Kids love to collect things
"Kids love to collect things. With a little luck and a lot of effort, children might be able to build up valuable collections. There is no set age when collectibles become assets, but most are at least 30 years old before their worth increases. Some collectibles known as 'investment-grade' can become very valuable if they are in perfect condition and in demand." Posted at 7:54 AM Central Time

The best, worst of new grocery products in 2004
"Low carb. The U.S. supermarket scene in 2004 can be summed up in those two dreaded words. Not since the fear of fat in the early to mid-’90s has a single food trend so completely dominated new product introductions or so depressed the two of us -- Bonnie, because of her aversion to fad diets, and both of us because of the typically poor to ghastly taste of low-carb products. Not surprisingly, low-carb foods also dominated our list of worst new products of 2004. That Double Forks Down list makes our best-of-the-year product picks and the winner of our Golden Shopping Cart Award for the best new product of the year all the more beloved and dear, as we both look forward to a low-carbfree, or at least a low-carb-reduced, New Year." Posted at 11:41 AM Central Time

Frozen Food 'Most Important Grocery Invention'
"Frozen food has been voted the most important grocery invention of the past century, according to a survey published today. The ability to store food for longer through freezing came at the top of a list of 20 innovations revealed by trade magazine The Grocer." Posted at 11:38 AM Central Time

Responsible Shopper: What Does Your Shopping Support?
Responsible Shopper can help you find out! Discover the good, the bad and the ugly behind the products you buy everyday -- from clothing to shoes to toothpaste. Investigate hundreds of companies on a range of issues, including: Sweatshops, Pollution, Ethics, Discrimination and more." Posted at 7:56 AM Central Time

Eating tips for a healthy lowfat Winter
"Food... not another article on food, I hear you say. But as we come into the long winter nights in front of the TV with our favourite snacks, we forget CSI doesn't stand for Candy Snack Indulgence and it becomes hard to fend off those extra kilos. We argue that we are putting on some extra insulation and then resort to wearing the baggy clothes as our tight summer clothes and those cute jeans just don't look good anymore." Posted at 7:52 AM Central Time

del.icio.us links!
Look who's linking to us at del.icio.us. Posted at 7:57 AM Central Time

Museum of Online Museums
"Welcome to the coudal.com Museum of Online Museums. Here, you will find links from our archives to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions: Start with a review of classic art and architecture, and graduate to the study of mundane (and sometimes bizarre) objects elevated to art by their numbers, juxtaposition, or passion of the collector." Posted at 8:07 AM Central Time

Weird Collections on the Web
"Everyone collects something, be it parking tickets, AOL CDs, or dust. Some just collect more than others, and even fewer still decide to share their collections with everyone on the Internet. In this edition of Weird Websites, we celebrate those humble few -- those proud purveyors of the Collection with a capital 'C' -- who've taken the time and effort to showcase their collections on the Web. Collectors of the world, we salute you!" Posted at 7:57 AM Central Time

Harris Teeter: Urban in Charlotte
"Charlottes growing urban lifestyle has continued to surge through its hip array of museums, bars, restaurants and condo living. But the young adults and empty nesters made it known that there was a missing link: a full-service grocery store. Harris Teeter (Matthews, N.C.), the upscale supermarket chain, responded to the need. Because the store was on the street level of a new mid-rise condominium suite, however, designers from Little Diversified Architectural Consulting (Charlotte, N.C.) had to fit a 45,000-square-foot grocery store into an 18,000-square-foot space." Posted at 8:19 AM Central Time

S.F. debates fee on bags at groceries
"Choose paper or plastic at a San Francisco grocery, and it could cost you extra. Tuesday, the city's Commission on the Environment will ask the mayor and board of supervisors to move a proposal ahead that would make the city the first in the nation to charge grocery shoppers 17 cents for each plastic or paper sack." Posted at 8:05 AM Central Time

Winning the grocery store game
"You've entered the grocery maze. The bakery's fresh-from-the-oven smells get you as you enter the store. You pick up doughnuts, even though they're not on your shopping list -- or your diet. Two points for the store. You want to buy only bread and milk, but they're in the back of the store. On the way, you see a new brand of olives that looks great. Into your basket they go. Two more points for the store. Standing in the check-out line, you browse a home design magazine and get hooked on a story. Gotta have it. Two more points for the store. You've been had by Grocery Store Design. You're not alone." Posted at 7:26 AM Central Time

Signature statement
"As you grab a pen to sign a check or scribble a grocery list, take a second to note that Sunday is National Handwriting Day." Posted at 8:19 AM Central Time

In an effort to not go broke...
...we've added simple, useful Google AdSense text ads to some of our pages: "Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant, unobtrusive Google ads on their website's content pages and earn money." Posted at 8:50 AM Central Time

