Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has some unkind words for investors who have been pushing the upscale supermarket to put itself up for sale, calling them “greedy bastards” in a recent interview. [More]
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Amazon’s Supermarket Of The Future Could Have Just 3 Employees
By 2.6.17
Amazon’s latest forays into bricks-and-mortar businesses — the recently opened Amazon Go convenience store, and “click-and-collect” locations for online shoppers to pick up purchases — are intended to be staffed by as few people as possible. But can the company actually operate a full-size grocery store with just three humans? [More]
The Fresh Market Closing All Stores In Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, & Texas
By 5.4.16
Grocery shoppers in the heartland will have one fewer store to choose from starting next week: The Fresh Market will close all of its stores in Texas, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. [More]
Someone Is Planning A Drive-Thru Grocery Store In Silicon Valley: Maybe Amazon
By 7.27.15
A real estate developer has filed building plans for an 11,000-square foot grocery pickup facility in Sunnyvale, CA, but won’t say who their client is. Sunnyvale is the Silicon Valley town where Yahoo is based, but word in the local real estate community is that their new grocer isn’t a local startup: it’s Amazon. [More]
Grocery Chain Sues Clorox For Refusing To Sell Bulk-Pack Products
By 10.29.14
Woodman’s Food Market, a Wisconsin-based supermarket chain, is going up against one the nation’s largest producers of household products, accusing Clorox of promoting anticompetitive practices and violating federal law by no longer allowing Woodman’s to sell bulk-packs of Clorox products to consumers. [More]
This Grocery Store Bakery Price War Seems To Be Heating Up
By 10.26.09
We don’t quite know what to say about this Mid-Atlantic regional grocery store bakery price war. It is intense, baby.
Store Brand Mixed Vegetables: Not Quite As Mixed As You Would Think
By 7.16.09
Have you ever taken a serving of mixed vegetables and sorted it by vegetable? Louis, annoyed at inaccurate depictions of food on labels, decided to sort, count, and weigh the vegetables in his can of Always Save brand canned vegetables. The results? Uh, not so mixed.
Wield Grocery Coupons Like A Pro
By 8.9.08
Becoming a committed coupon wielder is one of the best ways to reverse the damage of rising costs and shrinking portions. Nancy Rivera Brooks has slashed $250 from her family’s grocery bill this year by using a handful of tricks to get the most from her coupons…
