Fairway market :

Shopper stands up for her rights

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Image via Wikipedia I met a River Edge woman who recounted how she made ShopRite executives honor a low price on Progresso soup during the 40th anniversary Can Can Sale that ended recently. The supermarket chain was selling[...]

Fresh or frozen? And from where?

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Image via Wikipedia The latest sales flier from Fairway Market in Paramus is filled with a lot of information -- some of it totally useless. And when the flier raises questions, it doesn't always answer them. For example, the[...]

Searching for Moroccan fish balls

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Image by State Library and Archives of Florida via Flickr For Passover, traditional gefilte fish is being challenged by Moroccan fish bites. This sounds intriguing, I thought as I read a newspaper interview[...]

Fish and greens for dinner tonight

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Image via Wikipedia Fairway Market in Paramus has been advertising fresh whiting and porgy for only $2.99 a pound. But today, I found a special at H Mart, the Korean supermarket in Little Ferry: a pile of king whiting on ice at[...]

Shopping, cooking and dining notes

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Image by skeggy via Flickr Fish counter at a Whole Foods Market (not Paramus). It's been fairly easy to keep eating at the level I did in Italy. There is plenty of fresh seafood available in North Jersey -- at Costco, Whole[...]

How low can they go on beef prices?

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Image via Wikipedia Three supermarket circulars came with the newspaper this morning, offering beef for $1.47 to $5.99 a pound. The A&P flier declares: "We will not be undersold!" USDA choice, boneless top round London[...]

Do food shoppers care about quality?

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Image via Wikipedia  My post on Thursday about the flier for Fairway Market in Paramus drew a comment from Anonymous: "I put it to you that the majority of Fairway shoppers don't give a hoot about antibiotics or[...]

Why you can't shop in one food store

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife If, like me, you do most of the food shopping in your family , you dream of that one store where you can be assured of getting fresh, healthy food at great prices. Don't hold your breath. Even a random[...]

Frustrating search ends close to home

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Image via Wikipedia We love the national holidays, because they are the ideal time to drive into Manhattan and try a new restaurant. There's usually less traffic and you can park almost anywhere, plus you don't have to feed the[...]

Keep your hands off the fruit, please

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Image via Wikipedia Costco shoppers are by and large a weird bunch, and watching them during my once- or twice-a-week visits to the Hackensack warehouse store isn't amusing. Why does saving money bring out such bad behavior?[...]