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🥄Store brand dupes for name brand foods, grocery savings
Read full article: 🥄Store brand dupes for name brand foods, grocery savingsIs Walmart’s ketchup just as tasty—for less cash—as Heinz? Is Costco’s yogurt as creamy as Chobani? Here, how 70 grocery store brands compare with the iconic staples you’ve bought for years.
Whole Foods decision to pull lobster divides enviros, pols
Read full article: Whole Foods decision to pull lobster divides enviros, polsEnvironmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end retail giant Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster.
Burn the turkey? Whole Foods will ‘insure’ your Thanksgiving meal
Read full article: Burn the turkey? Whole Foods will ‘insure’ your Thanksgiving mealWhole Foods is teaming up with Progressive to offer insurance for your Thanksgiving meal in case the cooking goes haywire. The promotion amounts to a free $35 Whole Foods gift card to customers who quote “commit a turkey cooking fail.”The idea is that coronavirus restrictions are forcing households to host smaller gatherings, sometimes featuring inexperienced family cooks. | Shaq’s mansion discounted by $3M]Here’s how it works:Buy a Whole Foods-branded turkey from the store between Nov. 11-22. If it winds up overcooked, undercooked, burnt, or dry, you can submit a claim with a receipt, brief explanation, and picture to a special website. Entries have to be submitted starting Thanksgiving Day through the following day at 3 a.m.
Workers turn into amateur sleuths to track virus cases
Read full article: Workers turn into amateur sleuths to track virus casesKatie Doan, a former Whole Foods employee, poses for a photo Thursday, July 16, 2020, in Costa Mesa, Calif. Doan started tracking COVID-19 cases at Amazon-owned Whole Foods in April. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Workers turn into amateur sleuths to track virus cases
Read full article: Workers turn into amateur sleuths to track virus casesShe relies on Amazon employees at more than 250 facilities who call, text or send her Facebook messages with possible cases. That has left workers like Jumpp to become amateur sleuths in their spare time. United for Respect, a labor group, collects anonymous reports from Walmart and Amazon workers through a new website. Walmart said that its COVID-19 cases track with the rest of the country but didn't explain why it doesn't provide numbers. Even though she doesn't work there anymore, the 25-year-old journalism student is still tracking cases at Whole Foods, which she says have surpassed 630.
Orlando Whole Foods employee tests positive for COVID-19
Read full article: Orlando Whole Foods employee tests positive for COVID-19ORLANDO, Fla. An employee with Whole Foods at the Bay Hill store on Turkey Lake Road has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a spokesperson with the grocer. The safety of our Team Members and customers is our top priority and we are diligently following all guidance from local health and food safety authorities. Weve been working closely with our store Team Members, and are supporting the diagnosed Team Members, who are in quarantine, a Whole Foods spokesperson said. Officials with the grocer said enhanced daily cleanings and disinfection of stores take place as well. To keep up with the latest news on the pandemic, subscribe to News 6s coronavirus newsletter and go to ClickOrlando.com/coronavirus.