By Timothy Inklebarger Source: Supermarket News A 24-hour national boycott to protest Trump administration policies got underway on Friday, and while it’s uncertain what impact it will have, a new survey suggests that millions planned to participate. The boycott, organized by a group known as The People’s Union USA, takes [...]
Source: The New York Times Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia voted on Monday to become the first unionized store in Amazon’s grocery chain, opening a new front in the e-commerce giant’s efforts to fend off labor organizing in multiple segments of its business. Employees at the sprawling [...]
By Ashley Capoot Source: CNBC Amazon workers across seven facilities in New York, Georgia, California and Illinois went on strike Thursday to lobby for better benefits, higher wages and safer working conditions. The strike, organized by members of the Teamsters union, is intended to pressure Amazon to come to the [...]
By Lisa Fickenscher Source: Newsbreak.com Amazon workers at two warehouses in New York City — both of them crucial for delivering holiday goods throughout the Big Apple — signaled they are poised to strike if the e-commerce giant doesn’t agree to a timetable for contract negotiations. The Teamsters union represents [...]
Source: Bisnow.com Amazon is looking at ways to increase its brick-and-mortar grocery sales with a new delivery platform that could compete with the networks of Walmart, Target and Kroger. Amazon is working to grow its presence in the grocery industry by creating a new delivery platform. The online sales juggernaut wants to [...]
By Liz Young Source: Wall Street Journal Amazon.com is testing new grocery formats that blend its broad assortment of online goods with in-person shopping, as the nation’s largest e-commerce retailer strains to expand its role in a market dominated by grocery giants with sprawling store networks. Amazon’s new designs aim [...]
By Annie Palmer Source: CNBC Amazon said Tuesday it received regulatory approval to begin flying a smaller, quieter version of its delivery drone, the latest step in its long-running efforts to get the futuristic program off the ground. The company unveiled the new drone, called the MK30, in November 2022. [...]
By Peyton Bigora Source: Grocery Dive Amazon is piloting a new small-format concept in Chicago “under the same roof” as — but separate from — an existing Whole Foods Market store, the company confirmed in an email to Grocery Dive Thursday. The store, called Amazon Grocery, is meant for quick [...]
By Peyton Bigora Source: Grocery Dive The yearly option’s debut comes just a few months after the company rolled out its monthly subscription offering. Amazon announced Wednesday the debut of an annual grocery subscription plan available for Prime members and the expansion of its grocery delivery plan for qualifying government [...]
By Noam Scheiber Source: The New York Times After years of organizing Amazon workers and pressuring the company to bargain over wages and working conditions, two prominent unions are teaming up to challenge the online retailer. The partnership was made final after members of the Amazon Labor Union, the only [...]