Grocery store of the future

An Arizona judge has apologized for her courtroom advice on the perils of visiting bars, given to a woman who was groped by an off-duty police officer.Judge Jacqueline Hatch of Coconino County sentenced the officer, Robb Gary Evans, to probation after jurors found him guilty of sexual abuse, the Arizona Daily Sun reports. Prosecutors had alleged Evans drank eight beers, used his badge in an effort to gain free admission to a Flagstaff bar and, once inside, reached up the victim’s skirt and groped her, according to a prior Arizona Daily Sun story. Evans knew the woman through mutual friends. He was fired after the conviction.In a hearing on Wednesday, Hatch told the victim that she was not to blame, but women need to be vigilant, the stories say. According to the reports, Hatch told the victim, “If you wouldn’t have been there that night, none of this would have happened to you.”Hatch said that even going to the grocery store after 10 p.m. can be dangerous for … [Read more...] about Woman Groped by Cop Objects to Judge’s Advice on Visiting Bars and Grocery Stores

Beyond Meat’s rival Impossible Foods will make its long-awaited grocery store debut Friday, in California.  Customers looking to cook their own Impossible Burgers can buy a 12-ounce package of the plant-based meat at Gelson’s, an upscale grocery store chain with 27 locations across Southern California.  The Redwood City, California-based start-up joins other companies, including Tyson Foods and Nestle, that are looking to compete with Beyond in the grocery store aisles with their own realistic meat substitutes. Roughly half of Beyond’s revenue came from grocery store sales last quarter. Impossible’s meatless meats, like those of Beyond, will be stocked alongside meat from animals.  At $8.99 per package, the Impossible Burger will sell for about three times the average cost of ground beef, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled in August across Western states. Impossible CFO David Lee said meat eaters are willing to pay … [Read more...] about Impossible Foods Will Make Its Grocery Store Debut in California

Police officers guard the entrance to the Trader Joe's Los Feliz store, as it remains closed for business, Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Los Angeles. A day earlier, Trader Joe's employee Melyda Corado was shot and killed at the store by a suspect being chased by police. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)A makeshift memorial of flowers, candles and notes grows on the sidewalk outside the Los Feliz Trader Joe's store in Los Angeles, Sunday, July 22, 2018. A day earlier, Trader Joe's employee Melyda Corado was shot and killed at the store by a suspect being chased by police. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)In this photo provided by Christian Monterrosa, a suspect is arrested after evading police and holding dozens of people hostage inside a Trader Joe's supermarket, Saturday, July 21, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Christian Monterrosa via AP)A card for Trader Joe's employee Melyda Corado, who was shot and killed a day earlier at the store by a suspect being chased by police, hangs at a makeshift memorial, outside the Los … [Read more...] about Dispute with grandmother led to deadly shooting at LA grocery store

The national grocery store chain Trader Joe’s Company has agreed to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases from refrigeration equipment at 453 of its stores under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. Under the settlement, Trader Joe’s will spend an estimated $2 million over the next three years to reduce coolant leaks from refrigerators and other equipment and improve company-wide compliance. The company will also pay a $500,000 civil penalty.The United States alleged that Trader Joe’s violated the Clean Air Act by failing to promptly repair leaks of R-22, a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) that is an ozone-depleting substance and potent greenhouse gas used as a coolant in refrigerators. The company also failed to keep adequate servicing records of its refrigeration equipment and failed to provide information about its compliance … [Read more...] about United States Settles with Trader Joe’s to Reduce Ozone-Depleting and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Stores Nationwide

Planting season, always a critical time for farmers, has become more nerve-wracking for U.S. growers of soybeans and corn.In a move that caught many in U.S. agriculture by surprise and sent grain futures swinging, China on Wednesday announced planned tariffs on American shipments of the two crops. The measures are set to take effect in 60 days. That gives some farmers the opportunity to make a last-gasp switch to another crop or variety in hopes of fetching a better price.But for others — perhaps most — it’s too late to make a change. Most North American farmers have by now purchased seed, fertilizer and other inputs based on what they intend to plant. Even though they can tweak their plans, those big costs largely lock them in.So they are approaching planting season full speed ahead, if more white-knuckled than usual.Hearing the news, “The emotion was to panic,” said Nathan Dorn, a farmer in Gage County about 30 miles south of Lincoln.Watching soybean … [Read more...] about Coming weeks may decide the future of farmers caught in U.S.-China trade spat