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1. www.consumerreports.org › health › food-contaminantsThe Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food - Consumer Reports

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   Jan 4, 2024 · CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for some of the chemicals used to make plastic, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer.

2. www.consumerreports.org › toxic-chemicalsHow Plastic Can Harm Your Health - Consumer Reports

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   Jan 18, 2024 · Plastic that’s littered or sent to landfills can release chemicals and break down into microplastics, and plastic that’s incinerated creates harmful air pollution.

3. www.consumerreports.org › environmentThe Big Problem With Plastic - Consumer Reports

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   Sep 8, 2021 · Consumer Reports details the big problem with plastic, revealing where most of the plastic you throw away ends up and explaining how to limit its environmental harm.

4. www.consumerreports.org › recycling › smarter-whichSmarter: ♻️Which Plastics Are Actually Recyclable?

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   Mar 1, 2022 · This week, I’m examining an uncomfortable truth about plastics, namely, how only certain plastics really get recycled, and the do’s and don’ts of recycling.

5. www.theverge.com › 2024/1/5 › 24026456The food you buy probably has plastic in it. - The Verge

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   Jan 5, 2024 · Consumer Reports is back with another sobering investigation into the bisphenols and phthalates — chemicals known as plasticizers — in common supermarket and fast foods.

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6. www.tampabay.com › archive › 2004/04/11Rise and fall of the Eckerd empire - Tampa Bay Times

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   Aug 27, 2005 · The first thing Eckerd noticed: They were packed with shoppers, many of them pushing carts full of merchandise. He saw people buying cosmetics, candy, stationery and housewares. And drugs, too....

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   Who owns Eckerd Drug Co?

   • 1972 - Jack Eckerd buys 20 Eckerd Drug stores in Delaware from J. Milton Hill, his nephew, bringing the total number of stores to 280. 1974 - Jack Eckerd retires. Stewart Turley replaces Harry Roberts as president and chief executive of Eckerd Drug Co.

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   Why was Eckerd a bad company?

   • The worst was Eckerd's disastrous debut in Tidewater, Va. Eckerd bought 113 CVS stores that antitrust regulators had decided another rapidly consolidating rival could not keep. In its frantic zeal to keep the stores from closing even for one night, Eckerd killed customer trust and goodwill. Eckerd computers could not read the patient files.

   Rise and fall of the Eckerd empire - Tampa Bay Times

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   Why is Eckerd a good brand?

   • The chain's array of store label merchandise - everything from Eckerd Aspirin to Advantage oscillating fans and Wheat-a-Vim vitamins - became such quality names that customers ranked them with nationally-advertised brands.

   Rise and fall of the Eckerd empire - Tampa Bay Times

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   What happened to Eckerd?

   • Indeed, last week's $4.523-billion breakup and sale of more than 1,200 Eckerd stores to CVS Corp. and 1,500 others to Canadian Jean Coutu Group signaled the end of Eckerd in Florida and other Sunbelt states after a 52-year run. It also ends the last traces of an entrepreneurial family legacy that dates back to 1898.

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   Why did Eckerd close a store in 1978?

   • A year later, sales topped $1-billion. But that year also showed the first sign of overzealous expansion, albeit slight. In June 1978, Eckerd closed nine of its stores in Denver because they weren't competing. Five months later, Turley told analysts sales were "somehow softer" than in previous months.

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   Why did Oesterreicher buy Eckerd?

   • So Oesterreicher's answer was to buy Eckerd Corp., a dominant name in the Sunbelt which meshed well with Thrift's presence across the Midwest. Oesterreicher bought up four other chains in New York and the Carolinas to further broaden the market. The idea was to stabilize the ups and downs of Penney's department store business.

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8. www.wholefoodsmagazine.com › articles › 16642Consumer Reports Study Finds Plastic Chemicals Widespread in ...

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   Jan 13, 2024 · Testing by Consumer Reports reveals that, despite growing evidence of potential health threats of bisphenols and phthalates, these chemicals are still widespread in our food supply.