There Are Now 900,000 Fewer Pounds Of "Pink Slime" Being Produced Each Day
With several supermarket chains — including
Kroger and
Safeway — opting to stop selling ground beef that contains "lean, finely textured beef," the ammonia-treated filler affectionately known as "pink slime," the company that pumps out the stuff has had to suspend production at three of its four slime-making facilities.
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Kroger Clarifies Which Of Its Ground Beef Products Are Free Of "Pink Slime"
Following last week's ABC News report which found that ammonia-treated beef trimmings, affectionately known as "pink slime," are in about 70% of the ground beef Americans buy at the grocery store, supermarket chain Kroger has issued a statement to list which of its ground meats do not contain the filler.
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Scammers Hit Grocery Store Gift Card Kiosk, Swap Out Empty Cards For New Ones
Jeff is a really generous boss. This past holiday season, he gave out $100 gift cards to various stores as gifts to his staff. He picked them up at one of those gift card malls that you see in grocery and drug stores: in this case, at grocery chain Ralph's. When his employee went to actually use the card this week, it wouldn't work. Normal gift card snafu? No. The grocery store blames card-switching thieves.
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Tiny Robotic Kroger Invades College Campus
Ah, progress. Thanks to advances in vending-machine technology, tiny robotic convenience stores have opened up shop in apartment complexes and on college campuses nationwide. Sure, consumers in Europe and Japan had similar stuff a decade or more ago. But they don't have the world's tiniest Kroger, which is about the size of a bus shelter and opened last month on the campus of private Ohio Northern University.
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Sick Customer Throws Up In Kroger, Employees Still Treat Her Like A Human Being
Reader Bugpaste is not feeling well. She's been hit with a vicious stomach bug. While picking up some medicine and supplies at Kroger yesterday, the worst happened: she threw up in the dairy aisle, a situation that could have been a lot worse if employees and fellow customers had been rude. But they weren't at all. They cleaned up after her, and were genuinely concerned for her well-being. She was so impressed with the kindness she encountered that she took some time out from her recovery to write to the general manager.
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Kroger Now In The Business Of Filling Your Pets' Prescriptions
Tired of paying exorbitant prices to your vet to get those prescription pills, creams, eye and ear drops for your pets? The folks at Kroger hope you are, as they have just expanded the availability of pet medications to all the supermarket chain's in-store pharmacies nationwide.
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No, Really, How Much Does Yogurt Cost At This Kroger?
An anonymous and slightly confused tipster sent in this photo of a cooler filled with ambiguously priced yogurt at a Kroger store. The sign on the left says that yogurt cups are five for $10. The one on the right says that they're 10 for $5. The latter is the more likely price for little six-ounce store brand yogurts, but we don't want to rule anything out.
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131,000 Pounds Of Ground Beef Sold At Kroger Recalled Because E. Coli Doesn't Make For Good Seasoning
Tyson Fresh Meats is recalling approximately 131,300 pounds of ground beef products sold at Kroger because of possible E. coli contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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Kroger Killing Double And Triple Coupons
Continuing the anti-extreme couponer trend, Kroger announced that they'll stop doing double and triple store coupons in North Texas stores.
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Mother Of 10: Kroger Manager Refused To Take My Mountain Of Coupons
Here's the latest dispatch from the front in the battle between the growing armies of extreme couponers and the beleaguered retailers who are beginning to fight back. An Atlanta-area mother of 10 children says a manager at her local Kroger just said no to taking her pile of clipped coupons.
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How Local Is That "Locally Grown" Produce At Your Grocery Store?
Last October, Walmart announced a pledge to
double the amount of produce it purchases from local growers by 2015, with the three-pronged goal of saving on fuel costs, reducing spoilage and catering to a growing consumer appetite for local produce. But while Walmart defines "local" as grown and sold in the same state, your grocery store might have a different definition for the term.
