Can a Waitrose shopper ’s gaze boost loose produce and cut plastic waste?
A supermarket is using eye-tracking technology to find what messaging encourages take-up of unpackaged fruit and vegWith thick black frames and hidden cameras, the glasses look designed for espionage or the metaverse but instead the eye-tracking headgear is being deployed to get inside shoppers ’ heads as part of the drive to cut plastic packaging from the weekly food shop.It is an unlikely scene. Hooked up with the glasses a shopper is being tailed around a Waitrose produce department by a researcher carrying a large tablet that displays live footage of them picking up banal things such as potatoes, apples and bananas.C...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Zoe Wood Tags: Food waste Supermarkets Waitrose Plastics Business Retail industry Environment Psychology Consumer affairs UK news Source Type: news
Pok émon Go To'Deliver Huge, Major Features' Later This Year, Teases Insider
Ed Wu, senior vice president of Pokémon Go, opened up about the game’s journey and what lies ahead, expressing excitement about its ongoing growth. In a chat with Eurogamer, Wu reflected on Pokémon Go’s impending 10th anniversary: “It’s bananas to think this thing is going to be going into its…#edwu #pokémongo #pokémongos #nianticinc #alphabet #nintendoadrntdoy #pokémoncompany #niantic #avatar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trader Joe ’s upped the price of its bananas for the first time in decades. Here’s why
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (AP Business Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents. Trader Joe’s recently upped the price for a single banana to 23 cents, a 4-cent — or 21% — increase from the grocer’s previous going rate for the…#apbusinesswriter #bananas #monrovia #federalreservebank #stlouis #neilsaunders #globaldata #saunders #worldbananaforum (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trader Joe ’s increased banana prices for the first time in over 20 years: ‘This change is necessary’
For the first time in store history, Trader Joe’s has raised the price of their bananas. The banana has had the same 19-cent price tag at the grocery store chain for 25 years, but inflation has hit even staple items, leading to a 20% price hike. Trader Joe’s most popular produce as voted by…#bananas #halloffame #insidetraderjoes #danbane (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I tried the viral 6-to-1 grocery shopping method from TikTok. It's tricky for a family of 4 but has strong benefits
The offers and details on this page may have updated or changed since the time of publication. See our article on Business Insider for current information. The author at his local HEB. Cork Gaines/Business Insider Chef Will Coleman created the viral 6-to-1 shopping method on TikTok. It suggests…#heb #willcoleman #tiktok #salad #bananas #costco #pasta (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania: Kagera Turnsto Bananas to Fight Malnutrition, Hidden Hunger
[Daily News] Sitting before a solar drier, Ms Mariam Kokusiima (36), a resident of Muleba District's Kishanda village, can manage to make at least 200 banana cakes each day which she sells at the local market. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Nutrition Tanzania Source Type: news
The Traitors Season 2 Reunion Seating Chart Might Spoil The Winners
Learn More The Traitors Season 2 Reunion Seating Chart Might Spoil The Winners "The Traitors" Season 2 is set to conclude this Thursday, March 7 — and based on a video eliminated player Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio posted to his Instagram story (which then spread via Reddit), the reunion's seating…#bravo #andycohen #arianamadix #rupauldragrace #katechastain #belowdeck #ciriefields #chastain #alancumming #parvatishallow (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Americans love bananas: Why bananas have remained cheap amid produce inflation
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but a banana a day is cheaper. While inflation has pushed prices up in most aisles of the grocery store, the common yellow fruit has impressively defied produce inflation and remained accessible to consumers across the country. The average price of bananas,…#bananas #johnsoluri #honduras #abcnews #soluri #usda #mayoclinic #philadelphia #unitedfruitcompany #britannica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BRICS: Russia Bans Bananas From Ecuador For Signing U.S. Arms Deal
Saudi Arabia has kept the decision to join BRICS on hold as the Kingdom has yet to provide an answer about its intention to join the alliance. While the decision to join BRICS is pending, Saudi Arabia signed a weapons manufacturing deal with U.S. Lockheed Martin. While the deal was seen as a…#saudiarabia #kingdom #brics #lockheedmartin #ecuador #russian #martin #soviet #ukraine #foreignministry (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Showbiz Stocks 2023: Tech Surges, Big Media Companies Weather Strikes And Streaming Gets A Reboot
Roku was a champ. Lionsgate surged and Netflix jumped. Tech shares went bananas in 2023. Big media stocks had a mixed year of transition dominated by Hollywood strikes with linear television declines and streaming losses. Paramount fell. Disney and Fox were basically flat on the year. Giants…#roku #netflix #hollywood #linear #paramount #disney #giantscomcast #sony #warnerbrosdiscovery #wwe (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rod Stewart ups the price on his bananas Beverly Hills estate
Here’s an unconventional sales strategy: If at first you don’t succeed, raise the price and try again. But then, rocker Rod Stewart could never be accused of being conventional. He listed his extraordinary English country-style estate in Beverly Hills for $70 million in June and quickly found it…#rodstewart #beverlyhills #tomerfridman #compasscomp #northbeverlypark #cowboy #williamboyd #palmdesert #richardlandry #markwahlberg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jack Axelrod, ‘General Hospital’ Star, Dies at 93
Actor Jack Axelrod, who played mob boss Victor Jerome on “General Hospital” along with numerous other parts, has died. He was 93 years old. He passed away peacefully of natural causes on Nov. 28, his agent and friend Jennifer Garland told TheWrap. The actor appeared on “General Hospital” as Victor…#jackaxelrod #victorjerome #generalhospital #jennifergarland #thewrap #woodyallens #bananas #badtherapy #kojak #hillstreetblues (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists and Farmers Race to Save the World ’s Banana Supply
Roughly 99% of the world’s bananas are threatened by a fungus. To save them, scientists are turning to genetic modification. For 40 years, farmers, scientists and major producers in the industry have watched with growing anxiety as the fungus García-Bastidas saw, Fusarium odoratissimum, or…#fusarium #southeastasia #jordan #africa #subscribe #bloombergoriginals #bloombergquicktake #breakingnewson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pickles, halloumi and camel milk: What we ’ll be eating in 2024
Get ready to eat more buckwheat, pickles, caramelized bananas, cinnamon sugar, dressed-up ramen, grilled halloumi cheese and Korean cuisine in 2024 — and to wash it down with a tall, cool glass of camel milk. Why it matters: It's the time of year when everyone in the food business predicts what…#cinnamonsugar #korean #tiktok #reese #caramelbigcups #nerdsgummyclusters #mintel #genxers #datassential #claussen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fortnite just had its biggest day ever, 5.5 years after it launched, with 44.7 million players in one day
Break out the Slurp juice and keep an eye out for firearm-toting bananas. Fortnite is setting new records. The popular battle royale game, which was originally released just shy of five-and-a-half years ago, had the highest number of players in its history Saturday, with over 44.7 million people…#slurp #fortnite #chapter1season5 #epic #google #googleplaystore #sundarpichai #apple #supremecourt #fortunecom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
