When the Smart Saver at 23rd Street and Martin Luther King Avenue closed in August, leaving the 73111 zip code without a grocery store, residents interviewed by NonDoc called the closing “frustrating,” “devastating,” “a complete loss” and “a bad situation for northeast Oklahoma City.” As news of the store’s sudden closing spread, Smart Saver owners […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Food desert drama
Local grocery chain Buy For Less gave a textbook example in how not to handle public relations correctly last week, after it announced the closing of its Smart Saver store at 23rd Street and Martin Luther King Avenue, which was the only full-service grocery option in the city’s unhealthiest zip code, 73111. Step 1 in […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Okie singularity
Something as simple as how we get our groceries could make you realize that technological singularity — the moment at which artificial intelligence will surpass human intelligence — might be closer than we all realize. In the same week that Amazon added Oklahoma City as one of 10 new cities able to order deliveries from […]
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OICA and OK Foster Wishes are on a mission to spread holiday cheer to foster youth in the state and need the community’s help.
OICA and OK Foster Wishes are on a mission to spread holiday cheer to foster youth in the state and need the community’s help.
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Food Briefs: Bacon & Brussels, Carne Diem, Buy For Less and more
6 Degrees of Bacon becomes Bacon & Brussels, VI Marketing and Branding presents the 14th annual Carne Diem, Buy For Less closes two stores and Peter Piper Pizza returns to Oklahoma.
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Incarcerated women get a second chance through TEEM
Local organizations work together to offer female inmates training so they can succeed after they are released.
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Food Briefs: The Drake Seafood and Oysterette, Hatch green chile roast, Wine for the People and more
The Drake Seafood and Oysterette opens, Hatch roast postponed and Vast and Thirst Wine Merchants hold Wine for the People event.
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A dollar donation can get some of Oklahoma City’s residents in need a welcome treat.
A dollar donation can get some of Oklahoma City’s residents in need a welcome treat.
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Shar McLaughlin, owner of Irish Green Lawn Care, has seven employees. She offers coverage to five full-time workers and is eager to see how these options compare with those available via the federally run health insurance marketplace, which opened for enrollment this month. “I will be reading everything I can get my hands on, but […]