Grocers & Shopping

Prairie Fruits Farm has now set up a Farm Share Subscription, where you can get fresh cheese, bread, and other seasonal items for $20 per week. From their Facebook page: Each week our chefs will …

Do boxes of local food excite you? If so, great news: it’s 2024 CSA sign-up season. Winter is thankfully nearing its end, and soon plants will sprout and we’ll eat delicious, summer Illinois tomatoes once …

Owner Appreciation Days at Common Ground are a great time to strategically shop the co-op. The next round is happening March 6-12, so no need to change up your regular shopping day. Owners get ten …

Almost exactly a year ago, we learned that H Mart will be opening its first downstate location in the former Save-A-Lot building at 221 N Broadway in Urbana. Now, the City of Urbana has shared …

Thanksgiving is happening this week, which officially marks the beginning of the holiday season. With all of the big stores pushing “Black Friday” sales and doing their best to compete for your attention, we like …

Urbana’s Ashar African Market opened a Chicago store last month. Located at 5723 N California Street, Ashar Market in Chicago stocks freshly leafy vegetables, rice, chicken, goat, beef, turkey, and fish in addition to offering …

If you’ve been to Old Time Meat & Deli on Neil Street, you’ve seen these humongous twice-baked potatoes in the middle of the meat store. They are some good looking spuds. Each twice-baked potato ($4.29) …

If you’ve driven by the County Market on Duncan lately, you may have seen a row of bright white Tesla charging stations. I’ve seen a fair number of Teslas in Champaign County but to me …

If you’ve spent any time shopping at our local markets, you’ve likely come across NORDEN or Pipapo. NORDEN is an Urbana-based design company making furniture and home goods. Pipapo is their birch jewelry spinoff. Owners …