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Amazon Fresh store in Seattle becomes world’s first grocery to win Zero Carbon certification

by Lisa Stiffler on October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 at 10:39 am

An Amazon Fresh store in North Seattle is the world’s first grocery store to be certified as Zero Carbon by an international nonprofit promoting sustainable buildings. It’s also the first… Read More

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Amazon opens Amazon Fresh grocery delivery to non-Prime members

by Taylor Soper on August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 at 7:56 am

Amazon will begin offering its grocery delivery service to customers who aren’t Prime members in select cities. Amazon Fresh is now available to non-Prime members in a dozen metro areas.… Read More

Shopping center owners sue Amazon as tech giant rethinks grocery plans

by Todd Bishop & Taylor Soper on May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 at 6:15 pm

RENTON, Wash. — The owner of a major shopping center south of Seattle is suing Amazon, alleging that the company attempted to terminate its lease for a proposed Amazon Fresh… Read More

Amazon adding new fees for grocery delivery

by Kurt Schlosser on January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 at 2:20 pm

Amazon is tacking on new service fees for Prime members who get less than $150 worth of groceries via the company’s Amazon Fresh delivery service. In an email to customers,… Read More

Amazon analytics service will use shopper data to give brands product insights in physical stores

by Kurt Schlosser on June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 at 9:45 am

Amazon has spent years building technology to reshape how shoppers use its physical retail stores. Now the company is introducing a new analytics service to help brands better understand how… Read More

Amazon aims for a zero carbon grocery store with newest Amazon Fresh opening in Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 at 9:10 pm

Amazon is opening the doors Thursday on its latest Amazon Fresh location in Seattle, and ushering in a new benchmark for sustainability in grocery stores. The 35,000-square-foot store in a… Read More

Amazon’s bizarre bazaar: Strange final chapter for tech giant’s first bricks-and-mortar bookstore

by Todd Bishop on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 at 4:33 pm

“Best Book Club Ever” read one sign inside Amazon Books at Seattle’s University Village this weekend. On the bookshelves below it were products including an electric 1.5-liter ceramic kettle, a… Read More

Up close with Amazon’s new frozen food packaging, made from recyclable paper

by Todd Bishop on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 at 6:28 pm

It’s a tough assignment, for sure, but for the past few weeks I’ve been ordering more than my share of ice cream bars and frozen pizzas in hopes of getting… Read More

Fresh look for an old Sears: Amazon opening another grocery store in plaza south of Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 at 10:22 am

A shopping plaza south of Seattle in Federal Way, Wash., has a Fresh look, as Amazon is getting set to open another physical grocery store. GeekWire spotted signage on the… Read More

Amazon opening new Fresh grocery location in North Seattle plaza; another planned south of city

by Kurt Schlosser on October 13, 2021October 14, 2021 at 10:00 am

An Amazon Fresh grocery store will anchor a refresh of a sprawling shopping plaza along heavily traveled Aurora Avenue North in North Seattle. Signage is in place at the store… Read More

A welcome interloper? Amazon Fresh opens in Seattle’s historic and changing Central District

by Mike Lewis on August 30, 2021August 31, 2021 at 2:22 pm

To some longtime residents of Seattle’s Central District, a grocery store stocked like the one Amazon opened recently in the neighborhood wouldn’t have made any sense 30 years ago. “Back… Read More

Amazon opening new Fresh grocery store in Seattle as part of property developed by Paul Allen’s Vulcan

by Kurt Schlosser on August 6, 2021August 6, 2021 at 8:58 am

Amazon will open its second Amazon Fresh grocery store in the Seattle area next week with a location in the city’s Central District. The store is at the base of… Read More

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Curiosity brings out the crowds at opening of Amazon’s first full-size cashierless grocery store

by Alan Boyle on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 at 1:09 pm

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The first full-service Amazon Fresh grocery store to take advantage of the retailer’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless shopping technology could well become a tourist attraction. That’s what… Read More

Amazon brings cashierless tech to full-size grocery store for first time at new Seattle-area location

by Taylor Soper on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 at 8:11 am

Amazon’s newest physical grocery store opening in the Seattle area this week is unique as it will feature the company’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology. It’s the first time the… Read More

Amazon opening cashierless Fresh grocery in London, its first physical retail store outside U.S.

by Kurt Schlosser on March 3, 2021March 4, 2021 at 8:25 am

Amazon is taking its physical retail ambitions and grocery store technology overseas, opening an Amazon Fresh store in the United Kingdom on Thursday. The store will be Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar… Read More

Permits connect Amazon to former New Seasons site in Seattle in latest physical retail expansion

by Todd Bishop on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 at 9:55 pm

