KENDRAPARA: As people settle into a new lifestyle caused by the coronavirus outbreak, their eating habits have undergone a change for the better. In Kendrapara district, the lockdown has resulted in people going back to homemade healthy dishes in absence of junk food sold outside. Many traditional food like various kinds of Pitha, Dalma, Dahi … Read more
A pre-school age girl helps her parents pick out veggies in the produce section at the grocery … [+] GETTY Two consumer studies of grocery shoppers’ preferences hit my inbox simultaneously. One was from Dunnhumby which rated consumers’ preferences for 60 grocery store brands rated across three key measures called the Grocery RPI (Retailer Preference Index). Spoiler alert: H-E-B … Read more
New Delhi: For her second budget presentation, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today carried documents in a traditional ‘Bahi-Khata’ (ledger) wrapped in a red cloth, similar to what she carried last year. Dressed in crisp yellow silk saree, accompanied by MoS Finance Anurag Thakur and other officials from her ministry, Sitharam will meet President Ram Nath Kovind … Read more
It’s nearly the most glorious time of year. As summer blends into fall, we parents get to send our kids back to school. This release of our offspring into the brick-and-steel fortresses of higher education comes with a sigh and a lot of cheering in the inside. The silent celebration aside, your child is going … Read more
As Sears starts to load up its shelves for the holiday season with all that new debtor-in-process-financed inventory, there’s one category that may be severely underrepresented on its selling floor: major appliances. According to published reports Whirlpool has sent a letter (wouldn’t you like to have been cc-ed on that one?) to Sears demanding that … Read more
Whirlpool has demanded that Sears send back products the appliance-maker shipped in the weeks before the retailer filed for bankruptcy protection. Whirlpool, which stopped selling its branded products at Sears last year but makes appliances under Sears’ Kenmore brand, asked the department store chain to return all merchandise it received in the 45 days before … Read more
A Montecito businesswoman affectionately known as “The Furniture Lady” is still at it, furnishing homes for people impacted by recent disasters for free. Melissa Pierson just put the finishing touches on the home of Ralph “Lalo” Barajas, who lost everything including his longtime partner Peter Fleuret, in the mudslide. Pierson estimates she has helped more than 75 … Read more
Pops of colour were added in the living room with two art deco chairs bought for just Dh65 each Tasked with furnishing a late 19th-century penthouse apartment in historic Budapest, a city I had not previously visited, presented a unique set of challenges. Not least of which was that I had to achieve my buying … Read more
Marks & Spencer is slowing down expansion of its food halls. Photograph: Alamy Marks & Spencer is speeding up plans to close underperforming clothing departments and slamming the brakes on expansion of its Simply Food chain as the company fights for its future on the high street. “We have made good progress in remedying the … Read more