The coronavirus pandemic is rapidly changing consumers’ grocery shopping habits and creating a big opportunity for startups like MilkRun. Demand for the Portland-based company’s farm-to-doorstep groceries has been surging since… Read More
With its $2.65 billion deal to buy Postmates, announced Monday morning, Uber is making it clear that it’s hungry for a bigger slice of the delivery pie than just ferrying… Read More
Amazon is planning to open cashier-less “Go” grocery stores in Redmond, Wash., and Washington D.C., as part of a broader grocery expansion. Traditional grocery stores are also in the works… Read More
The Seattle City Council is once again embroiled in a legal dispute with a gig economy company over efforts to provide labor protections to the workers that power the industry.… Read More
The vulnerabilities of a long food supply chain have been laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic as people across the world go hungry while farmers are forced to toss out… Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has made grocery and food delivery workers essential while exposing the inequities and shortfalls of an on-demand workforce left out of a social safety net built on… Read More
Amid an annual letter dominated by the coronavirus crisis, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a bold claim about sustainable shopping habits. Bezos has long said that e-commerce is more environmentally… Read More
Alex Johnstone and David Rothstein dreamed of changing the world through food. They started with pastries. Then the coronavirus hit. The roommates and bakers behind Salmonberry Goods were crushed when… Read More
Amazon is putting new online grocery customers on a waitlist and is reducing hours at some physical Whole Foods stores to help workers fulfill more online orders as it adjusts… Read More
More people are ordering groceries online due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, leading to a permanent consumer purchasing shift — and a giant revenue boost for Amazon. That’s according to… Read More
Amazon today unveiled a new business line, selling its “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology to other retailers. Amazon originally developed the technology inside its Amazon Go stores, enabling shoppers to… Read More
Amazon made headlines Tuesday with the debut of its newest cashierless grocery store concept in Seattle. The opening drew hundreds of smartphone-equipped shoppers eager to try out the “Just Walk… Read More
From the small studio behind his home in Seattle, artist Kyler Martz dreams up fantastical versions of assorted critters and sea creatures for his illustrative work that adorns everything from… Read More
After four years of silence, Amazon confirmed last month that the “Amazon Go team is running internal tests” at a prime retail location in Seattle’s popular Capitol Hill neighborhood that… Read More
Walmart said Wednesday morning that it will roll out redesigned produce sections in the grocery areas of its U.S. stores, with an “open market feel,” low-profile bins, wide aisles, and… Read More
Amazon ratcheted up its ambitions in the grocery business again on Monday, confirming plans for a new grocery format set to debut in California next year. The new format, operated… Read More
Amazon finally revealed that it is working on a grocery concept at a prime retail location in Seattle’s popular Capitol Hill neighborhood. “We can confirm that the Amazon Go team… Read More
Amazon’s grocery push is kicking into high gear, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. WSJ reports that Amazon signed leases for more than a dozen sites… Read More
Swiftly raised a $15.6 million seed round to help grocery stores and other retailers up their technology offerings to keep up with Amazon and Walmart. The funding round coincides with… Read More
Amazon has been involved with a prime retail location in Seattle’s popular Capitol Hill neighborhood since 2015, more than a year before the company’s Amazon Go grocery concept was even… Read More
When Sam Cone arrived in Seattle from Eastern Europe more than 100 years ago, the young immigrant was alone and he didn’t speak English. So he began his entrepreneurial journey… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. ― Attention shoppers, new technology on aisle seven. There were no audible announcements like that Monday morning at the QFC grocery store in the Seattle suburbs but the… Read More
Can Microsoft and Kroger upgrade the grocery experience better than Amazon and Whole Foods can? That’s the unstated subplot in the news this morning that Microsoft and Kroger are testing… Read More
Amazon is laying the groundwork to return Whole Foods to growth mode, adding new stores in the suburbs and states where the upscale grocery chain doesn’t currently have a presence,… Read More
Shelf Engine has made some major changes since it was founded about two years ago. The Seattle startup began by providing technology to grocery stores to create more accurate orders… Read More
Food samples, loyalty programs, magazine subscriptions and, of course, Girl Scout cookies are among the items typically featured at promotional tables inside grocery stores. But at the entrance to a… Read More
Kroger today announced a deal with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to sell groceries online in China as the U.S. chain continues to invest in new technology efforts as it battles… Read More
Amazon plans to offer drive-up grocery pickup at Whole Foods Market stores for the first time — the latest integration between the companies since the tech giant bought the grocery… Read More
Amazon really wants you to know about how Prime members can save money at its Whole Foods grocery stores. If you’ve been inside a Whole Foods recently, you’ve seen them —… Read More
Amazon’s new Prime discount program will be available at all Whole Foods locations across the U.S. this week. Prime members who pay $119 per year can receive 10 percent discounts on… Read More