Amazonfresh news and trends

Amazon Acquires Indian Grocery Chain For $580M
Amazon // September 20, 2018

Amazon, along with private equity firm Samara Capital, will acquire Indian supermarket chain More for an undisclosed sum. According to DealStreetAsia, a source said the transaction was valued at around ₹4,200 crore (more than $583 million USD). The acquisition of More’s parent company, Aditya Birla Group,...

Amazon Has Big Plans For Grocery in India
Amazon // April 23, 2018

Amazon is expanding its grocery offerings in India, as the company anticipates that the market will account for over half of its business in India in the next five years. Amit Agarwal, the head of Amazon India, said in an interview that groceries and items...

33 Percent Of Grocery Customers Would Use Digital Coupons If Retailers Offered Them
Retail // January 29, 2018

Grocery shopping is clearly no longer confined to the aisles of the local Kroger or even a superstore like Target or Walmart. With services like AmazonFresh and Peapod, consumers can load up on kale, chicken — or whatever they need for their next meal — from their...

Allrecipes And Amazon Team Up
Amazon Delivery // November 16, 2017

It’s about to get easier for cooks to stay current on their ingredient lists. Amazon and Allrecipes have announced a new integration that will see AmazonFresh embedded within the site’s top recipes. Going forward, dedicated home chefs who realize they are short an ingredient or two...

Interviews & Exclusives
The Startup That’s Using AI To Take On The Grocery Giants

October 18, 2017
“In a world where everything can be delivered to my doorstep, why am I wandering around a Safeway at nine o’clock at night trying to buy milk — again?” It is a thought that has occurred to most parents in some form or another during the first few years of their children’s lives. Maybe they substituted “yogurt” […]

Peapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience

July 13, 2017
Peapod was one of the earliest Internet startups to offer grocery delivery services, so it only makes sense that the company would strive to stay at the forefront of the...

Quick Reads
AmazonFresh Expands To Las Vegas

June 21, 2019
Amazon has announced that it has expanded AmazonFresh to Las Vegas. Prime members in Las Vegas can now shop tens of thousands products from meat and seafood to fresh produce and everyday essentials for one- and two-hour delivery from AmazonFresh. “We’re thrilled to introduce AmazonFresh to Prime members in Las Vegas,” Stephenie Landry, vice president, […]

Amazon Acquires Indian Grocery Chain For $580M

September 20, 2018
Amazon, along with private equity firm Samara Capital, will acquire Indian supermarket chain More for an undisclosed sum. According to DealStreetAsia, a source said the transaction was valued at around ₹4,200...

Amazon Has Big Plans For Grocery in India

April 23, 2018
Amazon is expanding its grocery offerings in India, as the company anticipates that the market will account for over half of its business in India in the next five years....

Allrecipes And Amazon Team Up

November 16, 2017
It’s about to get easier for cooks to stay current on their ingredient lists. Amazon and Allrecipes have announced a new integration that will see AmazonFresh embedded within the site’s top...