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OAK GROVE, Ky. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Traffic around Walter Garrett Lane in Oak Grove was a bit hectic Tuesday as hundreds of soldiers, military families and veterans were recognized for their service with the Honor Package Grocery Giveaway. With the theme From Our Hearts to Your Home, Fort Care partnered with Feeding America First to host the event. There was free food available for over 500 families in drive-thru fashion with each box containing an assortment of groceries, a gallon of milk and a case of cinnamon rolls. The area from Valor Hall/Oak Grove Memorial Trail all the way to Fort Campbell Boulevard and down to well past Gate 7 Road was lined with vehicles as close to 40 volunteers loaded cars and trucks with food. Organizers said it was a way to celebrate Veterans Day and to thank the military for their service. Oak Grove Mayor Theresa Jarvis was one of the volunteers helping to see the food was distributed. “I think the honor program is excellent for our military fami...

Editor’s note: The following piece was submitted by SUNY Oswego journalism student Riley Kennedy. The Palladium-Times welcomes content pitches from student journalists at editor@palltimes.com OSWEGO — Research and analysis from SUNY Oswego professors shows during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, consumers adapted to the new social and economic reality with a massive increase in the use of online grocery services. Use of services like Instacart and Amazon Fresh have seen a significant increase since the mid-March closure of non-essential businesses and severe restrictions of restaurant operations due in part to an executive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. A main concern in some parts of the country affected by COVID-19 and the associated regulations was how people were going to get groceries with stores closed or operating at reduced hours. Fear or uncertainty about venturing out themselves has led shoppers to turn to the internet, according to SUNY Oswego marketing professor...

Since the start of the pandemic, Americans have had to deal with the decimation of face-to-face interaction, the closure of millions of businesses, and the loss of loved ones. The coronavirus has been a brutal adversary, but we cannot let it kill the American spirit that lives within all of us. That is why we must show up at the polls on Nov. 3 or earlier. While some Americans have voted by mail, many have missed the deadline to submit ballot requests and others may not mail their ballots on time. However, many have already voted early in-person just as they have gone out to shop or eat in a restaurant. In a recent cleveland.com letter to the editor, Bennet Fagin had this to say about the experience in Cuyahoga County: "The Board of Elections has gone to great lengths to make the process smooth and efficient. We felt safe in the building. ... We were impressed with the efforts made to protect voters. Kudos to the Board of Elections for a job well done!" We have come a long ...

A heated debate is spreading across Twitter: What, exactly, is the best way to organize groceries on a conveyor belt? The firestorm started when personal chef Charles Hunter III asked a simple question: "Do you organize your groceries on the conveyor belt or are you a monster?" The thread, initially spotted by The Kitchn, quickly expanded, with dozens of users sharing their own methods. "I am a proud cart, belt and bag organizer. And I will gladly give the evil eye to anyone behind me that’s impatient," wrote one user. One woman said that she prefers to pack by temperature. "I pre-organize in the cart — raw meat together, frozen things together to keep each other cold, etc. — and then load onto the conveyor belt accordingly," she wrote. Another shopper said that the best method was by weight. "I also put them on the belt in the order that the light, fragile things are first back into in the cart & so will be the last to load in the car. ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of about $1,000 worth of food from a freezer stored in a shed outside a De Soto-area gas station. The theft happened between about 11 p.m. Sept. 14 and 4 a.m. Sept. 15, the Sheriff’s Office reported. Deputies were called to the BP gas station, 3201 Papin Road, when the station’s manager discovered a padlock was cut off the storage shed behind the business. The freezer was found open, and all the food that had been inside was gone, the report said. The cost to replace the padlock was estimated at $20, according to the report. As of Sept. 19, none of the food had been recovered, and there were no suspects, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Grant Bissell said. Anyone with information about the incident should call the Sheriff’s Office at 636-797-5515.

We've all seen this movie before. When COVID-19 first spread across the country earlier this year, Americans en masse made runs on their local grocery stores in an effort to stock up amid rising uncertainty and safety fears. Items such as frozen foods, rice, beans, pasta, immediately vanished from grocery store shelves. Orders for hot dogs at popular stores such as Walmart and Costco skyrocketed nearly 300 percent. Ditto for canned goods, sodas, and, of course, toilet paper. With a sharp uptick in coronavirus cases happening in real time, experts are noting that customers are behaving similarly now, and feverishly stockpiling their pantries and freezers like it's March. "As of now what we are seeing is the start of the second wave of panic," Chris Mentzer, the director of operations for Rastelli Market Fresh in New Jersey, told Today. "Our customers keep telling me how they are looking for any type of freezer to purchase so they can start stocking up their homes...

