Professor Dhruv Grewal says that Amazon needs another chain with a less expensive reputation than Whole Foods to gain traction with grocery.
PepsiCo, the maker of Doritos and Lay's, implied that it might reverse course on snack prices after years of food inflation.
Food
2024-07-05T16:14:28Z
This July, Aldi is stocking shelves with seasonal desserts, unique dips, and quick meals, all for $5 or less each.
Receipts from online-shopping apps like Instacart give a highly personal view into how inflation has affected Americans.
Whole Foods has cut prices several times since being acquired by Amazon. The lower prices are showing up — but there's a catch.
Tech
2024-06-28T07:00:01Z
Rohlik's new fundraise will allow it to expand its footprint in central and eastern Europe.
Amazon Fresh is offering discounts on groceries for people who use the stores to make returns through the end of June.
The woman had decorated her secret hideaway with a mini desk, flooring, pantry, and houseplant, local police said.
Explainers
2024-04-30T17:35:17Z
Marketing health foods is a multibillion-dollar business. But they may not be as wholesome as you think. Here's how to spot ultra-processed foods.
A judge ruled that a grocery chain was within its rights to fire a long-term employee for not paying for plastic grocery bags at the self-checkout.
Food
2024-04-13T11:59:01Z
Trader Joe's Pronto is cheaper than the average deli and is less busy than a regular-sized Trader Joe's, but it has a smaller selection of groceries.
Lab-grown meat is the target of Ron DeSantis and other state-level Republicans thanks to proposals in several states that would ban the product.
German grocer Aldi is planning 800 new US stores in the next few years. With food inflation still high, I went to see why the chain is so popular.
Whole Foods Market Daily Shop stores will be about a quarter of the size of the grocer's normal locations and based in "dense, metropolitan areas."
Food inflation has moderated, but buying food still takes up a bigger share of Americans' budget than at any time since 1991, the WSJ reported.
Gig workers for Uber Eats, DoorDash, and Instacart all made less on average in 2023, Gridwise Analytics found. Uber drivers earned the most.
Instacart won't be jettisoning human gig workers for automated warehouses far away from shoppers, its CEO said. "Customers actually value speed."
Aldi is testing tech from Grabango, which allows customers to bypass checkout lanes, at an Illinois store. It's similar to Amazon's Just Walk Out.
A gig worker who advocated for Seattle's new minimum-pay laws is now fighting for her job after a customer complaint led to her deactivation.
Kroger is bringing human cashiers back to a Texas store that was self-checkout-only. It's the latest retailer to rethink its self-checkout lanes.