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Safeway expanded its recall of grape tomatoes to include kabobs sold at its meat counters in 10 states because they could be possibly be contaminated with salmonella, the company said. It's the latest in a nationwide grape tomato recall that also now includes the produce supplier for Trader Joe's...

Palmyra Bologna Co. Inc. recalled about 23,000 pounds of Seltzer's Beef Lebanon bologna that has been linked to an e.coli outbreak in three states, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. Four consumers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania were...

Baby, it's cold outside. Bitterly cold. All the holiday cheer in the world can't change that. But hot cocoa can. A steaming cup goes down smooth and keeps you warm, whether you opt for marshmallows, whipped cream, both or neither. It's a nice little luxury at a time like this. Your budget may not...

It was practically yesterday when we gobbled up our Thanksgiving turkeys and more holiday cooking is just ahead. And if money wasn't tight in November, it's tight now, with all the gifts to get. December is not a great month for the college kid's wallet. That's why buying store brands is...

There's plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving -- except how much it may cost you. Consumers will spend millions of dollars bulking up on Turkey Day staples, the first wave of many burdensome financial commitments this holiday season, happening at a time when the economy, to put it mildly,...

For most of November, Store Brand Scorecard is grading tried and true Thanksgiving staples to see if the store brand equivalents, oftentimes cheaper than the national brand, deserve a spot on the dinner table this Turkey Day. As a college kid, bringing a budget-friendly box of stuffing, cheap can...

Thanksgiving is -- egad -- a little more than two weeks away. We couldn't be more thrilled -- it is the greatest food day of the year -- but our belly's already aching over the inevitable overeating and, even more distressing, how much money we'll have to fork over for this feast. Hopefully you,...

Fries and ketchup. Peanut butter and jelly. Chips and dip. Some foods simply taste better when paired with the perfect partner. And that's definitely the case for waffles. Back in July, Store Brand Scorecard sampled Eggo buttermilk waffles and three frozen store brand varieties, to determine which...

Some weeks back, Store Brand Scorecard took on creamy peanut butter for its weekly taste/price grocery store brand challenge, to see, once and for all, if the enigmatic "Choosy Moms" were right in declaring The J.M Smucker Company's Jif creamy peanut butter the best (according, suspiciously, to the...