Grocery Stores

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.

• By Joshua McNichols

If other immigrant groups are any indication, supermarkets' embrace of different cuisines could mean trouble for small South Asian grocers.

• By Anumita Kaur

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.

• By Bill Raden

A study of those in the Bronx finds higher prices and fewer varieties of produce than nearby stores.

• By Tom Jacobs

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.

• By Bobbi Murray

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.

• By Michael Todd