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A robot on wheels developed by Tel Aviv-based CommonSense Robotics helps deliver goods faster to consumers (YouTube screenshot)
November 11, 2018, 4:37 pm
Israeli robot-filled warehouse seeks to cut delivery time for groceries
Tel Aviv-based CommonSense Robotics launches what it calls ‘the world’s smallest automated e-commerce facility,’ believing that when robots process orders, errors are reduced
By Federico Maccioni
Hungarian Kosher Foods is located in Skokie, Illinois, after moving from Chicago in 1986. (Hungarian Kosher Foods/Facebook/via JTA)
April 16, 2018, 4:05 am
It’s the end of an era for America’s first all-kosher supermarket
When a couple who survived the Holocaust opened Hungarian Kosher Foods in 1973, the idea of having a certified grocery, bakery, and butcher under one roof was unheard of
By Yvette Alt Miller
An illustrative photo of a shopper at a grocery store picking up a box of matzah. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images/via JTA)
March 30, 2018, 2:49 am
Kosher supermarkets hate cleaning for Passover as much as you do
For grocers servicing the Jewish community, it takes staffers weeks to scour away any trace of leaven; one Brooklyn store spends $75,000 converting its kitchen
By Ben Sales
Ahmad Alhaw, a 27-year-old Palestinian man, waits in a courtroom on March 1, 2018 in Hamburg before the verdict in his trial over his knife attack in a supermarket that left one man dead and wounded six other people. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Axel Heimken)
March 1, 2018, 12:01 pm
Palestinian man gets life in prison for deadly Hamburg terror attack
German court notes ‘particular severity’ of Ahmad Alhaw’s 2017 stabbing rampage against supermarket customers
By Agencies
Daisy, a 3-year-old spaniel, died a hero. (GoFundMe via JTA)
June 14, 2017, 8:33 pm
Dog saves couple from fire at London kosher supermarket
Daisy, staying with sleeping tenants above shop, alerts them to blaze but later dies of smoke inhalation
By Josefin Dolsten
This file photo taken on January 10, 2015 shows French police officers standing guard in front of a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, a day after four people were killed at the Jewish supermarket by jihadist gunman Amedy Coulibaly during a hostage-taking. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)
April 26, 2017, 4:50 pm
10 held over deadly attack on Paris Hyper Cacher store
Among those charged with 2015 assault on Jewish market in which 4 were murdered is arms dealer with links to French far-right groups
By AFP
Illustrative photo of Danish pork chops (YouTube screenshot)
October 3, 2016, 4:57 pm
Dangerous superbug found in UK retail pork
MRSA discovered in several samples from two leading supermarkets; bacteria can have serious health consequences
By TOI staff
Israeli soldiers outside Rami Levy supermarket in the Etzion bloc in the West Bank, where a Palestinian attacker wounded an Israeli woman after stabbing her in the back on October 28, 2015. (Gershon Elinsonl/Flash90)
February 22, 2016, 4:30 pm
After deadly stabbing, West Bank supermarket steps up security
At the request of police, all Rami Levy stores across Green Line to be equipped with cameras, metal detectors and more guards
By TOI staff
Friends seen mourning after the funeral of Tuvia Yanai Weissman, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, on February 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 21, 2016, 8:00 pm
Third suspect nabbed in deadly supermarket stabbing
Alleged accomplice thought to be Ramallah resident seen being turned away from Rami Levy before Tuvia Yanai Weissman was attacked
By TOI staff
A Supersol supermarket in Jerusalem (Nati Shohat/Flash90, File)
January 22, 2016, 10:02 am
Israeli supermarket chain sued for discrimination against Arabs
Plaintiffs claim Supersol refuses to deliver to predominantly Arab towns, while servicing almost all Jewish communities
By JTA
Mega supermarket chairman Avigdor Kaplan, left, with Histadrut Labor Federation chief Avi Nissenkorn, June 21, 2015. (Flash90)
January 21, 2016, 10:32 pm
Mega supermarket chairman returns bonus amid furor
Avigdor Kaplan says NIS 560,000 bonus was not linked to work at Mega; 2,500 employees could lose jobs if ailing company shutters
By Lee Gancman
A Mercator Center in New Belgrade, Slovenia. (Михајло Анђелковић/Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
January 21, 2016, 3:51 pm
BDS fruitless as Slovenian supermarket brings back Israeli produce
Country’s largest chain cancels reported boycott two days after removing produce from shelves
By Raoul Wootliff
January 20, 2016, 12:25 am
Slovenian chain succumbs to BDS, pulls Israeli fruits
Jewish state fears boycott will spread to Mercator supermarket branches in other Balkan countries
By Lee Gancman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, January 10, 2016. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
January 15, 2016, 4:01 pm
Taking the stump
Haaretz eyes Netanyahu’s defense of the NGO bill, and Yedioth Ahronoth fears for the jobs of supermarket staff
By Ilan Ben Zion
Israeli supermarket mogul Rami Levy (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
January 13, 2016, 11:28 pm
Supermarket mogul under pressure over employee mistreatment claims
Rami Levy denies allegations of labor law, worker’s rights violations; MK asks to ban price-slashing retailer from Knesset
By Raoul Wootliff
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