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These Kroger "Build Your Own Sixpack" Signs Are In Conflict
Karl was surprised when he saw this printed-out sign on the beer case at his local Kroger. It informed him that it was "unlawful" for the store to sell singles or six-packs where you get a six-pack box and fill it with a variety of beers of your choosing. He was surprised because just a few away were several shelves of beers underneath a giant sign that loudly advertised "Mix a Six, $8.99, Pick your style!"
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Dole Recalls Some Bag Salads Because Listeria Isn't Part Of The "Italian Blend"
The folks at Dole have announced a recall of certain batches of its Italian Blend bag salads — including those it makes under the Kroger Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend name for the Kroger grocery store chain — over concern of possible Listeria contamination.
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Kroger To Stop Doubling, Tripling Coupons In Houston
Houston coupon clippers have only a week to bask in double and triple coupon glory at Kroger, which announced it's doing away with the discount multipliers April 13.
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E-Mail Breach Hits Best Buy, TiVo, Walgreens, Chase, Kroger, Many More
What first looked like a small e-mail list breach at
New York & Company over the weekend was just the tip of the iceberg as multiple national retailers and banks found themselves the victim of the same data hackers.
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King Soopers Defends Easter Creep
End displays of Cadbury eggs cropping up in supermarkets in December have had our readers doing double-takes. First there's Christmas creep, then we had Halloween and Thanksgiving creep, but Easter creep? Yes, because you demanded it to be so, says King Soopers.
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Forget Christmas -- It's Already Easter At Kroger
Christmas is about a week away, with New Year's following hot on its heels. And then there's Valentine's Day about seven weeks after that. But forget about all that junk because spring is apparently in the air at Kroger.
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Buy Two Things At Kroger And Get A Free Yard Of Receipt Toilet Paper
With the rest of the world trying to cut down on the use of paper, it is apparently up to the grocery industry to keep destroying trees in the name of ridiculously long receipts.
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Coca Cola Launches Recycling Machine That Does The Sorting For You
Situated outside a Kroger in Arlington, TX, is a new structure that resembles a slimmed down drive-thru restaurant or the world's longest ATM. It's actually the first of Coca-Cola's "Reimagine" recycling machines that allows customers to dump aluminum cans and #1 PET plastic containers in all at the same time.
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We Found Teeth Marks In Our Ice Cream, Kroger Hardly Seems To Care
Bryan and his wife were about to sink their teeth into some ice cream when they opened up a container and say saw someone had already beat them to the punch. They noticed teeth marks in the product, then told a Kroger manager, whose response was alarmingly lax.
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Some Walmart, Kroger Store-Brand Peas & Mixed Vegetables Recalled Because You Are Not Supposed To Eat Glass
On Friday, the Pictsweet Company of Bells, TN, announced a recall of some of its products containing green peas — and sold under the store brands of Kroger and Walmart — after the company learned that some of the packages may contain glass fragments.
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Kroger: Where "Gluten-Free" Means "May Contain Wheat"
People with food allergies or sensitivities know that no matter what the colorful claims on the front of a food's package might be, you still need to chEck the ingredients. Briana writes that her recent experience at Kroger brought this point home. The front of a chicken broth carton declared the product to be "gluten-free," but the side of the package said "may contain wheat." Which is it? While food packaging might brag that its contents are gluten-free, such labels aren't yet regulated by the FDA. In the case of Briana and Kroger, this led to some confusion.
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Kroger Conveniently Places Plastic Shot Glasses Next To Jell-O
Luke from Atlanta writes in to let us know he doesn't think these glasses are for dieters who want to make sensible portions of Jell-O.
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Good News, Everyone: Microwaveable Milkshakes Exist
Do you want to experience the deliciousness of a milkshake in your own home, but are too lazy to throw some ice cream and milk in a blender? Kroger is here to help, and the grocer now sells the Micro Shake: a frozen treat that you stick in the microwave to soften a little, then stir and eat. Because this is America.
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10 Stores With Cheap Generic Drugs
Cheap generic drugs are good for when you're between jobs, between insurance, or if you've just got a prescription drug plan that is costing you too much money. You might find, as Wise Bread did, that a generic version of your medication actually causes fewer side effects in addition to being more cost-effective.
