Beyond groceries

“Does this scenario sound at all familiar? You go haring off to the supermarket because ‘there’s nothing to eat’. You pile your trolley satisfyingly high… Read More »Our shopping trolley shame

“Grocery shopping gives me agita. Right after I select a shopping cart I have to pop a handful of Tums. The worst is when you… Read More »Grocery stores: Living hell or masochist’s heaven?

“Everyone has to eat and it seems that most people have stories about where their food came from, especially stories from many years ago when… Read More »Memories of grocery stores are all that remain from years ago

“Most grocery stores have seen it: a forlorn shopping cart miles away from the store, complemented by a shrinking supply of carts. Often, stores count… Read More »February is Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month

“After shopping for dozens of products in places as varied as food co-ops and convenience stores, I’ve uncovered the essential elements of a greenwashed product.… Read More »Be It Ever So Homespun, There’s Nothing Like Spin

Holy crap!

“…researchers visited stores and calculated the ‘optimal paths’ among products, the most efficient routes necessary to acquire these items and then leave the store. They… Read More »The Systematic Inefficiencies of Grocery Paths

It’s Christmas morning and here at GLC HQ we’re waiting for the kids to wake up, listening to the Sufjan Stevens “Songs For Christmas” box… Read More »Kids, Sufjan, elves and XMAS

“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… Read More »Eco-shopping: Shopping with the Environment in Mind

“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… Read More »the (all american) history of shopping carts

“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… Read More »Re: How long does it take for food to go through you?

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… Read More »Happy Halloween!

“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… Read More »Putting the wash before the cart

“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,… Read More »Down the Other Aisle

“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… Read More »Source of Deadly E. Coli Is Found

“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,… Read More »How Much is Inside a Shopping Cart?

“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… Read More »The top ten things food companies don’t want you to know