Beyond chatbots: 3 ways AI will revolutionize the grocery industry

With Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, the rise of subscription meal kits, and new competition from pureplay grocery delivery services, it seems like everyone is trying to build a better grocery store. But what if the supermarket of the future is the one right around the corner?…READ MORE

Whole Foods is overtaking Amazon’s brands with $10 million in sales in just 4 months

Amazon has sold $10 million in Whole Foods snacks, canned foods, and frozen fruits and vegetables in the first four months since the brand became available on the retailer’s website…READ MORE

Big box retailers are hitting Amazon with restrictions on Whole Foods

Whole Foods Market met a new foe this summer during talks to lease a top retail space in a San Francisco mall: the Target next door..READ MORE

Amazon rivals turn to legal fine print to stem Whole Foods strategy

Early attempts to persuade Target failed, and Whole Foods may now have to concede certain Amazon initiatives – such as lockers where customers can pick up goods ordered online – if it wants the location…READ MORE

Amazon expands Amazon Restaurants, gears up for war with Whole Foods rethink

Amazon, which acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in August, is working to reshape the way Americans buy, and each of its individual stores sells, groceries…READ MORE

Skip the checkout lines: Whole Foods, Walmart and other stores embrace online grocery shopping

Grocery shopping can feel like you’re navigating through an obstacle course filled with crowded parking lots, long lines and screaming kids…READ MORE

Amazon’s changes leave Whole Foods on fast track to mimic conventional grocery stores

Whole Foods will change the way companies can sell and market their products in stores beginning next year, one of the biggest moves yet in its continuing push to operate more like a traditional market…READ MORE

Amazon’s Ambitions for food tech go well beyond Whole Foods

Amazon is exploring a technology first developed for the U.S. military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for new ways to muscle into the $700 billion U.S. grocery business…READ MORE

Amazon may face limits in cutting Whole Foods’ prices

Shoppers want cashier-free checkout and they expect Amazon will give it to them

When shoppers were asked what Amazon should add or change at Whole Foods locations, the top response was adding “cashier-free checkout,” according to a poll conducted by ChargeItSpot…READ MORE