While supermarkets see crowds and empty shelves, some residents are turning to farm-to-home orders.

They were raising awareness on Saturday about food injustices in neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

A D.C.-based technology firm is launching a new smartphone app today designed to save grocery shoppers a few pennies here and there before they even start yanking items down from supermarket shelves.

Publix is big in Florida, while Stop & Shop is largely found in New Jersey, New York and New England. Could either one make inroads into D.C.? Maybe!

Over at City Paper, Lydia DePillis makes the case why Trader Joe’s is the inevitable centerpiece of a new retail and residential development going up at 14th and U streets NW. If she’s wrong, she’ll shop at Walmart.

UPDATE: Now the owner of Ellwood Thompson’s has refuted Graham, stating that the grocer is still working on plans to open at DCUSA.

Photo by andertho Dish of the Week: Chili Everyone knows it’s been a big week for chili, especially Ben’s Chili Bowl. But we’re not here to talk about Ben’s, for once this week. Because whether you love or don’t love the chili from Ben’s, its squeeze-tap runny texture isn’t quite comparable to most traditional chili. Depending on where you’re from, you think chili is something totally different. If you’re from Texas, chances are you…