January and April from 10 states. An independent laboratory was also commissioned to assess BPA contamination in the products.  The report revealed that 38 percent of canned food samples contained BPA in their linings. The report also showed that all canned products purchased from the grocery establishments and discount stores tested positive for BPA contamination.

In addition, ...

Huge list of food retailers reject GMO salmon: Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Costco, Trader Joe's and more

June 03, 2016 - Huge list of food retailers reject GMO salmon: Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Costco, Trader Joe's and more

Friday, June 03, 2016 by: Isabelle Z.Tags: GM salmon, rejection, grocery retailers

11,000 stores and counting refuse to sell GMO salmon

GMO salmon could put entire wild salmon population at risk

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Coca-Cola teams up with grocery giant Albertsons to steal your smartphone information … invasive “Minority Report” marketing goes mainstream

May 10, 2017 -

Albertsons is reportedly the first grocery chain to adopt the technology, which utilizes digital signage placed at grocery end caps that targets shoppers and drives them towards the beverage aisle. Once there, shoppers are offered coupons and other promotions designed to entice them to buy more high-fructose corn syrup-laden soft drinks.

According to Food Dive, Coca-Cola has so far launched the program in 250 stores as part of a pilot effort to see how well it goes....

America’s large grocery chains merging with Big Tech to track, control your food and drug purchases

February 19, 2023 -

The company describes the app as something that allows customers to "connect data from wearables, integrate prescriptions, design their diet and make telehealth or vaccination appointments."

Albertsons is currently in talks with Kroger, by the way, to perform a merger. Should that be a success, the new Albertson's-Kroger mega-grocery chain would capture control over 36 percent of the American grocery supermarket business.

Competitor Walmart, America's ...

Thousands of California grocery workers vote to strike against major supermarket chains: How will this affect the food supply?

March 24, 2022 -

Reports indicate that some 47,000 workers at hundreds of Ralphs (Kroger), Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions stores throughout the bottom half of California will walk off the job after the United Food and Commercial Workers union failed to reach an agreement before the latest three-year contracts expired on March 6.

Another perfect storm to strike the food economy, a potential strike would leave thousands of grocery stores and supermarkets without clerks, butchers, ...

Kamala Harris working with Tim Walz to create federal Department of GROCERIES – food price controls and empty shelves won’t be far behind

September 09, 2024 -

The economic plan involves having the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) use antitrust laws as leverage to control the price of food, which ultimately means controlling private business entirely.

Americans saw something similar back when Barack Obama had the federal government take control of Detroit's automobile industry. Kamala is doing the same kind of thing except instead of cars, she and Walz will decide how much your family's meals cost.

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U.S. shoppers facing increasingly barren shelves, with comparisons to Soviet stores in the 1980s amid Biden’s worsening supply chain crisis

January 13, 2022 -

All around the country, U.S. shoppers are facing rising shortages of basic foods as a number of factors combine to make the crisis worse.

In addition to severe winter storms that have disrupted shipping in some parts of the country over the past several days, Democrat-led cities and states are once again using the COVID pandemic -- the spread of the exceedingly mild omicron variant -- to shut down their economies and keep supply chain personnel at home where they cannot ...

Public Health Lawyers File Notices of Violation of California Proposition 65; Potato Chips Contain Cancer-Causing Acrylamide (press release)

July 10, 2006 - Public Health Lawyers File Notices of Violation of California Proposition 65; Potato Chips Contain Cancer-Causing Acrylamide (press release)

Monday, July 10, 2006 by: NewsTargetTags: health news, Natural News, nutritionThe companies receiving notice are: Albertsons Inc.; New Albertsons, Inc.; The Vons Companies, Inc.; Pavilions; Safeway, Inc.; Safeway Stores 28, Inc.; Safeway Stores 71, Inc.; Safeway Stores 73, Inc.; Safeway Stores 87, Inc.; Safeway Stores ...

Some Texas establishments keep their mask requirements despite statewide mandates being lifted

March 16, 2021 -

Hyatt Hotels, Target, Starbucks and CVS Health were among the companies who announced continued mask mandates in their establishments. A CVS spokesman said the drugstore chain will continue to mandate masks in adherence to federal health guidelines. Drugstore employees are instructed to avoid confrontation with mask-less customers and try to serve them as quickly as possible, he added.

CVS first mandated masks in its stores nationwide back in July. Meanwhile, rival drugstore ...

