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The stumbling of Amazon Fresh

- Analysis
As some readers may remember, I am not a big fan of Amazon Fresh — at least not as a retail vendor. I have never been able to see it as a going concern.

Amazon plans grocery fee increase, higher threshold for Amazon Fresh deliveries

- Retail
Starting February 28, Amazon Fresh is rolling out a new fee structure for grocery deliveries using the Amazon Prime service.

Blue Apron meals now available in Amazon store

- General News
Blue Apron is now offering meal kits without a subscription in the U.S. Amazon store. This is a continued expansion of the company’s third-party channel strategy to increase exposure to a wider pool of potential customers outside of its ecosystem.

Amazon Prime adds Grubhub food delivery perks

- General News
Prime members in the U.S. can sign up for Grubhub+ for free and access unlimited $0 delivery fees from hundreds of thousands of restaurants on Grubhub for one year.

Report projects Amazon to overtake Walmart as top retailer by 2024

- Retail
Edge by Ascential, whose technology-driven products power brands to win in digital commerce, today released its annual 2022 United States Retail Landscape and Go-to-Market Planning Report, which shows that ecommerce will continue to be the largest driver of retail growth in the US.

Unionization: a simple answer for a complex problem

- Analysis
All in all, when a company unionizes, I suspect that in most cases the burden of the proof of innocence is on the employer, not on the workers.

Tour Amazon’s second Just Walk Out Whole Foods store

- Retail
As previously announced, the Sherman Oaks store is the second of two Whole Foods Market stores opened this year that feature Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology.

They can’t really call it ‘Amazon Stale’

- Analysis
In the past, I have betrayed a certain lack of fondness for the Amazon Fresh concept. I admit that this is an entirely subjective response based on my visits to the Bloomingdale, IL, location.

Amazon’s banana imbroglio

- Produce Blueprints
Amazon’s success has been a double-edged sword for the online giant, as the company has faced scathing criticism over the years.

Amazon’s better distribution plan

- Produce Blueprints
Amazon is building its internal distribution capabilities, leasing a 1.1-million-square-foot distribution center in Orlando for shelf-stable, refrigerated, and frozen foods. Industry watchers say this shows its commitment to the grocery category and foreshadows more expansion for Amazon Fresh.