Here are the headlines from Cheddar News that are Good 2 Know.
NOSTALGIA SELLS
Nostalgia is a top seller among Gen Z shoppers, according to a report from the Washington Post. The outlet cited research from buy now, pay later firm Klarna showing that "vintage tech" sales are rising, with sales of wired headphones up 300 percent in February 2022 compared with the year before, and flip phone sales were up more than 80 percent in August. Other products to cash in on the nostalgia craze included McDonald's, which started offering adult Happy Meals, and candy maker Just Born Quality Confections, which doubled down on its Easter favorite Peeps. Movie studios also continue to capitalize on the trend with a line-up of TV and movie reboots.
DOLLAR STORE GROCERIES
Research from Coresight found that more than 20 percent of consumers are now purchasing groceries at dollar stores such as Dollar Tree and Dollar General. This follows another report from the American Journal of Public Health finding that dollar stores are the fastest-growing food retailers in the U.S. As a result, major chains are in the middle of a massive expansion. Dollar General, for instance, is building 1,050 new stores and remodeling 2,000 others in 2023.
Authorities are investigating an explosion at a home in Arlington, Virginia where police were attempting to serve a search warrant.
A volcanic eruption that began in Indonesia Sunday has left 11 climbers dead and at least a dozen people missing.
Former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin is back in prison after being stabbed multiple times at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona.
A former U.S. diplomat has been arrested and accused of being a secret Cuban spy.
The U.S. Air Force has confirmed divers found the remains of five U.S. service members in the wreckage of an Osprey aircraft that crashed off the coast of Japan last week.
Authorities say 33-year-old Jerrid Joseph Powell is due to appear in court Monday.
The Israeli military has renewed its calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in recent weeks.
Three commercial ships were struck by ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen, the military said, and a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hourslong assault.
A humpback whale made its presence well known in the waters of Seattle.
U.S. officials are urging consumers not to eat cantaloupe products including fruit cups due to a salmonella outbreak.
