GLC visitor Shelley wrote a while back and shared this story that I thought was good enough to share with all y’all… Bill, I’m groovin’ on the shopping lists, and felt moved to share this story: When I was in college, I went to a poetry reading by William Stafford, one of my favorite poets. [...]
“Eco-shopping at the grocery store is the practice of making purchasing decisions based on the environmental impact of a product. It is about asking the question ‘Is there a more environmentally friendly alternative that would meet my needs?’ The average American throws out their weight in packaging every 30 to 40 days. One out of [...]
“Between the 1930-40s cars and large electric refrigerators increased the size of food shopping trips. But they couldn’t’ve done it alone without a third invention — without the shopping cart!”
“Food travels down the oesophagus at a rate of approximately 3 to 4 centimetres per second (1 to 2 inches), and the entire process takes about 5 to 6 seconds. In the stomach, food tends to hang around for a little longer and this depends on a variety of factors including the amount of food [...]
The MIT Advertising Lab thinks you’ll like my upcoming book. I happen to agree. MIT’s blog “follows the future of media and ad technologies, bridging the gap between geekdom and advertising…”
It’s Halloween, so have a listen to the original radio broadcast of War of the Worlds available at The Mercury Theatre on the Air. The hour-long MP3 is available for free. “The finest radio drama of the 1930s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded [...]
“That grocery cart you’re putting your food, handbag and toddler into? It’s teeming with germs. Consider the handle. It’s been touched by untold numbers of hands that have changed diapers, mopped up runny noses, picked up packages of raw chicken and meat, and been coughed on, sneezed in and drooled on… A start-up company in [...]
“I’ve heard single friends say that the grocery store is a great place to meet someone new. Apparently, the meat market can be just that, and the contents of one’s cart offer a revealing peek at potential compatibility. But I believe they stock married bliss in grocery stores, too. Sara and I got to know [...]
“Cattle manure collected from a California ranch under investigation by federal and state authorities contains the same strain of E. coli that killed three people and sickened nearly 200 in a recent outbreak linked to tainted spinach, federal and state food safety officials said Thursday.”
“Shopping carts are one of the simplest forms of herd robot. A single store can support a huge corral of shopping carts in a vibrant, active community. The shopping carts from a large store can make many, many migrations through the store each day, or rest outside within bounds of the parking lot, socializing and [...]
“The giant food corporations have one mission: selling more food and beverage products to consumers. Succeeding with that mission depends on keeping consumers in the dark on certain issues such as the presence cancer-causing chemicals found in popular food products. Here are ten things the food corporations, whose products dominate grocery store shelves across the [...]
Halloween is on its way — and so is the first (soon-to-be) annual grocerylists.org Halloween Gift Guide. You’ll find cool treats, tricks, costumes and fun gift and party suggestions, all available for delivery from a variety of interesting online shops. Check back this weekend!
An educated opinion on the E. Coli/spinach problem: “Chez Pim has a special guest blogger today, his name is Andy Griffin. Andy and his wife Julia operates Mariquita Farm in Santa Cruz county, growing an amazing array of delectable vegetables including rare and heirloom varieties. Andy was the original owner of Riverside Farms, a pioneer [...]
“After a summer wallowing in fresh produce and farmers’ markets, it’s always a shock to come back to the supermarket. Many of New York City’s supermarkets are a thing apart from the well-lighted, spacious havens found elsewhere in the country, and like many in the city I avoid them by cobbling together a food supply [...]
Maggie Mason: “No One Cares What You Had For Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog is my very first book! … Buying your copy here is better than buying it at a major retail outlet because I will sign it and caress it lovingly before mailing it to you. If you like, I will whisper [...]
“…bargain lovers know that there’s a smart time to buy just about anything. For example, those looking for a great deal on a car should shop on weekday mornings in September. Groceries are cheapest on Sunday evenings. We talked to the experts, and found the best time to buy everything from wine to wedding dresses.”
“I have this thing about birthdays. I always want to ignore them. I just don’t want to think about getting any older. But my friend Mary Little always tried to set me straight. For her, every birthday, every year was a bonus.”
“Abandoned shopping carts are a common sight in Oceanside and elsewhere, but the theft and vandalism of marketplace conveyances represent a considerable loss for local retailers, prime among them grocery outlets. ‘We lose probably four to five thousand dollars a year to vandalism and disappearing carts,’ says Clayton Baker, franchise owner of Thrifty Foods in [...]
“Store managers these days need all the high-tech help they can get. Increasingly, they’re under assault from organized gangs of professional shoplifters. These skilled thieves walk off with huge amounts of selected items and resell them at discounts. The pros are driving up losses dramatically, to $855 per shoplifting incident last year, from $265 in [...]
“It looked like a lot of luggage for a weekend trip: Three suitcases and two big boxes. But it was easy carrying them to the airline counter. Most were empty. I was taking them to New Mexico to fill them up. Two days later, when I checked in at the Albuquerque airport for the flight [...]
This is the world's largest online collection of found grocery lists. In fact, we wrote the book on found grocery lists. Why? Other peoples' grocery lists are fascinating. Plus, the internet is a great place to do stupid interesting things. So far 2,000 funny, crazy, weird, sad and/or mundane discarded scraps of paper have been posted. But it's not all useless stuff -- we also link to useful and interesting articles about food, shopping, lists and more, as well as provide a pretty awesome downloadable PDF grocery list for free. Subscribe via RSS ».
List #2201: If I didn't know any better I'd think this list was made by one of my kids. Specifically, the girl. See more great lists in our collection of Top 10 lists.
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