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Your grocer really wants you to have chicken tonight

by Amy Scott and Shaheen Ainpour
Jan 5, 2018
At a lot of markets, the rotisserie bird is the hottest-selling item, pun intended.
Grocers are going to some lengths to keep the price of rotisserie chickens down.
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The problem with McFlurry machines

by Sally Herships
Dec 27, 2017
They don't always work.
McFlurries: stirred, not shaken.
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The Marketplace Quiz

What chefs and restaurateurs have on their holiday menus

by Eliza Mills
Dec 22, 2017
Gusto 54 restaurant group owner Janet Zuccarini and executive chef Evan Funke take the Marketplace Quiz.
Mezzemaniche alla gricia from Felix.
Courtesy Felix
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Nestle will ditch its U.S. candy business next year

by Andy Uhler
Dec 21, 2017
If you’re a fan of Butterfinger or Crunch bar or Raisinets or any of the dozens of candies that Nestle makes, your sweet tooth may soon be beholden to a new owner. Swiss food giant Nestle is getting out of the U.S. candy business by the first quarter of next year, selling its confectionery holdings […]
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What happens when a town loses its only grocery store?

by Marielle Segarra
Dec 6, 2017
You may think of food deserts as an urban phenomenon. But they exist in rural towns too.
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Chipotle looks for a new CEO

by Aaron Schrank
Nov 29, 2017
Fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle, set up in 1993, has struggled after a number of food safety scandals. An E. coli scandal at one of its stores a couple of years ago also hit its shares. As company founder and CEO Steve Ells moves into the role of executive chairman, Chipotle is looking to shift its […]
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Grist & Toll flour mill wants to change your bread

by Kai Ryssdal , Hayley Hershman and Jennie Josephson
Nov 28, 2017
It's one of the only urban mills in the country, and business is good.
Varieties of flour are sold in the retail shop at Grist & Toll.
Jennie Josephson/Marketplace
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Becoming a food and wine "superhero"

by Emily Henderson
Nov 27, 2017
"I'm in a place where I can make a difference."
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Save the world by scaling down your Thanksgiving turkey

by Eliza Mills
Nov 17, 2017
Mark Bittman talks vegetarian holiday recipes and how meat affects the environment.
Courtesy of Mark Bittman
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After earthquakes, rural Mexicans struggle to afford food

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 15, 2017
Food prices skyrocket in parts of rural Mexico still recovering from two devastating earthquakes.
Women and children wait in line before a truck distributing food and clothes in the Mexican town of San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca. Mexicans were already struggling with rising food prices this year, and now the problem has gotten worse in many rural parts of the country recovering from two earthquakes that struck last September.  
Levi Bridges/ for Marketplace
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