Eggs are so expensive that Dollar Tree has just given up stocking them

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This Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, photo shows a woman leaving a Dollar Tree store in Urbandale, Iowa.
Dollar Tree said Tuesday that it will halt egg sales until later this year as avian flu keeps egg prices near historic highs.

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Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey, who is worth $75 million, says that business is 'judged and attacked' by society. 'We are the real value creators in the world.'

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Former Whole Foods CEO John Mackey said last week that businesspeople like him are "judged and attacked" in society.

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TikToker shows people how to live off Dollar Tree groceries that cost $35 a week as Americans flock to dollar stores for cheaper food

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Dollar Tree Dinners founder Rebecca Chobat
Rebecca Chobat set up the TikTok account Dollar Tree Dinners to show people how to cook with groceries sold at the discount chain.

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Reese's calling its new peanut butter cups 'plant-based' is the clearest sign the term has lost all meaning

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Two Hershey products, Hershey's chocolate and Reese's peanut butter cups, appear with
Reese's peanut butter cups and Hershey's chocolate are the latest products to get plant-based versions.

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Here's the list of Amazon Go stores closing next month as the company evaluates its brick-and-mortar retail strategy

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Amazon is closing eight of its cashierless convenience stores several years after launching the format, which uses the company's Just Walk Out technology.

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Kroger is the latest retailer to spend big on employee wages as the job market tightens

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Kroger will invest $770 million more in pay and benefits for its employees this year, making it the latest retailer to spend more as the retail labor market remains tight.

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Monster Beverage is making booze that tastes just like its energy drinks, and you can already buy it in these 6 states

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Cans of Monster's Beast Unleashed malt alcoholic beverage sit on a bed of crushed ice.
Monster's Beast Unleashed beverages contain alcohol and use some of the same flavors as the brand's energy drinks.

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Nepo babies like Myles O'Neal and Ella Bleu Travolta do a plant-based take on their parents' "Got Milk?" ads

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Myles O'Neal holds a glass of Silk Nextmilk while sporting a milk mustache in an ad for the brand. The copy reads
Myles O'Neal holds a glass of Silk Nextmilk in an ad for the brand that mimics the "Got Milk?" campaign.

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FDA says sugary cereal and white bread no longer 'healthy'

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Sugary cereals could lose their "healthy" designation under a proposed change in Food and Drug Administration guidelines.

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You can call almond milk 'milk,' but there's a catch, the FDA says

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Almond milk and other plant-based alternatives can be labeled "milk," the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.

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