from: WAMU

Local Grocer Busts Bacteria

March 02, 2011 - Researchers from the University of Arizona have found that 72 percent of supermarket carts contain harmful germs, including fecal bacteria and even E Coli.

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from: Chevy Chase Patch

52-Year-Old Supermarket Continues to Serve the Community

Namesake store continues to make customers a priority.

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from: NBC Washington

Dedicated Staff Keeps Chevy Chase Supermarket Open

A Montgomery County supermarket was kept open during Wednesday's blizzard thanks to its dedicated staff.

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from: The Washington Post

Shopping Cart Wash Lets Customers Get Groceries, Not Germs

The Kirsch brothers want you to know: At Chevy Chase Supermarket, it is now safe to lick the shopping carts.

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from: ABC News

Dirty Grocery Carts Get Hi-Tech Wash

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from: The Wall Street Journal

Taking the Gross Out of the Grocery Cart

When Brad Blaine grabbed a cart on a recent run to the Chevy Chase Supermarket in suburban Maryland, he noticed it was a little moist.

He was puzzled, he says, until he figured out that the cart had been pushed through a sort of car wash for shopping carts -- a hut set up at the store that mists a disinfecting peroxide solution onto carts as they're pushed through.

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from: The Seattle Times

Washer gives grocery-cart blanch

The Kirsch brothers want you to know: At Chevy Chase Supermarket, it is safe to lick the shopping carts.

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from: NPR

Cart Wash Puts An End To Dirt At Maryland Market

Supermarket owners Kevin and Jason Kirsch take pride in making their store in Chevy Chase, Md., family-friendly.

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from:WUSA9.com

Germ Free Supermarket Shopping

There's just one supermarket in the DC area where you can shop until you drop, without being attacked by nasty germs. It's all thanks to a newly installed cleaning system.

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from: jhsgw.org

Today

Although many groceries went out of business when children left the family store to work in other businesses and professions, mom-and-pop stores are not entirely a thing of the past...... Chevy Chase Supermarket on Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, Maryland, was opened in 1958 by Bernard Freedman. His daughter-in-law’s brother, Walter Kirsch, joined the business in 1963 and the pair worked together until Freedman’s death. Kirsch has now turned over the management of the store to his sons.

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from: Grossberg.com

Recipient of the Dick Price Small Business Award

The Chevy Chase Land company congratulates Chevy Chase Supermarket, recipient of the Dick Price Small Business Award for 2009.

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from: The Washington Post

Cleaner Carts

Jason and Kevin Kirsch know how common it is for the youngest customers at Chevy Chase Supermarket on Connecticut Avenue to treat cart handles like lollipops.

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