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1. Whole Foods Is Ditching Unsustainable Seafood (CHOW)
2. Whole Foods Takes a Gamble on Detroit (NASDAQ)
3. Wegmans, Trader Joe’s, Publix & Fareway top Consumer Reports supermarket ratings (CHATHAM JOURNAL)
4. Cigarettes disappear from UK supermarket shelves under new anti-smoking laws (TELEGRAPH)
5. Grocery Shopping in China (ONLINE BARRONS)
6. Why Grocery Stores Are Making Us Fat (MARCUS SAMUELSSON)

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1. What’s in store at your supermarket: Top 10 food trends for 2012 (JSONLINE)
2. Kroger introduces 24-hour automated supermarket kiosk (DEATH & TAXES)
3. Woolworths Trials Virtual Supermarket (INSIDER RETAILING)
4. In Seoul, a virtual grocery store in the subway (CNN)
5. From Dumpster To Fork: A Dumpster Diver’s Adventures At Trader Joe’s & Whole Foods (LAIST)
6. Chefs Beef Up Ranks: Revamped Winn Dixie (BIZ JOURNALS)

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1. Oakville Grocery Closes for Renovation (GOURMET RETAILER)
2. Top 10 Worst Supermarket Foods (YAHOO!)
3. Supermarkets test man-friendly aisles in an effort to reduce ‘intimidation factor’ experienced by male shoppers (THE DAILY MAIL)
4. Singapore supermarket bans shark fins (SMH)
5. ‘I don’t feel like shopping or eating anymore’: Outrage over NASCAR driver’s Twitter rant after he saw woman breastfeeding at supermarket (DAILY MAIL)
6. English tourists in 560 mile trip to Scotland to use supermarket vouchers (DAILY RECORD)

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1. Laughter in aisles of new supermarket sitcom (NEWS SHOPPER)
2. How supermarkets peek into your shopping basket (THE AGE)
3. Express delivery: How you can buy your groceries from a virtual supermarket… on a train platform (DAILY MAIL)
4. Whole Foods recall marinades over health risk (SUSTAINABLE FOOD NEWS)
5. Eat your greens… and pinks and yellows: How Tesco is trying to get children to eat cauliflower by making it more colourful (DAILY MAIL)
6. Supermarket Standoff: Canned Tuna (YAHOO!)

Prose, essays, reviews, interviews & poetry with a focus on food:

1. Book Review: The Chocolate Diaries: Secrets for a Sweeter Journey on the Rocky Road of Life by April Decheine (SEATTLE PI)
2. Barbecue guru Steven Raichlen gets back to Portland roots at Reed College by Leslie Cole (OREGON LIVE)
3. America’s new culinary renaissance by Kendra Nordin (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)
4. Lucky Peach in High Demand, Second Printing Coming by Paula Forbes (EATER)
5. Talkin’ Bout an Evolution by Bruce Palling (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
6. 10 Best Writings on Booze (THE DAILY BEAST)
7. Getting back the wild oyster by Necee Regis (BOSTON.COM)
8. Better Cooking through Technology by Corby Kummer (TECHNOLOGY REVIEW)
9. Harold McGee on Coffee and Tea (NEW YORK TIMES)
10. Recipes inspired by French markets: For delectable French-inspired treats, steer clear of restaurants and seek out local produce stalls instead by Stevie Parle (TELEGRAPH)