Amazon is named in electrical permits for improvements to the former New Seasons Market grocery store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, signaling the likely further expansion of the e-commerce giant’s grocery… Read More

Amazon CEO claims grocery delivery cuts carbon emissions by 43% compared to traditional shopping

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 at 1:35 pm

Amid an annual letter dominated by the coronavirus crisis, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a bold claim about sustainable shopping habits. Bezos has long said that e-commerce is more environmentally… Read More

Walmart counterpunches Amazon with plan to expand grocery delivery service to 100 U.S. markets

by John Cook on March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 at 2:08 pm

A big battle is brewing over the delivery of milk, fruit and cheese, and how Americans will spend their hard-earned dollars on groceries. Walmart today unveiled an aggressive plan to… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon merges Fresh and Prime Now leadership; Apple poaches more Amazon Studios leaders

by Clare McGrane on December 22, 2017December 22, 2017 at 9:39 am

Amazon has consolidated its Fresh, Prime Now and Restaurant delivery services under one executive: Stephenie Landry. The move was reported by Recode. Landry is, by all measures, a rising star at… Read More

Amazon exec shares secrets of company’s culture, tries unsuccessfully to keep his talk secret

by Taylor Soper on March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 at 7:08 am

Amazon offered a rare glimpse inside its culture on Tuesday at an entrepreneurship conference in Seattle — but also asked more than 600 attendees to keep the information shared by… Read More

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Amazon and DHL reportedly team up for Prime Air and Amazon Fresh deliveries

by Alan Boyle on March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 at 1:03 pm

Amazon is reportedly partnering with the German-based DHL delivery service for its Prime Air transport operation in Kentucky as well as for Amazon Fresh food deliveries in Germany. The Lane… Read More

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Rivals try to keep pace with Amazon by hiring retailer’s logistics and fulfillment execs

by Greg Sandoval on March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 at 7:04 am

Amazon is poised to shake-up retail once again by dramatically expanding its distribution network and speeding up delivery. To keep pace, competitors need logistics and fulfillment knowhow, and where better… Read More

Why Amazon probably won’t be rolling out 1-hour alcohol delivery all across the country anytime soon

by Jacob Demmitt on August 19, 2015August 19, 2015 at 3:55 pm

Amazon looks poised to bring one-hour alcohol delivery to the Seattle area any day now, but expanding the service outside of Washington state might end up posing quite a challenge. Nick… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Prime Now’ one-hour delivery service now includes frozen, chilled food

by Taylor Soper on April 20, 2015April 20, 2015 at 10:46 am

Amazon is now delivering refrigerated and frozen groceries outside of its Amazon Fresh program. The company’s “Prime Now” one-hour delivery service now includes items like bacon, yogurt, cheese, milk, and frozen… Read More

Amazon expands ‘Prime Now’ one-hour deliveries beyond NYC, launching in Baltimore and Miami

by Todd Bishop on March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 at 9:06 am

Amazon expanded its Prime Now one-hour delivery service to select zip codes in Baltimore and Miami today, moving beyond its initial rollout in New York City and hinting at its… Read More

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Patent filing reveals Amazon’s idea to 3D-print products on delivery trucks

by Frank Catalano on February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 at 4:55 pm

Why bother with delivery by drone when you can deliver — and make — the product on the same truck? That appears to be the thinking behind a patent application… Read More

Uber gives up on its delivery service trial for the time being

by Blair Hanley Frank on January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 at 10:06 am

Uber has decided to stay out of the grocery delivery market, at least for the time being. The company revealed in a tweet today that UberEssentials, its delivery service for… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: MyLackey’s former CEO on the new world of on-demand services

by Todd Bishop on December 20, 2014December 25, 2014 at 3:13 pm

The past year has brought a new wave of on-demand services to cities around the country — with groceries, dinner, a personal driver and much more available at your door with the press of a… Read More

Grocery Delivery Wars: How Amazon Fresh, Instacart and Safeway stacked up in our tests

by Todd Bishop on December 17, 2014December 17, 2014 at 8:39 pm

Upcoming changes in the Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service in Seattle are causing some longtime customers to think twice. Is it worth the new $299/year Prime Fresh subscription? What about one of these newer services… Read More

Tough to swallow: Longtime Amazon Fresh customers leaving over new $299/year subscription

by Todd Bishop on December 13, 2014December 14, 2014 at 10:31 am

Some people drive to the store for groceries. Margue Hunt logs in to Amazon Fresh. A tech and retail industry veteran and single mom, she started using Amazon Fresh as… Read More

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