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One-Stop Shopping For Beer Pong
Gibson snapped this photo at an Oregon Quality Food Center that seems to indicate the aisle stocker did some time at frat parties. He wishes he'd noticed the display before he went out of his way to buy ping pong balls.
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Kroger Issues Recall Of Unintentionally Nutty Ice Cream
If you bought some Kroger Deluxe Chocolate Paradise Ice Cream recently and have a nut allergy, you might want to read this before chowing down. The grocery store chain has recalled this particular ice cream in 17 states because it may contain tree nuts not listed on the label.
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Save On Drugs By Making Your Pharmacy Price-Match
What made Jules sicker than her strep throat was the price Kroger wanted to charge her for a 6-pack of generic Azithromycin. $38.72! "That's highway robbery!" she told the them. Then Jules stumbled onto something most people don't know that could save them serious money on prescription medication: you can price-match your pills.
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Ralph's Supermarket Accused Of Criminally Overcharging Los Angeles
Ralph's supermarket, which is owned by Kroger, has been accused of criminally overcharging customers by the LA city attorney's office, says the LA Times.
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This Cheese Is Not Exactly Deli Fresh
Nick writes that he found this cheese at Kroger. Sure, mold isn't going to hurt you, but how far marked down would it need to be for you to buy it?
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Two Women Sue Groceries After Slipping On Runaway Grapes
In one of the odder coincidences in food-related lawsuit history, two separate Chicago-area women each filed suits against two separate grocery stores this week... for slipping and falling on runaway grapes.
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Kroger Band-Aid Causes Flesh Wound
Band-Aids are supposed to heal wounds, not cause them. But Derek's run-in with a Kroger brand Band-Aid left him bloodier than when he started.
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Should Rob Complain About His Bad Kroger Pharmacy Experience?
Rob's local Kroger pharmacy screwed up the prescription on his kid's TamiFlu. Rob caught the error before any harm was done, and he's not the confrontational type. In fact, he's wondering whether he should just drop the whole matter. Here's your chance to convince him otherwise.
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Kroger Rep Cops To Ralphs Not Accepting Its Own Online Grocery Coupons
—>Ronald printed out coupons from the Ralphs grocery website but store management wouldn't let him use them. He sent of a letter to Kroger, which owns the grocery chain, and got this response. More »
Kroger Begins Playing Christmas Music In September
—>Ah yes, the end of September. When the leaves are barely turning colors and the brand new college students are lazing in the thick green grass — you know Christmas is right around the corner. Reader Jake says Kroger has started playing Christmas music and has a Christmas "gift center." More »
Dear Kroger, Please Make Self Check-Out Suck Less
—>Self check-out is great if, say, you've got one of those supermarkets where the teenaged clerks hate you for choosing their lane and spend more time talking to each other than scanning your items. It's not so great if you force all of your customers to use the system because you've decided to close down every other human-powered lane but one. More »
Kroger Won't Accept Coupons From ...Kroger?
