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  • Sep 30, 2026
    Kevin Coupe
    Getting A Grip On Grocery: The Local, The Global, & The Cutthroat
    Getting a Grip on Grocery Consumers everywhere are faced with a plethora of choices from which to buy food – including in Darien, where there are 10 major competitors competing for food dollars just within a seven-mile stretch of road.  Beyond the fragmented competition, issues like inflation, food safety and technology influence when and where people shop. This is the challenging environment that longtime Darien resident Kevin Coupe has been chronicling for more than four decades, including the last 25 on MorningNewsBeat.com, which is seen within the retail industry as a primary and ...