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Not a mirage: Oakland no longer food desert

By Hannah Schneider, Assistant News Editor • September 25, 2018

The Grocery Pop-Up opened yesterday in the old New Balance storefront on Forbes Avenue, marking the end of a drought on campus since the closing of the IGA.

Produce at Pitt: New grocery store comes to Oakland

By Remy Samuels | Staff Writer • May 30, 2018

As Pitt transitions into the fall semester, students can finally stop mourning the loss of 7-Eleven and welcome the new grocery store that is coming to Forbes Avenue. Although Slurpees will no longer be...

University presents plan for sustainability

By Elise Lavallee and Caroline Bourque • December 8, 2017

When Ward Allebach took the podium — immediately slipping a Christmas-themed Hawaiian shirt over his button-up and placing a Santa hat on his head — he described what he had in mind for a sustainability...

Next-day shopping? How Whole Foods and Amazon could change the game

By Levko Karmazyn | For The Pitt News • September 6, 2017

You could never accomplish today what John Mackey and Renee Lawson did in 1978 Austin, Texas. The college-dropout couple opened what would eventually become Whole Foods, which Amazon bought in August for...