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Crunching the numbers on the affordability crisis
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (599+ words) A shopper in the yogurt aisle at a Target store. Credit: Bloomberg/Michael Nagle The word that seems to concern many people today is "affordability." Whether one is purchasing a home, buying food or paying doctors" bills, everything seems more…...
Compare Fresh supermarket to open in Hempstead in March
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (477+ words) A view of the 159 Main St. development in'Hempstead. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. A new supermarket is coming to Hempstead " and some customers will need only to come downstairs to shop. Compare Fresh, a smaller-format supermarket, will open in March…...
How to save on groceries: Tips for Long Island shoppers
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1177+ words) Licensed nutritionist'Caitlin Self'started her Baltimore-based food blog Frugal Nutrition, in 2013, a mecca for healthy eaters on a budget. But'in the past year or so, the growing cost for groceries'has pushed her to reprice'old recipes, she said, some of which have…...