Food Editor 

Lauren Saria

Pushing everything from cookies to frozen pizza, local restaurateurs are invading home kitchens with packaged goods. 

When it comes to groceries, chefs — from Nite Yun of Lunette to Liz Prueitt of Tartine — know best.

We braved the opening-day crowds to go on a shopping spree with Korean food experts Eddo Kim and Clara Lee. 

While Safeway and Whole Foods close locations, chains like Bi-Rite and Luke's Local find success with shoppers who don't sweat prices.

Among the targets of the store owner’s ire are remote work, street conditions, Covid shutdowns, and former Mayor London Breed. 