De plek voor de huisman
If anyone can translate this for us we'd appreciate it: "Nederland vormt geen uitzondering als het gaat om het ordenen van gedachten op papier. Dat bewijst Bill Keaggy. Deze uit St. Louis afkomstige verzamelaar vond in 1997 op de parkeerplaats van een winkelcentrum een boodschappenlijstje. Hij besloot vervolgens elk volgend lijstje dat hij zou vinden, in te scannen en te delen met de internetgebruiker (http://www.grocerylists.org)." Posted at 8:46 AM Central Time

LinkMonkey.net: Eclectible Collectibles
Hi LinkMonkey readers! "Have you ever had to stand in a long line at the grocery store? In order to amuse yourself while you wait, you can check out what the person in front of you is buying. If you're a keen observer, and you have enough imagination, you can kind of piece together what their life might be like based upon the items in their cart. Grocery lists work the same way, but they are a rather rare treasure that can be difficult to come across. So, save yourself the trouble and check out Bill's collection of other people's grocery lists to see what you can learn about your fellow shoppers." Posted at 8:09 AM Central Time

When to buy organic
"Organic produce is more expensive, so it pays to spend wisely. The December-January issue of Natural Health magazine reports on which fruits and vegetables should top your organic grocery list." Posted at 8:06 AM Central Time

The Global Grocery List Internet Project
"Students collect prices on 14 specific items from their local grocery stores. The data is entered into a spreadsheet, sorted and averaged. The information is then sent to the Global Grocery List web site and becomes part of a growing table of data. The data is analyzed providing the students an opportunity for solving many problems." Posted at 8:41 AM Central Time

Retailers Tap High Tech to Aid Shoppers
From the Washington Post: "A New England supermarket chain will soon roll out an intelligent cart that downloads shopping lists and warns customers with a flashing image when it passes a product on their list." Posted at 8:13 PM Central Time

Here's a forum discussion about grocery lists
RealityTVPlanet BBS :: Grocery list: "I was curious about how many people make a list before going to the store. Do you list things in order of which aisle you would go to first? Do you keep a running list between trips to add items to or do you just jot everything down when you decide to go? Do you get your non-refrigerated items first or do you just work your way from one side of the store to the other? Do you go down every aisle or just to the ones that have items you want?" Posted at 7:58 PM Central Time

Food bloggers chronicle their delicious obsessions
"...the websites and weblogs they visit, create, and update on a daily basis all share a single fetish -- for food, with a capital 'oo.' ''Some people eat to live,' FatMan Seoul announces in a blog that's a field guide to his forays into Korean cuisine. 'Some live to eat. I belong to the latter, and it shows...'" Posted at 11:48 AM Central Time

High-quality foodblogs, I
There are a lot of them -- and a lot of very good ones -- quite the phenomenon. And much more interesting than reading about politics! These foodblogs seem to stand out, in alphabetical order:

• The Accidental Hedonist
  
• Appetites
  
• Chocolate & Zucchini
  
• The Daily Bread
  
• KIPlog FOODblog
  
• i was just really very hungry.
  
• An Obsession with Food
  
• The Radical Chef
  
• Saute Wednesday
  
• tastingmenu.com

Got one to recommend? We're going to start linking up the good ones regularly, 10 at a time. Posted at 11:44 AM Central Time

What's the Real ROI of Self-Checkout?
What's the Real ROI of Self-Checkout? | "Although the numbers are clearly rising quickly, self-checkout programs are by no means universally successful. Some retailers are enjoying huge success while others question whether it will ever work for them." Posted at 12:29 AM Central Time

700 and counting
Well, the site redesign is fully implemented. All seems to be working (um, except the weblog archives), so we added another 100 lists to bring the total to 700. Posted at 12:18 AM Central Time

This is kind of funny
And slightly NSFW: @forums - Grocery Lists Collection | "My boyfriend is such a clown. I made a grocery list on the weekend of the things I need to pick up at the store because my parents and grandparents were coming over for dinner. I was in the kitchen, and asked Darin to add orange juice and soy milk onto the list for me. I'm about to leave for the store, I added a couple of other things to the list and I look at it. This is what it looks like..." Posted at 11:53 PM Central Time

So what do you call a grocery list collector?
"People who collect things are called by many names. Some of their names are as unusual as the items they collect." Posted at 10:10 PM Central Time

A brand-new site
I'm right in the middle of redesigning the entire grocery lists site, so if something seems broken it will surely be fixed quickly (like the weblog archives). Enjoy! Posted at 1:05 PM Central Time

Now I need to grill some steak
Benjamin Christie, a chef from Down Under, has been kind enough to recommend a couple wines to go with my steak (and dessert). Can't wait to try these out (the 2nd one is a PDF link). Posted at 11:09 PM Central Time

Hello Australia (again)!
The Advertiser: NET ADVENTURES: "We all do it, well, most of us. Write lists, that is. For absolutely no good reason at all, there is a website devoted exclusively to other people's shopping lists. Sounds weird. Is weird. But utterly additive." Seems I should be updating more frequently, eh? Posted at 9:15 PM Central Time