Amazon promised to breathe new tech into the relationship with Whole Foods after putting a $13.7 billion ring on it one year ago. So how did that promise shake out? At the time, Amazon said the goal was to make “high-quality, natural and organic food affordable for everyone.” Bananas, avocados and even tilapia was going to be […]
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Porter Road wants to herd the meat industry in a new direction
Down a two-lane road on the outskirts of Princeton, Ky., next to a cemetery and past the Light of Truth Church, is the Porter Road Butcher Meat Co. facility — a staging ground for what the Nashville-based startup Porter Road hopes will be a revolution in the American meatpacking industry. For the company’s co-founders, James […]
View More Porter Road wants to herd the meat industry in a new directionYour vegetables are going to be picked by robots sooner than you think
In the very near future, robots are going to be picking the vegetables that appear on grocery store shelves across America. The automation revolution that’s arrived on the factory floor will make its way to the ag industry in the U.S. and its first stop will likely be the indoor farms that are now dotting […]
View More Your vegetables are going to be picked by robots sooner than you thinkAmazon launches grocery pickup in 30 minutes at Whole Foods
Just six months after Amazon partnered up with Whole Foods for grocery delivery, it’s now enabled customers to pick up their pre-ordered goodies from the store.
On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of grocery pick-up for U.S. Prime customers in …
Amazon launches grocery pickup at select Whole Foods
Amazon today is continuing to make good on its Whole Foods acquisition by introducing a new grocery pickup service at select Whole Foods locations in the U.S. The service, which is available only to Prime members, will initially be available at stores in Sacramento and Virginia Beach, but will expand to more cities through the […]
View More Amazon launches grocery pickup at select Whole FoodsBoth Amazon and Walmart announce expanded grocery delivery operations
Amazon and Walmart’s rivalry continues today with two dueling announcements related to their respective grocery delivery expansions. This morning, Amazon said it’s bringing grocery delivery via Whole Foods to several new markets in New York and Florida, including New York City and Miami, among others. Meanwhile, Walmart today is expanding grocery delivery in partnership with […]
View More Both Amazon and Walmart announce expanded grocery delivery operationsMiles gives you reward miles for almost everything
Reward miles are nice if you fly a lot but what if you bike or take Lyfts or just like to wander around town? A new app called Miles aims to give you rewards for all of those things, bringing the concept of rewards out of the air and onto the ground. Miles, co-founded by […]
View More Miles gives you reward miles for almost everythingStandard Cognition raises another $5.5M to create a cashier-less checkout experience
As Amazon looks to increasingly expand its cashier-less grocery stories — called Amazon Go – across different regions, there’s at least one startup hoping to end up everywhere else beyond Amazon’s empire. Standard Cognition aims to help businesses create that kind of checkout experience based on machine vision, using image recognition to figure out that […]
View More Standard Cognition raises another $5.5M to create a cashier-less checkout experienceInstacart hires its first chief communications officer, Dani Dudeck
Instacart, the grocery delivery platform valued at $4.2 billion, has today announced that it has hired its first Chief Communications Officer in Dani Dudeck. Dudeck has been in the communications world for the past 15 years, serving as VP of Global Communications at MySpace for four years and moving to Zynga as CCO in 2010. […]
View More Instacart hires its first chief communications officer, Dani DudeckWhole Foods is now following only Beyoncé and Sting on Instagram
Whole Foods, my close personal friend, what’s going on?
The supermarket and Jeff Bezos clique member has long been the place where I occasionally buy salad bar food that always ends up being just okay. But now there’s another facet to our relationshi…
A whole bunch more Whole Foods stores are getting Amazon Prime discounts
Since Amazon announced the acquisition of Whole Foods Market, the grocery store has been getting more deeply entangled in the Amazon ecosystem.
Echo devices sold near the checkout registers have been acting as a constant reminder of the new parent co…
Prime savings to reach around half of Whole Foods Market stores this week
Amazon and its grocery store chain Whole Foods announced this morning that savings for Prime members will make their way to ten more stores across the U.S. this week, including Arizona, Georgia, Oregon, North Carolina and Washington, among others. The tie-up gives Amazon shoppers another reason to join the Prime membership program – 10 percent […]
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