Cub Foods

CeCe McDonald murder trial

Behind the scenes of the transgender woman's case

Chicken and Waffles-flavored syrup available in April

​Maybe you hadn't quite hit coffee-drinking age, or perhaps you were just very fond of artificial peach flavoring, but if you remember feeling impossibly fancy ordering a creamy French soda or lightly effervescent Italian soda at whatever coffee shop happened to be closest to your junior high, you ... More >>

"Pink slime" no longer sold at Eden Prairie-based Supervalu family of stores

​Like Jamie Oliver, the Anoka-Hennepin county school district, and any character in The Real Ghostbusters, we've been following the trail of slime, specifically "pink slime," or ammonia-exposed beef filler that federal authorities still attest meets food safety standards, which has been making its ... More >>

Looking for Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls ice cream? Here's where to find it

Yael GrauerBen & Jerry's popular limited-edition flavor is a best-seller​Finding Schweddy Balls in the Twin Cities ain't easy, as the popular Ben & Jerry's limited-edition flavor has been flying off shelves. If you've been curious to try it, here's where you can pick up a pint in the Twin Ci ... More >>

Good Samaritan shoots, kills man robbing and beating old woman

When the man witnessed the violent crime, he pulled his own gun and chased the mugger.​Last night in the span of just a few minutes, Minneapolis police received two 911 calls. The first told them that a man was robbing and pistol-whipping an elderly woman in the parking lot of a south Minneapolis ... More >>

Cub Foods settles lawsuit with cleaning workers

Cub Foods will no longer have to deal with CTUL.​Cub Foods has settled a lawsuit with the labor union that's been hounding them for the past year. CTUL, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (The Center of Workers United in Struggle) represented a number of cleaning workers demanding better ... More >>

Have you seen these suspected Champlin thieves? [PICTURES]

These two bought food, then stole a gun.​Champlin Police are asking for the public's help in trying to identify a local couple who are suspected of stealing a number of things out of a vehicle in a Cub Foods parking lot. A handgun is among the items stolen from the vehicle.It's been nearly a month ... More >>

Cub Foods workers take protest to Supervalu shareholders meeting

CTUL.Protesters say they're doing more work for less money.​It's been nearly two months since a group of disgruntled Cub Foods workers ended a 12-day hunger strike, and they say nothing has been done to improve working conditions. That same crew of workers is staging a protest today at an Edina s ... More >>

Supervalu responds to protest at shareholders meeting

CTUL.Supervalu says the protesters have unfairly targeted Cub Foods.​Tuesday morning, a group of workers protested outside a shareholders meeting for Supervalu, the parent company of Cub Foods. It was the latest in what has become a long series of similar demonstrations, some held at Cub Food ... More >>

Burger roundup: Two restaurants, four patties, zero cows

For National Hamburger Month: A taste test of non-beef burgers at Hell's Kitchen and Uncle Frankie'sTo celebrate Hamburger Month, the Hot Dish has been sampling various burgers around Minneapolis.  We've tested black bean burgers on the West Bank and veggie burgers on Lyndale Avenue. In this ... More >>

Cub Foods cleaning workers on day five of hunger strike

CTULMario Colloly Torres, one of the hunger strikers​It has now been five days since Cub Foods cleaning workers began their hunger strike to protest low pay and what they say are unsafe and degrading working conditions. "Over the last 10 years, our wages have been dropping," says Mario Collol ... More >>

Tornado assistance today: Project Connect

Tony WebsterNeed assistance? Buses are running to a special event at the Minneapolis Convention Center today run by the city and county.​Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials have established a one-day tornado assistance center aimed at helping families knocked sideways by Sunday's tornad ... More >>

Minneapolis tornado kills one person, rips up homes. Curfew in effect

Tony WebsterThe storm uprooted this massive tree in North Minneapolis.​Parts of of North Minneapolis looked like a war zone by Sunday evening after a tornado touched down inside city limits, killed one person, injured more than 30, damaged about 100 homes and snapped trees like they were tooth ... More >>

Protesters assaulted by Cub Foods security guard [VIDEO]

YouTubeTalk too loud in Cub Foods, you're asking for a headlock.​A group peacefully protesting what they call union-busting activities by Cub Foods' cleaning service got way more than they bargained for Tuesday night, including face-fulls of pepper spray. A security guard at the Cub Foods on Lake ... More >>

