Food storage is both a traditional domestic skill and is important industrially. Food is stored by almost every human society and by many animals. Storing of food has several main purposes:preparation for periods of scarcity or faminetaking advantage of short term surplus of food as at harvest timeenabling a better balanced diet throughout the yearpreparing for special events and celebrationsplanning for catastrophe or emergencyprotection against predators or others

Napa, California, America's food and wine capital city, got its first Whole Foods Market yesterday. And what a store it is. It's not even really a store--it's a food emporium. And befitting Napa's status as America's food and wine capital, the natural and specialty foods superstore is a perfect fit. Why? Read more.

Starting February 2008, UK brand, Organic Apoteke will be available in two specialty stores in the US, namely, Henri Bendei in New York City and Studio@Fred Segal in Los Angeles. The brand is currently only available at Whole Foods Market in the US and its UK distribution point based in London.

88DB Lifestyle reviews a hawker store along Geylang whose specialties are local Chinese cuisine like Beek Kway Teow, Stir Fried Chicken Wings with Spicy Salt, Stir Fried Sprout-lings, and many more.

Japan's Natural Lawson convenience store chain is a combination natural and specialty foods store, natural and upscale health and beauty care store, and different from all the other 40,000 conbini (convenience stores) in Japan. Read what makes it different, and how Natural Lawson is stretching the boundries of convenience retailing in the nation.

Oscar Farinetti, whose goal is to make high-quality Italianfoods widely available, will soon be bringing a smaller version of his giant specialty food store in Turin to Midtown Manhattan.