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Amazon names Whole Foods CEO to lead grocery operations

Amazon has announced that Jason Buechel, CEO of Whole Foods Market BB #:147784, is taking over leadership of the company’s...

2 months ago 3 minute read

Amazon partners with Grubhub for restaurant deliveries

May 30, 2024 SEATTLE & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Amazon and Grubhub today announced they are partnering to make restaurant delivery to customers’...

10 months ago 9 minute read

Amazon introduces low-cost grocery delivery subscription for Prime members using EBT

April 23, 2024 SEATTLE — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon BB #:283186 today announced a new grocery delivery subscription benefit now...

12 months ago 6 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – April 5, 2024

Greg and Pamela show off some new Aldi swag to talk about how Aldi and Lidl are succeeding with food...

12 months ago 1 minute read

Amazon walks away from Just Walk Out technology

Amazon is pulling the plug on its Just Walk Out technology in the U.S., which lets customers buy items in...

12 months ago 2 minute read

Dunnhumby index shows Amazon leads U.S. retailers in personalization

November 14, 2023 CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–dunnhumby, the global leader in customer data science, today released a special edition of the dunnhumby...

1 year ago 8 minute read

2.2 million pounds of sweet potatoes and more: Amazon Fresh shares Thanksgiving sales stats

Amazon Fresh shared its Thanksgiving holiday deals, along with some expert tips for building a meal for a family of...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Why the FTC beef with Amazon excludes grocery

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general sued Amazon Inc. BB #:283186, September 26, alleging that the online...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Amazon Fresh faces layoffs, store reconfigurations 

Amazon Fresh is making some changes to a few Chicago-area stores as it faces layoffs and lawsuits over stalled store...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Amazon and the antitrust artillery

I’ve been a member of the Authors Guild since 1999. Recently over lunch I was reading an article by Umair...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Kroger, Albertsons, and the Amazon fiasco

Insider has run an article suggesting that Amazon could buy the supermarkets of which a combined Kroger-Albertsons chain would have...

2 years ago 3 minute read

AeroFarms expands nationwide availability with Amazon Fresh launch

Newark, NJ, May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AeroFarms®, a Certified B Corporation and global leader in indoor vertical farming,...

2 years ago 4 minute read

The Produce Moms partners with Amazon’s Alexa as an influencer

THE PRODUCE MOMS BB #:366223 announces their recent partnership with Amazon’s Influencer Program on Amazon’s Alexa platform. THE PRODUCE MOMS...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Amazon and the Kroger-Albertsons merger

Writing in Retail Wire, George Anderson discusses the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger. If it is approved by the Federal Trade Commission...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Amazon cuts and the industry life cycle

So far this year, Amazon has announced that it will cut 27,000 jobs nationwide. Some of this trimming must be...

2 years ago 4 minute read

The stumbling of Amazon Fresh

As some readers may remember, I am not a big fan of Amazon Fresh BB #:283186 — at least not...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Amazon plans grocery fee increase, higher threshold for Amazon Fresh deliveries

Starting February 28, Amazon Fresh is rolling out a new fee structure for grocery deliveries using the Amazon Prime service....

2 years ago 2 minute read

Blue Apron meals now available in Amazon store

October 11, 2022 NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blue Apron BB #:292398 is now offering meal kits without a subscription in the U.S....

2 years ago 3 minute read
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