—>John printed out some coupons from grocery store Kroger's Web site. That's not where he went wrong, though. John had the audacity to try to exchange them for discounts. On Kroger brand products. At Kroger. Experienced coupon users can guess what happens next. More »
Kroger Receipt Comes With Mastercard Application Attached
—>Hey, grocery shopper! You look like a responsible consumer, what with your grocery buying and standing upright. Why not take a moment to fill out an impulse-buy credit card application? If you're approved, we'll give you $25 you can spend on your first charge! More »
More Beef Recalled For E. Coli
—>After Nebraska Beef, Ltd., recalled 531,707 pounds of beef for a possible E.coli contamination, Kroger is recalling beef from its stores and from stores selling beef under its label. The recall includes nearly all kinds and weights of ground beef with Kroger labels sold between 5/21 and 6/08. The sell-by date on them will fall between 5/21 and 6/05. Not included are ground beef in sealed tubes in 1,3, or 5lb sizes, or Frozen Beef Patties or Ground Beef Patties found in the frozen food aisle. Other caveats apply and there may be more updates, check the Kroger Recall page for the latest information. E.coli can cause food poisoning or even death. If you have any of this meat, you can either throw it away or return it to Kroger for a full refund. More »
11 Cheap Generic Drug Programs That Will Save You Money
—>Here at the Consumerist we'd like you to save money. That's why we've put together a handy list of those $4 generic drug programs that you've been hearing about. We hope this list will make it easier for you to locate the store that has the best deal on all your medications. If your local grocery store is doing a similar program and we missed it, please add a link to the comments. If you need help researching the medicines, we recommend Consumer Reports' excellent site Best Buy Drugs. Enjoy! More »
Unlocking The Secret Of Kroger's Mysterious Trap-Door
—>Reader Colin was watching his groceries travel along the conveyor belt at the Kroger checkout counter when he noticed some of his fruit snacks suddenly vanish from the line of items. With his interest piqued, Colin looked carefully and discovered a strange hinged door at the end of the belt. Upon making the discovery, the cashier slowly raised the steel flap and discovered Colin's lost fruit snacks along with a bounty of hapless groceries that had that had been arbitrarily swallowed by this clandestine trap. Because the items had already been scanned and purchased, the cashier offered them to Colin as a prize for unlocking the secret of the mysterious trap-door. Colin's letter, inside... More »
Walmart's "$4 Prescription Plan" Adds OTC Drugs, 90-day Supplies For $10
—>Walmart's $4 prescription plan is getting even cheaper, says Reuters. The big blue box will add 1,000 over-the-counter items for $4 or less and make some drugs available in a 90-day supply for only $10 — thus kicking K-mart's 90-day supply program squarely in the teeth. More »
Trends: Kroger Offers You A Bonus If You Put Your Stimulus Check On A Gift Card
—>Kroger is getting into the stimulus bonus action! Unwilling to be outdone by Sears, Kroger is offering a bonus if you put your stimulus check on a Kroger gift card. They have Kroger gift cards? My what a sexy gift. Honey, you shouldn't have. More »
"Injected Pork Water" Is Completely Out Of Control At Kroger
—>"At our local supermarket chain (Kroger), it is now impossible to buy any fresh pork product (except sausage and bacon, but what's in them is a whole other story) that has not been "enhanced" by the injection of "up to 15%" of some kind of saltwater solution. Pork chops, pork loin, everything. And now chicken is getting this way, too - it is getting harder and harder to find any fresh chicken that has not been injected with "up to 15% chicken broth." Even bone-in legs and thighs, now. When did this happen?" More »
Surprise: Grocery Store Loyalty Cards Really Do Help People Return Lost Keys
—>The Colombus Dispatch informs us that Kroger loyalty cards do, in fact, help people find lost keys.
The U.S. Postal Service delivers about 100 sets of lost keys each week to the Great Lakes region Kroger headquarters in Westerville, which covers most of Ohio, Michigan and West Virginia. Kroger employees look up customers' addresses and ship the keys and any attachments to their homes, often to very surprised owners. More »
Kroger Recalls Store Brand Potato Salad For E. Coli
—>Kroger has announced the recall of their store brand "mustard" and "southern-style" potato salad because it may contain dangerous e. coli bacteria. Oh no! More »
Kroger Just Needs a Warm Body
Desirous of being a productive member of society and needing a way to subsidize his Marlboro Light addiction, Bill got himself hired at Kroger supermarkets. The strenuous application process required he walk up to the customer service desk, express his interet, fill out a form, take an oral drug test and be able to fit into a "cotton-poly blend Kroger polo shirt. " More »
Krap Kroger Gets It Wrong, Gets It Right
—>Sure, they aren't glamorous posts. No one diggs them; Xeni Jardin does not deign to cast her appraising eye over them. But we still make a point of posting the good along with the bad. After all, when an executive or CEO sees his company's name here along with a complaint, we want them to know he's done fucked up good. But we also want the same guy to have a bit of a glow when his company's done something right. More »
