Grocery Stores

Trader Joe's Expands Its Floor Space

The Trader Joe's grocery chain, which has long cultivated a funky neighborhood vibe, is going national and opening bigger stores. Will communities still love a big box TJs?
28 October 2011 - 8:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Food Deserts Exaggerated

The "food deserts" problem is receiving heightened attention following the release of the USDA's locator map. But this analysis relies on the suspect premise that suburban supermarkets are superior to small, walkable urban foodsellers.
10 May 2011 - 2:00pm
Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Sushi from Walgreens?

The New York Times reports that retailers more used to selling aspirin and greeting cards are now offering more elaborate grocery options.
17 January 2011 - 8:00am
The New York Times

Grocery Stores Becoming Hot Mall Properties

Supermarkets are moving in to spaces vacated by department stores in malls, which until recently were too costly for grocery stores to rent.
7 October 2010 - 9:00am
Retail Traffic Magazine

The Solution to Food Deserts: WalMart?

Activists who want to solve the problem of "food deserts" in underserved areas push for co-ops and and independent grocery stores. But would large chains like WalMart be a better solution?
5 October 2010 - 11:00am
Grist

Geolocating Your Fruity Pebbles

"Indoor positioning systems" are getting closer to reality, placing products at your fingertips by tracking them down within the store.
26 September 2010 - 7:00am
Directions Magazine

Combatting the Food Desert of Detroit

Grist's food editor visits Detroit, where the lack of grocery stores has inspired a number of innovative, locally-grown food projects.
16 September 2010 - 6:00am
Grist

Dollar Stores and Groceries Bouncing Back

A new study shows a significant increase in planned new retail stores over the past three months, and discounters and grocery stores are leading the way.
19 June 2010 - 5:00am
Retail Traffic Magazine

The Big Business Behind Local Opposition to Wal-Mart

Typically thought of as a war to protect small businesses in communities from being swallowed up by a giant, the local opposition to Wal-Mart stores is often funded secretly by other major grocery chains.
9 June 2010 - 2:00pm
The Wall Street Journal

Building Neighborhoods Through Grocery Stores

To survive, neighborhoods need to be commercially viable. A group called the Food Trust believes grocery stores are a good starting point for creating that economic climate.
20 May 2010 - 6:00am
The Atlantic

Small Efforts in Fight Against Cincinnati Food Deserts

A major grocer in Ohio is trying to keep some of its smaller stores open in areas that would otherwise be food deserts. But profits are hard to come by, and stores continue to move out of town.
18 May 2010 - 7:00am
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Circuit City's Out, Grocery Stores are In

Retail Traffic Magazine reports that grocery stores are increasingly moving into the spaces vacated by big box and chain retailers.
9 August 2009 - 9:00am
Retail Traffic Magazine

Making Grocers More Appetizing to Developers

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg's office announced an initiative to encourage developers to include grocery stores in new projects. Nevin Cohen, whose research focuses on urban food system, reviews the plan.
25 May 2009 - 5:00am

Supermarket Sweep

Large supermarkets in San Francisco are being replaced with higher-end specialty grocers, and some say it's a bad thing for many customers.
22 September 2008 - 5:00am
San Francisco Chronicle

Loan Program Brings Independent Grocery Stores to Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI) has provided $42 million in grants and loans to finance 58 locally-owned grocery stores, combating fresh grocery shortages in areas of rural and urban Pennsylvania.
18 September 2008 - 10:00am
Hometown Advantage

Grocery Stores are Shrinking

For years, the sizes of grocery stores have grown increasingly to provide a greater variety to the consumer. Andrew Martin explains why retailers have now begun opening smaller stores instead.
11 September 2008 - 5:00am
The New York Times

Walkable Neighborhood Grocers

Thu, 08/14/2008 - 13:52

 

Costco may be coming to Manhattan, bringing 2300 parking spaces with it.

Urban Neighborhood Seeks Grocery Store

San Francisco's Tenderloin district- notoriously seedy and poor- is also one the densest neighborhoods in the city, and greatly in need of fresh produce and groceries. City officials are trying to attract a store, but it's a tough sell.
29 July 2008 - 6:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle

Fresh Food Financing

Pennsylvania is putting its money where its mouth is with the Fresh Food Financing Initiative, a $120 million fund to encourage inner-city groceries.
30 June 2008 - 9:00am
The Christian Science Monitor

G is for Grocery

The City of Palo Alto, CA concludes that grocery stores are a lynchpin of walkable neighborhoods, and votes to establish new "grocery" zoning districts.
15 June 2008 - 1:00pm
Palo Alto Online News
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