Amazon to open 2 cashier-less Whole Foods stores next year
There will be something missing at two Whole Foods stores opening next year: the rows of cashiers.
Sep 8, 2021
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Rapid delivery grocery apps: Will they permanently change how we shop?
Billions of dollars are flowing to support companies you may never have heard of—startups with memorable names like Zapp, Deliveroo, Getir and Gorillas. These speedy delivery companies have become the go-to for many grocery ...
Jun 11, 2021
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Unmanned supermarkets to the rescue in Sweden's rural areas
One after another, grocery stores are shutting down in rural Sweden, leaving villagers to travel miles to buy food. But a new type of shop has sprung up in their wake: unmanned supermarkets in mobile containers.
May 23, 2021
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Alibaba pays $3.6 bn to take over China hypermarket giant SunArt
China's e-commerce behemoth Alibaba has bought a controlling $3.6 billion stake in SunArt which runs hundreds of hypermarkets on the mainland for French shopping giant Auchan.
Oct 19, 2020
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Engineering
Student-developed device predicts avocado ripeness
Each year, about 40 percent of all food in the U.S. goes uneaten. That means Americans throw away $165 billion worth of food that could been used to make more than 58 trillion meals, according to the National Resource Defense ...
Jul 24, 2020
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Uber launches grocery delivery, starting in Canada, Latin America
Uber unveiled plans Tuesday to launch grocery delivery through its recently acquired subsidiary Cornershop.
Jul 7, 2020
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Robotics
Robots and cameras: China's sci-fi quarantine watch
Robots delivering meals, ghostly figures in hazmat suits and cameras pointed at front doors: China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people.
May 3, 2020
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Robots ride to rescue as delivery risks rise
What looks like a rolling picnic cooler stops at the crosswalk, waits for a car to pass and then navigates its way at a leisurely pace down the sidewalk in suburban Washington.
Apr 16, 2020
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Amazon adds 75,000 job openings on top of the 100,000 it already filled in a month
Amazon hired 100,000 people in less than a month to bolster its novel coronavirus response and said Monday it is planning to add 75,000 more jobs in its warehouses, grocery stores and delivery network.
Apr 14, 2020
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Coronavirus fallout: Amazon is placing new online grocery customers on a waiting list
Amazon is placing new grocery delivery customers on a waitlist as it pushes social distancing and grapples with the onslaught of digital orders placed during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Apr 14, 2020
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