Seattle's Scarecrow Video says it needs to raise $1.8M or face possible closure ~movies Article 800 words 12 votes
$2.70 supermarket wine wins gold medal at international wine contest ~food drinks Article 538 words, published May 22 2023 58 votes
Sweden and Finland have moved to relax strict laws that govern the sale of alcohol, while preserving wider state monopolies ~food drinks Article 294 words 9 votes
A Reddit-led boycott of Loblaws, one of Canadas largest grocers, begins today ~food Article 680 words 46 votes
London Drugs closes stores until further notice due to cyberattack ~tech security.cyber Article 348 words 22 votes
California store sells returned Amazon packages — still in the box ~finance business Article 662 words 15 votes
The plastic chemicals hiding in your food. Test results for bisphenols/phthalates. ~food Link 14 votes
US Federal Trade Commission and eight states sue to block supermarket merger between Kroger and Albertsons ~finance business Article 778 words 37 votes
Turn dollar store birdhouses into fantasy buildings for tabletop gaming ~hobbies Video 12:43, published Oct 31 2023 9 votes
IKEA has warned of product delays following rebel attacks on ships using the key Red Sea trade route ~finance business Article 597 words 14 votes
Meet the people working three jobs to afford Erewhon ~food Article 1253 words, published Apr 21 2023 11 votes
Vanessa Lillie interviews Native American booksellers about their picks for Native American Heritage Month ~books Article 1127 words 10 votes
Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store ~food Article 1049 words 31 votes
Is cinema dying? And if so, who is responsible? – A murder mystery. ~movies Video 1:31:11, published Oct 3 2023 23 votes
Independent bookstores are thriving in Texas, and not just in big cities—in suburbs and in small towns, new shops are serving up classics, cocktails, and community ~books Article 2077 words 18 votes
It's spooky how fast Spirit Halloween stores pop up. Here's how the US retailer does it. ~finance business Article 634 words, published Oct 2 2023 23 votes
Welcome to Norway, the world's most unlikely wine hotspot – in Oslo, there are weeks-long campouts to secure top burgundies. What's going on? ~food drinks Article 290 words 14 votes
Best Buy is discontinuing physical media in Q1 2024 ~tech Article 755 words, published Mar 4 2023 36 votes
Mobs of masked teens ransacked Philadelphia stores. Police have made over a dozen arrests. ~news usa.pa.philadelphia crime Article 231 words 17 votes
Carrefour in France puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands ~food Article 521 words 81 votes
‘The love for music is still there’: saving the sounds of Afghanistan one cassette at a time ~music Article 737 words 10 votes
A supermarket chain in the Netherlands is helping to combat loneliness with so-called “slow” checkouts where chatting is encouraged ~life Article 925 words 27 votes
Supermarket in Finland is welcoming canine customers with specially-adapted carts which allow dog owners to bring their pooches grocery shopping ~life.pets Article 314 words 16 votes
“Going shopping” is dead: How stores sucked the fun out of an American pastime ~finance business Article 2793 words 62 votes
Could you, please, write down a monthly grocery list (and instructions if needed) to buy in a supermarket without carrying any plastic back home? Please, state your region/country/city. ~enviro plastics Ask (survey) I have tried that in New England and I have been unable to do so. 30 votes
A charge on supermarket single-use plastic bags has led to 98% drop in use in England since 2015 ~enviro plastics.single use Article 707 words 88 votes
Amazon plans to expand use of its palm scanning technology this year ~tech privacy amazon Article 606 words 7 votes
Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto was listed for sale on Waterstones website – UK bookseller removes anti-Muslim document by Norwegian extremist ~books Article 528 words 7 votes
Ann Patchett talks about her new book, running a bookshop, and resisting censorship ~books Article 2505 words 8 votes
Americans turning to installment apps Klarna, Affirm to buy groceries ~finance Article 1567 words 50 votes
IKEA is using more wood from Sweden and the Baltics to make up for not sourcing it from Russia and Belarus, which the company has shunned due to Moscow's war in Ukraine ~finance business Article 504 words 4 votes
Barnes and Noble's surprising turnaround ~finance business Article 1897 words, published Dec 28 2022 18 votes
Iceland Foods has lost its ongoing legal battle with the country Iceland over the frozen food retailer's trademark name after the EUIPO dismissed its appeal ~finance business Link 7 votes
Inside the hip-hop record store run by undercover cops ~music hip hop Article 2756 words, published Nov 21 2022 6 votes
For months, mustard has been tough to find on grocery store shelves in Europe. It's a combination of geopolitical instability and wild temperatures. ~food Article 882 words, published Nov 29 2022 4 votes
Fast-rising electricity bills and surging food price inflation are taking their toll in Sweden – Matmissionen and the social stores offering food at rock-bottom prices ~life Article 951 words 7 votes