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12Aug/17

Amazon wants to revolutionize food industry

August 12, 2017Food and DrinkAmazon, Convenience food, Denver, food, Food and drink, Grocery store, JEFFREY DASTIN, Jeffrey Dastin: JEFFREY DASTIN, Meal, Ready-to-Eat, Retailers, Retailing, SEATTLE, United States, Whole Foods Marketsmbale

Amazon is developing new technologies to make ready-to-eat meals that are more nutritious than processed foods and have a longer shelf life. Havovi Cooper reports. Continue reading →

07Aug/17

Nigerian innovator uses app to fight food waste

August 7, 2017MobileAbuja, