Tag: Whole Foods

July 23, 2024

Whole Foods Market launched a new program that enables customers to purchase “surprise bags” of discounted surplus food to save money and minimize food waste. The program represents a partnership with Copenhagen-based Too Good To Go, which describes itself as […]

April 14, 2023

Amazon is adding convenient payment options to 11 Whole Foods Markets in the Denver area with the rollout of its Amazon One palm recognition solution. Additionally, the SouthGlenn, Colo. store will soon offer the Amazon Dash Cart, a smart shopping […]

June 17, 2022

Checkout-free shopping is undergoing a boom as the physical retail landscape shifts. according to research from RBR. The number of stores across the world using checkout-free technology increased by three during 2021 to over 250. In the majority of these […]

March 9, 2022

Amazon is offering grocery picking gig-economy workers roles at its Whole Foods subsidiary, according to documents viewed by CNBC. In late February, Amazon told its gig workers who fetch items for delivery that they’ll soon be working for the company’s […]

November 16, 2021

Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech makes “every other grocery store obsolete,” according to ex-Amazon executive Brittain Ladd. Ladd described Amazon Fresh’s arrival onto the high street as the grocery sector’s “Pearl Harbour moment”. The ecommerce giant has just opened a […]

September 27, 2021

Whole Foods and parent company Amazon are making it clear that they’re done subsidizing the extra costs that come with grocery delivery. Although Prime shoppers responded emphatically to free delivery on large orders from Whole Foods stores during the pandemic, […]

May 21, 2021

Amazon has announced it is shutting down its standalone Prime Now fast delivery app at the end of the year. Users who want fast delivery on their grocery and other orders will be able to do so through the Amazon […]

November 17, 2020

Amazon has announced plans to expand its Key In-Garage delivery service to Prime members in more than 4,000 cities and towns in the US. Prime customers in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston and Houston will be able to […]

October 2, 2020

Amazon says that nearly 20,000 frontline workers in the US have contracted COVID-19, the equivalent of 1.44 per cent of its total workforce. Amazon disclosed the figures, which cover both Amazon and Whole Foods workers, in a blog post this […]

May 21, 2020

Whole Foods is being very selective in the stores it’s choosing to convert to dark locations, making sure it isn’t turning away too many customers who prefer in-person shopping. Three of the six stores were not yet open to the […]

July 22, 2019

Prime Day’s benefits seem to be getting broader, both across the retail world and across the businesses of individual retailers. Ethan Chernofsky, Placer.ai marketing vice president, said in a blog post of Whole Foods’ traffic spikes that “this is a […]

July 8, 2019

Whole Foods is joining forces with parent company Amazon to help ensure Prime Day 2019 breaks lofty sales records again. Prime members who spend $10 at Whole Foods Market in store or on Prime Now will receive a $10 credit […]

May 15, 2019

Florida is known by many for its crystal-clear beaches and amusement parks. But for those in the grocery business, the Sunshine State these days looks more like a battleground than a breezy getaway. A longtime stronghold for the beloved Publix […]

May 14, 2019

Blockchain-based technology like cryptocurrencies have been hyped for several years, but concrete applications, particularly for the end consumer, have remained extremely limited. Wild fluctuations in the markets and the prevalence of fraudulent Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have also made investors […]

April 26, 2019

After two decades of disrupting retail, Amazon is facing new realities as a mature company — that it’s getting harder to grab market share at the same rate as before and that its rivals have risen to meet its challenge. […]

April 11, 2019

The struggles of mall stalwarts such as Macy’s, Sears and J.C. Penney could spell opportunity for supermarket chains. Just last month, beloved Connecticut chain Stew Leonard’s began renovating an 80,000-square-foot location at New Jersey’s Paramus Park Mall formerly occupied by […]

April 2, 2019

After its acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017, Amazon introduced a sweeping lineup of lower prices on Whole Foods products. From Whole Trade bananas and organic avocados to animal-welfare-rated ground beef and almond butter, grocery staples were discounted by as […]

January 2, 2019

Amazon’s stock jumped 1.6% to more than $1,500 a share on Monday after the expansion news broke, Bloomberg reported. In addition to suburbs, Amazon seems to be prepping for grocers in all 50 states, as only five (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, […]

December 4, 2018

Before Amazon opened its first Amazon Go store in Seattle last January, it tested the enabling technologies of its cashierless concept for months. The company reportedly delayed that store opening due to technology glitches that surfaced in test situations when […]

October 4, 2018

Amazon has a clear lead in the online grocery wars, and the marketplace giant has shown no signs of slowing down as it expands services on its site and at Whole Foods stores. Just over a year since Amazon acquired […]