A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon breached its contract with Prime members last year when it stopped offering free two-hour delivery on Whole Foods purchases of $35 or… Read More
It’s a tough assignment, for sure, but for the past few weeks I’ve been ordering more than my share of ice cream bars and frozen pizzas in hopes of getting… Read More
Whole Foods announced Thursday that its co-founder and CEO John Mackey will retire on Sept. 1, 2022. He will be replaced by current COO Jason Buechel, who joined the grocery… Read More
Grocery delivery will get pricier for Whole Foods customers. Amazon will implement a $9.95 service fee for Whole Foods delivery orders starting Oct. 25, Bloomberg reported. Free grocery delivery from… Read More
New Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is facing questions about how the company plans to use the data it gathers from its newly installed palm-reading scanners in some of the company’s… Read More
Amazon is bringing its palm-reading biometric identification system to a Whole Foods store in Seattle, the company announced Wednesday, expanding on the rollout of technology that had previously been available… Read More
Amazon is now offering free, one-hour pickup of online grocery orders for Prime members at its Whole Foods stores across the U.S, expanding on a shopping trend that has taken… Read More
Amazon saw online grocery sales triple year-over-year during the second quarter as more customers get their groceries delivered versus going to a physical store amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon doubles… Read More
Whole Foods workers in Seattle protested outside of the grocer’s Westlake location on Friday after being told they could not wear face masks with the Black Lives Matter slogan. The… 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
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
Steve Kessel, the Amazon executive who oversaw the e-commerce giant’s landmark expansion into bricks-and-mortar retail, plans to leave the company early next year. The 20-year Amazon veteran, who also led… 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
Amazon is once again in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crosshairs, this time for its decision to cut medical benefits for part-time employees at Whole Foods, the company’s grocery chain. Warren tweeted… Read More
With just the wave of a hand, Amazon is reportedly aiming to speed up checkout at Whole Foods stores. Amazon is testing a new system that lets customers pay for… Read More
Amazon is reportedly considering a new food delivery business in India, just a few weeks after shuttering its U.S. meal courier unit, possibly through a significant acquisition. India’s Business Standard… Read More
For the first time in Amazon’s history, the company’s first-party online retail sales represented less than half of its overall net sales last quarter, even as both measures continued to… Read More
Amazon will slash prices on hundreds of items at Whole Foods Market stores across the U.S. starting on Wednesday and introduce even more benefits for Prime members. Prices will be… Read More
Sometimes the smallest changes can say a lot. In just the last three years, Amazon has become a force in physical retail, evolving beyond its e-commerce roots. And a subtle… Read More
Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery ambitions don’t stop with Whole Foods and Amazon Go. The company plans to launch dozens of grocery stores across multiple large U.S. cities, according to a report from… Read More
Amazon’s Whole Foods is reportedly considering taking over vacant stores left behind by spiraling department stores that struggled to keep up in the new era of e-commerce. Yahoo Finance reports… 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
Starting next year, Instacart will begin removing in-store shoppers from Whole Foods stores, signaling the end of a four-year partnership that went on life support the moment Amazon acquired the… Read More
The Amazon Go concept may be getting ready to go bigger. Amazon is said to be testing even larger-format cashierless stores at a location in Seattle that’s set up to… Read More
A new national survey shows it’s a two-store race when it comes to buying groceries online, but there’s no clear leader overall. The research from the Retail Feedback Group finds… Read More
Whole Foods may have been just the start. Amazon and a Mumbai-based private equity firm, through an investment entity, is acquiring a company in India that operates 523 supermarkets and… Read More
Amazon continues to expand grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market across the U.S., and the latest batch of 10 cities to get the service includes the tech giant’s hometown of… Read More
Some workers at Whole Foods Market are making the case to unionize, expressing frustration over changes that Amazon has made since acquiring the grocery chain. Whole Foods employees identifying themselves… Read More