How Aldi became America's fastest-growing grocery store

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I recently became an executive member at Costco. Here are 11 items I buy for my family that make the $130 annual fee worth it.

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Chicken pot pies from Costco in the bakery section of the store.
Although Costco's chicken pot pie is huge, every bite is delicious.

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Kroger’s Plan to Use Facial Recognition Raises Concerns About Surge Pricing

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A Kroger grocery store in Covington, Kentucky, US, on Sunday, June 2, 2024.

PepsiCo is giving shoppers a break on chips after years of snackflation

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Orange bags of Doritos Nacho chips sit on a store shelf
PepsiCo said it's giving shoppers more chips in bags of Doritos after sales of its salty snacks fell recently.

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A grocery tycoon turned Walmart robotics supplier is one of this year's biggest wealth losers after $9 billion wipeout

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Symbotic supplies warehouse robots.

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A Kroger exec reportedly testified that the supermarket giant raised prices of milk and eggs beyond inflation costs

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Carton of eggs in a Kroger grocery store.
A Kroger executive testified in court that the company jacked up the prices of milk and eggs beyond the added costs from inflation, according to a new report.

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I take the train to Trader Joe's and only buy what I can carry home. Here are 11 items I love to pick up.

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Side-by-side photo of a bag of freeze-dried berry medley and bags of romaine hearts and arugula from Trader Joe's.
Trader Joe's is my go-to grocery store now that I live just a few train stops away from it.

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Amazon could help fix its troubled grocery business — by expanding it

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The entrance to an Amazon Fresh store in Fairfax, Virginia, features the store's name in white and green lettering.
Amazon has opened dozens of Amazon Fresh stores, such as this one in Northern Virginia, since 2020.

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PepsiCo just admitted that snackflation might have gone too far

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Snack price increases may have peaked, according to PepsiCo's CEO.

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14 of the best specialty items to get at Aldi this month for under $5

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On the right, a jar of Journey To Greece Mediterranean-olive mix. On the left, a box of Simply Nature organic superberry smoothie pops.
This month, Aldi is carrying new items like a Mediterranean-olive mix and smoothie pops.

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