No man from New Jersey to Maine will be safe from the blizzard barreling toward the East Coast. Anticipating the end of this world and the rising of a new society come Wednesday, many have stormed their local grocery stores to stock up. If you have not gone to the store yet, you are probably too late.

Although Walmart now controls "more than a fifth of all grocery sales" in Mexico, there is still room to expand. Aren't there some poor small local merchants still left to be put out of business?

Whole Foods, a company that has lately been beloved by yuppies, the middle class, and Wall Street alike, is facing demands for a union. But Whole Foods hates unions! How much? An insider tells us more.

It's tough being Whole Foods. Competing fancy grocery chains threaten from one side. Big box stores selling organic food threaten from the other side. "All natural" food will thrive in the most unnatural environments.

Whole Foods, the grocery store for pretentious upper class urbanites and those who aspire to be same, wants to make it clear to the world that it is not a grocery store for pretentious upper class urbanites. Not at all. What gave you that idea?

Where to begin with today's Chicago Tribune story "More men taking the reins of the cart"? Perhaps with Danny Meyer, a 35-year-old brand manager, who, we are told, "shops on his own":

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 23 million Americans live in "food deserts," low-income areas without "ready access" to grocery stores. This, however, is not why Americans are so fat, according to a University of North Carolina study of long-term eating habits and summarized in The Week:

A South Korean grocery chain has launched "virtual grocery stores" which let customers buy groceries simply by scanning a code on a poster in the subway. Because what could be a more appetizing place to purchase food than the subway?

Here is what is happening with grocery stores, in America: the recession and rising commodity prices are squeezing profits. Weird stores like Walgreens and Target are now selling groceries. And men who buy groceries hate grocery ads. No love, anywhere!

Flushing, Queens is home to a wonderful international tableau of residents, representing the entire Asian diaspora. So you can imagine how much it sucks for the white people, right? You ever go to one of those Asian grocery stores? Weirdo!

In this video, a reporter repeatedly interrupts clergymen, arguing with them about the definition of a "grocery store," and finally gets so mad he storms out of the press conference. He's very earnest! But crazy. [700WLW]

What could be more mind-numbing than checking out someone else's groceries? No, you have to press yes. No, the green button by the red one. So sometimes checkout people call their friends to pass the time at the most listless job ever. Sure, it's annoying, but who could blame them? Fortunately, checking out free-range…