By Lisa Baertlein Source: Reuters There is no such thing as free shipping. Even so, Amazon.com Inc. and other online retailers who use so-called free delivery to cultivate customer loyalty are scrambling to keep it from draining profits as costs climb and e-commerce contracts. They are adding fees for faster [...]
By Ayana Archie Source: NPR A California assembly member has introduced legislation that would ban processed food items that contain potentially harmful ingredients that are used in several brands of fruit cups, chewy candies and cookies and cakes. Under Assembly Bill 418, Red Dye No. 3, as well as titanium dioxide, [...]
By Summer Conception Source: NBC News House Republicans issued a subpoena for documents to the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, alleging misconduct by its officials in union elections involving Starbucks Corp. In a letter to the federal labor agency, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., the chair of the Education and [...]
By Noam Scheiber Source: The New York Times One year after its surprise victory at a Staten Island warehouse, the only union in the country representing Amazon workers has endured a series of setbacks and conflicts that have caused longtime supporters to question if it will survive. In interviews, a [...]
By Alex Findijs Source: World Socialist Web Site The proposed $25 billion merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the largest grocery store chains in the United States, threatens potentially thousands of jobs. The merger is still up for review by regulators and there are legal challenges against it, but [...]
Source: CBS Sacramento The recent back-to-back storms are hitting California's critical agricultural regions, and they may also impact the U.S. food supply. Supervisor Luis Alejo from Monterey County said, "The pain is going to be prolonged for many weeks and months. This should have been the beginning of the harvest [...]
By Catherine Douglas Moran Source: Grocery Dive Of the 13 states that tax grocery purchases, more than half have efforts underway aimed at eliminating or reducing those taxes. Kansas, which is currently phasing out its grocery tax, dropped the tax rate to 4% at the start of this year from [...]
Source: The Economic Times Albertsons Companies Inc reiterated in a filing on Tuesday it would divest some stores owned by the company and Kroger Co to obtain the regulatory clearance needed to go ahead with the merger of the two firms.Last month, Reuters reported citing sources that the supermarket operators [...]
By Catherine Douglas Moran Source: Grocery Dive The findings from Brick Meets Click and Mercatus indicate that shopper behavior is shifting among the most loyal users of grocery e-commerce. “The expanding user base for online grocery illustrates its growing reach, but the changing role it plays is evident from contractions [...]
By Dan Berthiaume Source: Chain Store Age Amazon Prime members have a new fulfillment option for health and CPG items in two select markets. In an email to Chain Store Age, Amazon announced that Prime members will have two-hour delivery windows from Rite Aid stores in select ZIP codes in [...]