convenience food

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 2:00PM 6/23/2011
    A Pennsylvania woman has forged an internet sensation with a blog post about making freeze-ahead meals for her family -- 46 of them, to be exact, for about $95. Snapping up closeout deals on meat, carrots and peppers, and buy-one-get-one-free deals on potatoes and onions, Natalie assembled a...

    By Hugh Collins

    | 6:33AM 9/20/2010
    Wal-Mart (WMT) is planning to enter the market for local convenience stores in large cities, The Financial Times reported. Wal-Mart, the largest U.S. retailer, is looking at property for smaller-format stores in urban areas including San Francisco and Detroit. "They've been looking at sites...

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 8:00AM 4/02/2009
    I have, in my kitchen, an enormous bag of thick-cut, organic oatmeal, which cost me $28.60; $1.14 per pound. We eat it for breakfast three or four times a week, and I put the leftover oatmeal in our bread, and occasionally make a batch of granola or a fruit crisp. I can't be sure, but I think I...