For many of the state's grocery workers, wages declined as non-unionized companies like Walmart claimed a bigger portion of the market.
The e-retailer's new model of cashier-less stores has some people buzzing, but others wondering what the lack of personal contact means for the future of city life.
If other immigrant groups are any indication, supermarkets' embrace of different cuisines could mean trouble for small South Asian grocers.
A rare ballot referendum in California aims to keep the state from banning free, single-use bags. Why the challenge? Where California goes, the conventional wisdom has it, so goes the nation, particularly when it comes to the environment.
A study of those in the Bronx finds higher prices and fewer varieties of produce than nearby stores.
In a state with agricultural export revenue totaling more than $18 billion annually, the Central Valley’s approximately 700,000 farm workers don’t earn enough to feed themselves properly.
An unusual two-year analysis of grocery prices—based on the cost per calorie—reveals a nearly 20 percent rise in the cost of what are usually healthier foods, widening the already disturbing junk-food gap.