Whole Foods axes luxury products in favour of discounted items as losses widen The high-end retailer has scrapped its famous ‘cheese vault’ and introduced a raft of cut-price food products Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023
Exodus of major, full-service grocers offering healthy variety paints a bleak picture of food access for some in Chicago The number of Chicagoans living over a mile away from a supermarket or superstore — a major grocer — has jumped by 63% in the past decade, a WBEZ-Chicago Sun-Times analysis found. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2023
Amazon Now Offers Whole Foods 365 for Nationwide Delivery Amazon Fresh delivery is opened up to non-Prime members in 12 metro areas. Kiplinger · Aug 10, 2023
Amazon begins offering grocery delivery for customers who are not Prime members Amazon has begun offering its Fresh grocery delivery service to customers who aren’t Prime members The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023
Amazon may have met its match in the grocery aisles Amazon laid off workers at its brick-and-mortar grocery stores last week — the latest sign of the e-commerce giant's struggles to stand out in the competitive grocery landscape. WEKU · Aug 2, 2023
Whole Foods Quietly Asks for Your Palm Print All Whole Foods stores will allow shoppers to pay with a wave of the hand, but should you give biometric data to Amazon? Kiplinger · Jul 21, 2023
Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer? Pierre Thiam and Garrett Oliver are on a mission to introduce brewmasters to fonio, a small and mighty west African grain The Guardian - US · Jul 6, 2023
Hoax bomb threats target major US retailers including Walmart and Whole Foods demanding bitcoin and gift cards Callers have threatened to detonate bombs if gift cards, bitcoin or other payments are not provided The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2023
Here’s to fruitier taste and less food waste from ‘Wonky HQ’ Dash’s Tottenham Court Road base is named “Wonky HQ” for the odd-shaped fruit that flavours its drinks Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2023
5 essentials for Wyndham Clark at every golf tournament Clark co-leads the 2023 U.S. Open after 54 holes along with Rickie Fowler. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 18, 2023
The truth about ‘local’ food in US supermarkets: ‘It’s a marketing gimmick’ The term doesn’t mean that much any more, and there are other, more important factors to consider when selecting food The Guardian - US · Jun 5, 2023
Buy a beer with the wave of your palm? Amazon says ‘yes please’ Sports fans in the US will soon be able to buy a drink with just a wave of their palm – but it's a tech advance that has some concerned. The New Daily · Jun 4, 2023
Beauty Around the Clock: Luna Blaise Boyd The 'Manifest' star on her six-step skincare routine, ice baths, and the Charlotte Tilbury product she refuses to gatekeep. Marie Claire · Jun 2, 2023
The story of Bristol's first health food shop launched by ex-space agency worker The shop - which will remain open - sold sugar-free cakes that reportedly caught the attention of Kate Bush over the years Bristol Post · May 27, 2023
Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2023 Commentary: Downtown San Francisco had a good run. Can it recover? Downtown San Francisco is in distress. Indicators of urban well-being point in the wrong direction: office occupancy, BART ridership and retail foot traffic are down, as is the city’s population. Every week brings news of another high-profile exit: Recent closures include a Whole Foods flagship and Nordstrom, which announced the…
The Guardian - US · May 13, 2023 The food court rising above San Francisco’s ‘doom loop’: ‘We’re breaking down stereotypes’ While big stores close, La Cocina is building community in a neighborhood facing homelessness and addiction
Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2023 Englewood Save A Lot opens at former Whole Foods site without fanfare A week after a contentious community forum during which residents said they did not want the Save A Lot, the store at 832 W. 63rd St. opened Thursday. “We thought it was best to open the doors and let the community decide for themselves on how they felt about things,”…
Salon · May 9, 2023 Is the grocery industry broken? In a world where we're forced to choose between monopolies, it becomes apparent that the grocery industry is broken
Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2023 Save A Lot officials face off with Englewood residents over plans for shuttered Whole Foods site In a contentious community meeting Wednesday night, Save A Lot’s CEO tried to convince concerned community members that the low-cost grocer is ready to meet their shopping needs.
The Guardian - US · May 2, 2023 ‘Toxic trail of pollution’: states step up to curb the use of ‘forever chemicals’ Partisanship has thwarted Congress’s attempts to limit PFAS, but a patchwork of state laws is pushing for their phase-out
The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023 FACT FOCUS: COVID vaccines are not in the food supply Widely circulating online posts are spreading the false narrative that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are being quietly added to the food supply
Fortune · Apr 13, 2023 Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has identified the business’ next frontiers Catering to a range of Amazon customers' basic needs makes up part of Jassy's strategy moving forward.
The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023 Whole Foods shuts flagship San Francisco store amid fears for staff safety after Cash App founder stabbing Rampant theft and drug use in bathrooms led grocery giant to close flagship downtown San Francisco store
Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023 Whole Foods QUITS San Francisco over 'staff safety' after Bob Lee murder shines spotlight Whole Foods opened a store in March 2022 in San Francisco, US, but months later reduced their opening hours after 'high theft' - the closure comes just weeks after Cash App founder and tech superstar Bob Lee was killed in the city
Fortune · Apr 11, 2023 Whole Foods’ San Francisco flagship store closes after just one year citing 'safety' of employees 65,000 square foot location opened last March.