Goya Gives and the Hispanic Heritage Council made the donation in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Say Yes Buffalo families will get some help putting food on the table thanks to a generous donation in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Goya Gives and the Hispanic Heritage Council Wednesday donated 10,000 pounds of groceries to the families involved in the organization's preventive services and Community Schools programs.    “We are thankful to Goya and the Sabres Foundation who continues to support the Buffalo community with these donations,” said Casimiro Rodriguez Sr., past president of the Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY, Inc. “We know that our families are dealing with more difficult times than ever with the pandemic. It’s an honor to be part of an initiative to get food and school supplies to those who need it most.”   In addition, the Buffalo Sabres Foundation donated $2,500 to the Hispanic Heritage Council for school supplies to be di...

“I don’t care if it’s snowing, rain or shine, they go out to collect food from the grocery store and bring it back. Neighbors come in with their little goodie bags and they take what they can use. Pies, cake, chicken, deli meat, I depend on this," says Patricia.

Maybe you’ve tried every frugal grocery hack in the book — things like always making a list, using coupons, learning the sales cycles and never going to the supermarket hungry. Or maybe you simply joined a warehouse club, where you can buy bulk groceries plus the occasional HD television. These grocery hacks are all effective, but they aren’t all-encompassing. There are also creative shopping tactics that go beyond “buy only what’s on sale” kind of ideas. Take the following tips, for example. It's not the usual blah, blah, blah. Click here to sign up for our free newsletter.

By Melinda Munson Tim Fairbanks would rather be fishing. Instead, he runs Fairway Market IGA, the largest grocery store in town. Large is a relative term in Skagway. Fairway Market is about 5,000 square feet with five aisles. Tim, who went to college in Colorado and spent time in the military, never planned on heading the grocery establishment. “One year my father asked me to help out and I just never got away,” Fairbanks said. Fairway Market was started by Fairbank’s grandfather, Ervon Fairbanks, in 1958. Ervon worked in grocery stores Outside before he decided to settle in Skagway. He turned down an offer to go into the food business with a friend in the Lower 48. That friend, Joe Albertson, later founded the giant grocery chain, Albertsons. Eventually, Ervon’s son, Ervon (Ed), took over the market along with his brother, Leslie. Today, Tim Fairbanks manages the store. His brother, Rod, is in charge of the meat department. When asked how many hours he works a week, Fairbank’s...

Their claims that liquor stores — a large revenue creator for the state — will not be adversely affected is false. Take, for example, Tennessee. According to a Distilled Spirits Council of the United States analysis, when Tennessee began allowing the sale of wine in grocery stores, package store revenues fell for 18 months in a row.

Tyson Foods has donated $135,000 to Illinois in 2020,, a donation that's part of a record national donation for the company. Tyson donated a total of $135,000 in grants that focused on hunger and COVID-19 relief, child-care services, housing and shelter, a news release says.

Americans are still cooking and eating more at home. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, food company executives are predicting this shift in consumer behavior will persist long after the pandemic is over, which is giving their products new opportunities to become relevant and indispensable for younger generations of home cooks. Grocery shopping is still at elevated levels, too, and although the momentum of growth has started to wane, several big players in the food industry are reporting an increase in sales of their snacks, packaged foods, and beverages in the last quarter. This is definitely giving us a clue as to what types of items our fellow shoppers are clamoring for at the grocery stores, and which foods are seeing the highest demand. (Related: This Is the Only One Way to Contract COVID-19 at the Grocery Store.) For example, PepsiCo reported a 6% organic revenue growth for their Frito-Lay and Quaker Food brands in the third quarter. The former saw higher sales...

Convenience aside, there are plenty of groceries that just make more economic sense to have delivered. Like olive oil. Seriously, it’s so much cheaper. Iberia Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Sunflower Oil Blend (2 Liter) High Heat Frying, All Purpose Cooking Oil, Baking & Deep Frying Oil from Spain, Kosher - amazon.com 6.47 Shop Now There are other examples too. I’ve organized them into a list. Your favorite condiments Most ketchups, mustards, hot sauces, and other condiments come in itty-bitty bottles because that’s what makes sense on the dinner table: You’re only going to use a drop or two, maybe a splash if you’re feeling dangerous, and there’s no reason to clutter up your dining experience with a two-gallon jug. But if you have a favorite condiment that you “put on everything” (like me and Frank’s Red Hot) then buying a new itty-bitty bottle every week is just throwing money (not to mention plastic) in the garbage, so you may as well invest in that two-gallon jug… plus a...

Walmart was a top choice for grocery delivery, according to data from online grocery delivery service Good Eggs Walmart Shoppers are buying more groceries online, which is great for convenience, but terrible for margins, experts say. Bank of America analysts expect global online grocery sales to reach $705 billion by 2025, triple the sales of 2019. “The sector faces bigger challenges than non-food sectors when it comes to building a successful home delivery model, such as short sell-by dates, and fragile and varying food characteristics (e.g., temperature),” analysts wrote in a detailed report on COVID-19’s impact on the accelerated shift to e-commerce. “However, the sector has grown exponentially given investment by grocers in ‘click and collect’ and home delivery services and societal change towards quicker shopping.” Analysts note that in the U.S., online grocery growth has been through the roof, up 183% in April, for example. However, it started from a low po...