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Government preparing to let food stamp recipients shop at online retailers using taxpayer money

STOP THE LEAD POISONING: Health Ranger advises natural products retailers to pull all Shilajit products delivering over 1 microgram of lead per day

Huge list of food retailers reject GMO salmon: Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Costco, Trader Joe's and more

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MASSIVE RECALL: Packaged vegetables from Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s may contain Listeria

November 08, 2017 -

The vegetables are sold at grocery stores such as Albertsons, Target, Trader Joe's, Walmart, and 10 California-based Whole Foods stores. The recall was issued during the second week of October after random product testing revealed a single positive result for listeria.

The recall might not do a lot of good, however, as some of the products which were marked “best if used” between October 11 and October 20 may have already been purchased and eaten by consumers....

Kroger ordered to pay $180,000 to a pair of employees who were fired for refusing to wear pro-LGBT symbols at work

November 27, 2022 -

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of employees Trudy Rickerd and Brenda Lawson by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The women were employees of a Kroger store in Conway, Arkansas, which is situated just north of Little Rock. When they were ordered to wear an apron featuring a rainbow heart on it to support the LGBTQ community, they refused on the grounds that they had sincere religious objections that prevented them from supporting or promoting homosexuality.

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Walmart to close four “unprofitable” stores in Chicago as America’s economic decline accelerates

April 14, 2023 -

The four stores located in the Kenwood, Lakeview, Little Village and Chatham neighborhoods will close on April 16, although their pharmacies will remain open for up to 30 days. In a statement, the company said the four Walmart locations "have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago. These stores lose tens of millions of dollars a year, and their annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years."

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Empty shelves reported at grocery stores across the U.S. as supply chain, omicron and weather issues converge

January 19, 2022 -

Many Americans are currently being forced to quarantine or work from home as Omicron surges, which is causing the demand for groceries to rise at the same time that supplies are remaining low thanks to worker absenteeism and other issues. The fact that processed food and produce companies are experiencing significant backlogs is only making the problem worse.

These shortages are particularly pronounced in the Northeast, where severe winter weather has led to even more ...

Food inflation in the US about to reach a tipping point

October 22, 2021 -

Throughout the year, American consumers have accepted the growing costs of basic food items at supermarkets and groceries. But companies that make many of the now more-costly staple goods are concerned about reaching a tipping point.

Supermarket and consumer goods executives have pointed out that price increases that go above five percent are likely to influence consumers to radically rethink their spending habits to make up for the bigger grocery bills that they now ...

Six poultry industry executives indicted for price-fixing

October 11, 2020 -

According to the allegations, top executives at Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Claxton Poultry Farms, Tyson Foods Inc., Perdue Farms Inc., Koch Foods Inc., and George's Inc. colluded between 2012 and 2019 – a period longer than initially suspected by the DoJ – to price-fix and bid-rig contracts for chicken nuggets, breast fillets and wings sold to both restaurant chains and grocery stores throughout the United States.

Among those charged is Bill Lovette, the former CEO of Pilgrim's ...

Choose your meat wisely: 50% of grocery store chicken is laced with feces

March 09, 2017 -

Nutrition experts from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) found that nearly half of grocery store chicken is contaminated with chicken feces. After analyzing chicken products from 15 U.S. grocery store chains in 10 cities, the researchers concluded that 48 percent of the samples tested positive for E. coli, an indicator of fecal contamination.Feces, toxins, and superbugs

When we look at poultry farms, bird transportation, and slaughter methods, this ...

Recalled tuna re-enters market, prompting fresh botulism alerts

2 months ago -

In a concerning supply chain failure, thousands of cans of tuna previously recalled and quarantined for a potentially fatal botulism risk have been inadvertently shipped back to grocery store shelves across nine states. California-based Tri-Union Seafoods initiated a new public warning on January 16, 2026, after discovering that a third-party distributor had mistakenly released the dangerous products. The affected Genova Yellowfin Tuna items, sold at major ...

AI-priced groceries: Instacart’s secret experiments inflate your food bill

December 10, 2025 -

If you've used Instacart to order groceries recently, you likely assumed the price you saw was the same as what any other shopper would pay. However, a groundbreaking new investigation reveals that assumption is dangerously wrong. In a covert practice enabled by artificial intelligence, Instacart is conducting widespread pricing experiments that charge different customers wildly different prices for the exact same products from the same stores, potentially ...

Cucumber recall over Salmonella contamination expands: What you need to know to protect your health

June 04, 2025 -

A salad favorite has become a public health hazard. Cucumbers, often praised for their crisp freshness, are now at the center of a Salmonella outbreak that's rapidly expanding across the United States.

What started as a regional concern has spread to 18 states, sickening at least 45 people and sending 16 to the hospital, according to a newly released update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But it's not just about cucumbers ...