Andrew Todd Anderson caught stealing from Salvation Army bucket

Ryan McFarland, Flickr.Anderson doesn't have much in the way of holiday spirit.​It doesn't get much lower than stealing from charity just before Christmas. On Tuesday afternoon, Andrew Todd Anderson was working as a bell ringer for the Salvation Army when he decided $8 per hour just wasn't en ... More >>

Illiterate Joe Nathan Michael arrested in Fridley bank robbery

Photo: hydra artsBank robber or ESL candidate?​Poor Joe Nathan Michael. According to police, the 47-year-old man showed up recently at the TCF Bank outlet in Cub Foods on 57th Avenue N.E. in Fridley, passed a note to the tellers demanding cash. He got $1,991 in cash. He got caught. And he ... More >>

Local, organic or conventional strawberries: Which is sweetest?

​Local strawberries just started appearing at The Wedge Community Co-op this week, and the website for the St. Paul Farmers Market says strawberries should be in stock this weekend. We here at Hot Dish decided to do a little taste test: What's the difference between local sustainable, organic, ... More >>

Walmart vs. Cub: Which is better? A Battle of the Midway

​You may have heard that the Cub Foods and Walmart stores in St. Paul's Midway area, which face each other across a common parking lot, are engaged in a nasty corporate catfight. According to a Pioneer Press story this week, Cub's parent company, Supervalu, based in Eden Prairie, has sued Walm ... More >>

Frogtown Fitness

A back alley on the highway to health

Drunk-driving mom blows .40--with kid in car

Grocery shopper warns police as the woman and son leave the store.

Apple Valley woman sues over minced ginger

An Apple Valley woman blames United Noodles, Cub Foods, and Supervalu for cuts she got from a jar of minced ginger.

Nathan's hot dog eating contest comes to Mpls.

Our regional qualifying round takes place next week to determine which iron-gutted Midwesterner will compete at Coney Island on July 4th.

LEED certification not just for co-op shoppers

St. Paul Winter Carnival

Living on the streets of Minneapolis for a week

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

Cub Goes Green

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

9/23 Morning Must Reads

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

Where to buy the mysterious mangosteen

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

In Praise of Rainbow Foods

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

Govt stifles growth of local food

More than 9,000 Minnesotans are homeless. I decided to join them.

Freak show banned from AIDS benefit

Lobster Girl and the Human Tripod aren't Minnesota Nice enough

Swipe the card, not the information, please

Lobster Girl and the Human Tripod aren't Minnesota Nice enough

You Are Where You Eat

What your choice of grocery stores says about who you are

What a Country!

Where can a good comrade go to find caviar in a one-pound tub?

Musta Been "Mess With the Intern Day"

Where can a good comrade go to find caviar in a one-pound tub?

Not in Service

Will the Met Council's proposed solution to a $60-million funding shortfall end bus service as we know it?

Bring Back the Buses

For Chrissakes... Milwaukee's got public transit. (Omaha, too.)

Widening the Wine Aisle

A reader worries that the sale of wine in grocery stores will kill funky Mom-'n'-Pop shops, but Dara disagrees

Fantasy Island

Stargazing and bonfires at Budd Rugg's media fantasy camp

Bottom of the Ninth

This writer's season might be over. But what a season it was!

Starship Troupers

With its sci-fi epic 'Terminus,' the anarchic Bedlam Theater builds the mothership of all puppets

Give the People Bread

With its sci-fi epic 'Terminus,' the anarchic Bedlam Theater builds the mothership of all puppets

Hot Wheels

Farm implement, barbecue grill, delivery truck: Meet the real American sport utility vehicle

Quiet Storm

Devin Miller and Thomas Ross want to do something no black person in Minnesota has done before: buy a major commercial radio station. But first they have to beat the FCC, an industry giant, and the trend toward broadcast consolidation.

Minnesota Groan

With "Minnesota Grown" vouchers, many immigrants can't buy staples such as bread and rice, certain ethnic foods, or, sometimes, even a common apple.

Every Day Is Halloween

Skeleton Crew: The scary monsters in charge of Circus Berserkus: A Carnival of Spirits.

Mall or Nothing

The MCDA may be backing off the proposed co-op site at the corner of 38th Street and Fourth Avenue.

A Baedeker to the Twin Cities At Night

The MCDA may be backing off the proposed co-op site at the corner of 38th Street and Fourth Avenue.

1996 Best Of Twin Cities Readers' Poll

The MCDA may be backing off the proposed co-op site at the corner of 38th Street and Fourth Avenue.