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Grocery stores

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Retail

Amazon Fresh

D.C.'s innovative new grocery store has no cash registers or cashiers.

Christian Britschgi | 2.18.2022 6:20 AM

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Economics

Elizabeth Warren Blames High Food Prices on Grocery Chains' 'Record' 1 Percent Profit Margins

The Massachusetts senator advocated breaking up major grocery retailers with antitrust laws.

Joe Lancaster | 1.12.2022 11:50 AM

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Coronavirus

'Hero Pay' Requirement for Grocery Workers Results in Unemployed Heroes

Grocery store company Kroger has announced that it will be closing three stores in Los Angeles as a result of the county's new hazard pay law.

Christian Britschgi | 3.12.2021 11:10 AM

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Coronavirus

Grocery Store Owners Say That Pandemic Hazard Pay Laws Are Putting Them Out of Business

City-level requirements that grocery stores pay wage premiums during the pandemic could prompt layoffs, price hikes.

Christian Britschgi | 2.19.2021 10:55 AM

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Coronavirus

Mandated Pandemic Hazard Pay for Grocery Store Workers Prompts Store Closures, Lawsuits

California grocers have filed three lawsuits against local laws requiring "hero pay" during the pandemic.

Christian Britschgi | 2.4.2021 4:40 PM

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Reason Roundup

Instacart Fires 10 Workers Who Voted To Unionize and Around 1,990 Others

Plus: How the U.S. covered up the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington school district is suing to force its teachers back to the classroom, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.22.2021 9:30 AM

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Reason Roundup

This Week Confirmed That Control of the Supreme Court Will Be a Critical Part of Trump's Reelection Strategy

Plus: Seattle labor coalition gives cops the boot, supermarkets are a miracle of modern markets, Klobuchar is the last person to realize she won't be Biden's VP, and more...

Eric Boehm | 6.19.2020 9:45 AM

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Coronavirus

Lockdown Is Ending, Whether Governments Approve or Not

Executive orders may have encouraged the lockdowns, but they always depended on voluntary behavior.

Eric Boehm | 5.4.2020 11:40 AM

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Coronavirus

Federal Regulations Are Making the Grocery Store Supply Crunch Worse

The FDA has relaxed some labeling laws in order to allow restaurants to sell groceries, but it could do more.

Eric Boehm | 4.20.2020 4:45 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Make-Work Measure

Charles Oliver | 2.3.2020 4:00 AM

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Grocery stores

Don't Hate Me Because I Bag My Own Groceries

According to a proposed Oregon ballot initiative, I am contributing to unemployment, social isolation, and underage drinking.

Jacob Sullum | 9.11.2019 12:15 AM

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Oregon

Union-Backed Ballot Initiative Would Limit Grocery Stores to 2 Self-Checkout Machines

The Oregon AFL-CIO argues that self-checkout machines are costing jobs and increasing social isolation.

Christian Britschgi | 9.6.2019 1:25 PM

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Voter ID

Does Trump Really Think You Need ID to Buy a Box of Breakfast Cereal?

Also, are people putting on disguises so they can vote more than once?

Joe Setyon | 11.14.2018 3:45 PM

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Florida

A Florida Prosecutor Is Accused of Shoplifting From Publix

Legal repercussions apply to everyone, even state attorneys who make 'honest mistakes.'

Zuri Davis | 9.20.2018 11:15 AM

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Regulation

Georgia City Wants to Penalize Stores When Their Carts Are Stolen

A proposed ordinance would fine stores $375 for shopping carts found off their premises.

Christian Britschgi | 1.16.2018 12:15 PM

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Grocery stores

How Grocery Stores Got Good

The Amazon/Whole Foods deal is just the latest chapter in a long story of progress.

Steven Horwitz | 11.23.2017 6:00 AM

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