Sunday, September 30, 2012
"Carrefour - Question"
My sense is that supermarkets both in NC and here in France have failed to come up with an easy way for customers to offer useful observations and impressions. Instead, it all seems to start with the "third degree" of questions and identification when someone just wants to say - nice apples today, for example. It's a real missed opportunity. Why not just name and e-mail and nothing more?
Revolution Foods’ Chief, on Healthier School Meals - NYTimes.com
Impressive lady! Who in NC has done this much to insure that kids in school get healthy meals? Is there an NC leader?
Saturday, September 29, 2012
"Peter Praeger, a Surgeon With a Health Food Company, Dies at 65" - NYTimes.com
What's the NC version of this man?
"More Children Ill From Food Malady in Germany" - NYTimes.com
How do we measure how well kids are eating in NC schools of all kinds, not just how rarely do they get sick?
"Rutgers University’s Grease Trucks Face Uncertain Road" - NYTimes.com
More information about what one eats from food trucks would help us all make better, or at least more informed, decisoins.
"A Good Appetite - Danger Lurks Between Hot Peppers and Sweet Peppers" - NYTimes.com
How to solve the pepper picking challenge?
"The Common Ground Fair in Maine Celebrates Organic Food" - NYTimes.com
What are the NC versions of this? If they don't exist, are they worth considering? I am not sure.
Friday, September 28, 2012
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Lowes Foods going downhill fast in my book
Sent this to them today:
"I am not looking for anything in response, but just to give you some general feedback. The new store design gives me the impression that you have dramatically decreased your fresh produce section, and generally are pricing items too high. Today, for example, I wanted fresh peaches - 3.99 at your store and down the street at Harris-Teeter, I bought them instead for 1.99. There are a couple of things that I need to buy regularly in terms of milk and yogurt for my wife and despite my requesting the store to stock them, neither has appeared. My point is that I am finding myself shopping at Lowes less and less and instead of our primary grocery, you have now become a poor second. It's a shame that you have lost your customer focus, or at least focus on this customer."
"I am not looking for anything in response, but just to give you some general feedback. The new store design gives me the impression that you have dramatically decreased your fresh produce section, and generally are pricing items too high. Today, for example, I wanted fresh peaches - 3.99 at your store and down the street at Harris-Teeter, I bought them instead for 1.99. There are a couple of things that I need to buy regularly in terms of milk and yogurt for my wife and despite my requesting the store to stock them, neither has appeared. My point is that I am finding myself shopping at Lowes less and less and instead of our primary grocery, you have now become a poor second. It's a shame that you have lost your customer focus, or at least focus on this customer."
September 15, 2012 | Recipes, Listings and Audio | The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper | American Public Media
Note Bill SMITH from Chapel Hill.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Onze magasins Carrefour Market vont être cédés à Intermarché#xtor=RSS-3208#xtor=RSS-3208#xtor=RSS-3208
Same sort of thing happened here recently in Charlotte with Harris-Teeter and Lowes?
Dalton Touts Jobs Plan —
Note sweet potato reference - for what reason, I am not sure. ConAgra sweet potato processing center?
Monday, September 10, 2012
Nutrition info for fresh food
Why are there no nutrition labels/information for each fresh food item in a supermarket. It's there for the frozen version of the same items, but not fresh. Why? Why not?
Sunday, September 9, 2012
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Welcome to Helens Foods
I think I heard this mentioned today from one of the television channels covering the DNC in Charlotte.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Searching for mangoes
I had seen some mangoes on sale on one or another supermarket in the past week. When I went to the Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods sites, there is no way that I could find to search on mangoes to find out the in-store price or availability. That's got to change!