Tagged: supermarkets

Bad Beer takes - The Dismal Science

Eric Crampton • Feb 08, 2018 •

• beer,
• brewers,
• craft beer,
• New Zealand,
• retail,
• supermarkets,
• US

The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson likes craft beer. But his take on its rise in the US doesn’t make a lot of sense. And I’m surprised that Noah Smith didn’t catch the errors. Thompson argues that the complicated morass of American state-level regulations around brewing and beer distribution meant that the big brewers couldn’t take the whole field. At … Read More

Supermarkets and nutritional advice - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Aug 17, 2017 •

• Diet,
• hyperfunctional drinks,
• immunity,
• inflammation,
• nutrition,
• supermarkets,
• turmeric

I rather like our local supermarket. Lovely staff, generally excellent products, and close to home as well.  But I really wish the organisation would stay out of giving nutritional advice – or at least, that they do the right sort of consultation about their claims. For example, under ‘recipes’ there’s a post about ‘hyper-functional’ beverages A. These, it’s stated, … Read More