grocery shopping

Taking a Tasty Trip Right Outside Your Doorstep: Deconstructing the ‘Ethnic Aisle’

The humble grocery store takes the stage for resurging debates around what this part of the store says about our plates.…

November 12, 2021

Why College Students Should Be Shopping at Aldi

Natalie Gabor, Indiana University-Bloomington

The affordable prices and efficiency make the lesser-known grocery store the perfect place to pick up everything you need.…

August 27, 2021

How Daily Life in Egypt Differs From Daily Life in the United States

Salma Heram, George Washington University

Although the two countries are halfway across the globe from each other, they still share many aspects of everyday living.…

July 19, 2021

A man picking a food item off the shelf in a dollar store.

Are Dollar Store Groceries Really All That Bad?

Katie Klear, Columbia College Chicago

It's the same food that the supermarket sells, so why the stigma?…

August 12, 2020

An illustration (by Veronica Chen, Yale University) of a dragon hoarding toilet paper

Hoarding and Shaming: The Unity in Our Pandemic Response

Alicia Furlan, University of Pittsburgh

The stress of COVID-19 has put us in competition with our neighbors, but our actions in the supermarket might reveal more about how we relate to each other.…

June 18, 2020

Why Instacart Is a Grocery Hack & a Dream Job for College Students

Keely Cohen-Breen, SUNY Plattsburgh College

This is not a paid post, honestly.…

April 1, 2019

Is Online Grocery Shopping a Slippery, Albeit Convenient Slope?

Alida Siebken, Radford University

Of all the industries that Amazon has eaten, grocery shopping may prove the toughest to swallow.…

October 6, 2017

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