Along the route will be entertainment and events from Indonesian gamelan players to art and architecture walks, dodge ball, life-size chess and street foods.

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But Wall Street is wondering whether Whole Foods has already lowered prices enough.

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The deadliest foods to be found on the stalls in street markets and the shelves of supermarkets, though, are not meat or poultry but leafy vegetables and fruit.

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Although its government remains in place for now, neighbouring Algeria has also experienced street demonstrations against the rising cost of staple foods.

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Today will be a relatively quiet one on Wall Street, with drugstore Rite Aid and Smithfield Foods among the few companies releasing earnings.

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When not selling pan, street vendors might sell similar items like fruits and vegetables, packaged foods, newspapers, magazines and candy bars.

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Wall Street says this "crisis" is creating fat opportunities for companies pushing low-carb foods.

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Wall Street is digesting a Greek bailout and slew of blue-chip earnings, including reports from Kraft Foods ( KFT), Wal-Mart ( WMT), and Home Depot (HD).

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