Trump Administration Welcomes Amazon to the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions

October 20, 2020 USDA

On World Food Day, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue welcomed Amazon as a new member of the U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions.

Amazon Grocery to Open in Vacated Space at Downsized Kohl’s Store

The right-sizing initiative by Kohl’s Corp. that includes testing partnerships with complementary businesses will include e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. The retailer proposed dividing its space so that Kohl’s would occupy about 50,900 square feet, and the grocery store would fill the remainder.

Amazon to Open First Online-Only Whole Foods Store in Brooklyn

September 2, 2020 Annie Palmer, CNBC

In a first for the company, the Whole Foods store will be permanently online only, charged with fulfilling online grocery orders for customers in the Brooklyn area, Amazon announced Tuesday.

Amazon Opening New Grocery Store Filled With Smart Devices

At Amazon’s newest grocery store, you can ask Alexa voice assistants where to find milk, scan and check out your groceries using your shopping cart, and pick up books you ordered off the e-commerce giant’s website.

Walmart Teams Up With Instacart To Rival Amazon’s Fast Grocery Delivery

August 12, 2020 Walter Loeb, Forbes

Walmart’s partnership with Instacart has been expanded, and the new partnership is in four markets across California and Oklahoma. It is another effort by Walmart to compete with Amazon’s Whole Foods division that now has same day and one-day Prime delivery.