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GEORGE WHO JEFF BEZOS IS THE NEW FACE OF NESPRESSO
Nestle SA, the world's biggest food company, has told investors that it's opening a dedicated Seattle office just to serve Amazon... READ MORE›
PRICE CUTS LURE MORE SHOPPERS TO WHOLE FOODS STORES
Those stores account for about 65 percent of Whole Foods locations... READ MORE›
AMAZON WILL NEED TO CUT WHOLE FOODS PRICES MORE TO BEAT WAL-MART
According to Moody's, combined sales for Amazon and Whole Foods will be well below 20 billion, or less than one-tenth that of Wal-Mart... READ MORE›
WHOLE FOODS OVERALL PRICES STILL HIGH AFTER SELECTIVE CUTS
Whole Foods stores around the country on Monday cut prices on selected items by as much as 43 percent... READ MORE›
WHOLE FOODS SLASHES PRICES ON SOME PRODUCE, ALSO SELLING AMAZON'S ECHO
The price of organic Hass avocados was slashed by 33 percent to 1.99 each, down from 2.99, in the Whole Foods in downtown Los Angeles... READ MORE›
AMAZON CUTS PRICES AT WHOLE FOODS BY UP TO 43% ON FIRST DAY
Spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market... READ MORE›
AMAZON WILL START CUTTING PRICES ON SOME WHOLE FOODS ITEMS
Meanwhile, shoppers will be able to buy some Whole Foods house-brand products through the online marketplace... READ MORE›
AMAZON'S PRICE CUTS ON FOOD LEAVE RIVALS BRACING FOR IMPACT
Whole Foods customers are very Amazon-savvy, said Matt Sargent, Magid's senior vice president of retail... READ MORE›
AMAZON TO CUT PRICES AT WHOLE FOODS AFTER ACQUISITION CLOSES
This will allow customers to order products via Amazon online and have them delivered to a Whole Foods store for pick up... READ MORE›
AMAZON TO COMPLETE ACQUISITION OF WHOLE FOODS ON MONDAY, CUT SOME PRICES
Amazon said its Prime members will eventually become part of Whole Foods Market's customer rewards program... READ MORE›
FTC CLEARS AMAZON.COM ACQUISITION OF WHOLE FOODS
Earlier on Wednesday, Whole Foods said shareholders in the natural and organic grocery chain had approved the proposed sale to Amazon.com... READ MORE›
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GROUNDBREAKING OTTAWA GROCERY STORE TO OFFER ONE-STOP, ZERO WASTE SHOPPING
An Ottawa teacher-turned-entrepreneur is preparing to open the city's first zero-waste grocery store and provide people with a whole new way to shop... READ MORE›
AMAZON TO BUY WHOLE FOODS FOR $13.7 BILLION, WIELDING ONLINE MIGHT IN BRICK-AND-MORTAR WORLD
Amazon and Whole Foods expect to close the deal during the second half of 2017... READ MORE›
'TRUMPED' AT THE GROCERY STORE
We are expecting Canadian shoppers to be Trumped at the grocery store, said Sylvain Charlebois, lead author of the report... READ MORE›
WAL-MART ASKS EMPLOYEES TO DELIVER PACKAGES ON THEIR WAY HOME
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart offers free two-day delivery on millions of items to compete with Amazon's standard delivery time... READ MORE›
DOES AMERICA HAVE TOO MANY GROCERY STORES?
