Wandering aimlessly around the supermarket appears to be a thing of the past. Retailers are increasingly catering to people who either don’t want to leave home, barely want to get out of the… Read More
Amazon is now selling nuts and trail mix under the Happy Belly brand, its private label for perishables. Previously on GeekWire: Taste test: We pitted Amazon’s new private-label coffee against Starbucks,… Read More
Walmart wants to deliver groceries to your door and the grocery giant is getting some help from Uber and Lyft. The company will test a grocery delivery program with the two… Read More
Instacart is raising its prices and laying off employees. The grocery delivery company laid off 12 recruiters this month, Recode reported. Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta attributed the move to a less… Read More
Instacart today officially announced that it has closed a $220 million Series C round, pushing total funding past $275 million for the fast-growing San Francisco-based startup. Re/code originally reported the… Read More
Instacart, the grocery delivery service led by former Amazon.com engineer Apoorva Mehta, is raising $220 million in a huge financing round that values the 2-year-old company at $2 billion, according… Read More
Instacart has struck a formal partnership with Whole Foods Market, one which will allow for grocery delivery in less than an hour and allow customers to pick-up orders directly at… Read More
Need some deodorant? Run out of contact lens solution? Uber has you covered. The transportation startup is testing out a new service called Corner Store that delivers drug store items with… Read More
Just when you thought Whole Foods couldn’t get any more green, well, now the organic grocery store is. The Austin-based market announced today that its Bellevue, Wash. location will soon begin converting food scraps into… Read More
One of the perks of living in Amazon’s hometown is the chance to try some of the company’s new services long before the rest of the country. In the case… Read More
You know what they say about history: “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” Well, let’s hope that Sequoia Capital — one of the biggest backers of dot-com poster… Read More
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos was optimistic about the progress of Amazon Fresh at the company shareholder meeting last month, and now reports indicate that the company’s grocery service may finally… Read More
Amazon has been delivering groceries in the Seattle region for more than five years through its Amazon Fresh service, and now there are rumors that the service could be expanding… Read More
Is Amazon.com getting ready to expand its Amazon Fresh to new markets? During the company’s earnings conference call this afternoon, analyst Matt Nemer of Wells Fargo Securities said he has… Read More
Amazon.com this week won a broad patent on technology that lets customers schedule product deliveries to their doorsteps or mailboxes on a recurring basis, without needing to submit a new… Read More