The American grocery store has so far been mostly immune to the ravages of online shopping and the all around apocalyptic outlook facing the nation's retailers... READ MORE›
AMAZON INTRODUCES NEXT MAJOR JOB KILLER TO FACE AMERICANS
Amazon on Monday unveiled the latest plan to automate American workers out of existence -- a futuristic grocery store without any cashiers... READ MORE›
WITH WHOLE FOODS, AMAZON ON COLLISION COURSE WITH WAL-MART
With its 14 billion purchase of grocery chain Whole Foods Market Inc, the largest e-commerce company announced its intention to take on Wal-Mart in the brick-and-mortar world... READ MORE›
A SUPERMARKET SLOW LANE COULD BENEFIT EVEN SPEEDY SHOPPERS
And living with Alzheimer's disease is just one of any number of reasons why someone might prefer to take a relaxed lane at the grocery store... READ MORE›
FOOD GIANTS SAY THEY'RE READY FOR AMAZON, BUT WALL STREET IS SKEPTICAL
Amazon hasn't said much publicly about its plans for Whole Foods, but the company is expected to bring prices down at the notoriously expensive chain... READ MORE›
KROGER TAKES A $7 BILLION HIT AS AMAZON DEAL COMPOUNDS STRUGGLES
Ahold Delhaize already owns the Food Lion and Stop Shop chains in the U.S. Amazon also could put pressure on Kroger to bolster its technology... READ MORE›
AMAZON ENLISTS BOND MARKET IN ITS QUEST FOR GROCERY DOMINANCE
Jeff Bezos has an army full of bond investors ready to back Amazon.com Inc.'s conquest of the supermarket industry... READ MORE›
TO SURVIVE AMAZON, SUPERMARKETS NEED TO GET TO KNOW YOU
The push to modernize grocery stores is under even more pressure following Amazon.com Inc.'s agreement to buy Whole Foods Market Inc... READ MORE›
AMAZON SAID TO MULL WHOLE FOODS BID BEFORE JANA STEPPED IN
Improving the operations could make Whole Foods a more likely takeover target, said Roger Davidson, an industry consultant... READ MORE›
WHOLE FOODS MARKET IS 'SYSTEMATICALLY' ILLEGALLY OVERCHARGING CUSTOMERS, REPORT CLAIMS
New York City has launched an investigation of Whole Foods Market for allegedly overcharging customers on groceries items... READ MORE›
DAD TRIES TO FATHOM WHY SON ALLEGEDLY DECAPITATED HIS MOTHER
Oregon dad I wish I had answers after son allegedly decapitated mother took her head to grocery store... READ MORE›
TARGET'S BEEN TALKING FOOD FOR A DECADE. NOW AMAZON COULD EAT BULLSEYE'S LUNCH
But a bigger uncertainty surrounds a retailer not involved in the deal Target Corp... READ MORE›
PURSE-SNATCH VICTIM, 86, PRAISES 'INCREDIBLE' POLICE WHO FINISHED DOING HER SHOPPING AND THEN PAID FOR IT
The new door lock the police officers bought Mr and Mrs Brecht They were just absolutely incredible, Mrs Brecht added... READ MORE›
BRITISH DAIRY PRODUCTS MAY GET COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELLING
Government wants to introduce compulsory labelling for milk, cheese and yoghurt in attempt to help support struggling UK dairy farmers... READ MORE›
WITH WHOLE FOODS, AMAZON COULD WIN ACCESS TO FOOD STAMP FUNDING -- BUT NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH
Wal-Mart Stores, a spokesman confirmed to Slate in 2014, took approximately 3 percent of its profits from the taxpayer-funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program the year before... READ MORE›
BROCKVILLE'S DOWNTOWN BEER STORE TO SHUT DOORS -- 1 DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Brockville's lone downtown The Beer Store is shutting its doors for good, one day ahead of Christmas... READ MORE›
WAL-MART TO BUY BONOBOS, BUT SHARES DIP ON AMAZON-WHOLE FOODS DEAL
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart, the world's largest brick-and-mortar retailer, has been beefing up its online presence to better compete with online rival Amazon... READ MORE›
RETAIL WORKERS UNION OPPOSES AMAZON'S PURCHASE OF WHOLE FOODS
Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods is not about improving customer service, products or choice... READ MORE›
AMAZON TAKES ON UK SUPERMARKETS WITH 'PANTRY' OFFER
Amazon Fresh service, which offers about 20,000 chilled, frozen and perishable products and items from local shops... READ MORE›
'IT IS GOING TO BE AN EMOTIONAL EVENT'
Couture said people returning to Fort McMurray may be pleasantly surprised... READ MORE›
THANKSGIVING MEAL COSTS BARELY RISE AS PRICE OF TURKEY SLIPS
04 in 2013, the American Farm Bureau Federation said in its 29th annual survey... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: KROGER IN BID TO ACQUIRE FRESH MARKET - SOURCES
Fresh Market has 183 stores, which it operates across 27 states... READ MORE›
AMAZON'S GROCERY PUSH PLAYING CATCH UP WITH CHINESE TECH GIANTS
China's Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com have invested heavily in offline retail - bricks-and-mortar stores - in recent years to complement their online offerings... READ MORE›
ARIZONA POLICE: WOMAN SWITCHED FLOUR FOR FORMULA
Police listed two Fry's grocery stores and two Wal-Mart stores, all on Tucson's eastside, that are linked to the incident... READ MORE›
WAL-MART PROFITS FALL AS IT RAMPS INVESTMENT TO FIGHT AMAZON
Wal-Mart profits fall as it ramps investment to fight Amazon... READ MORE›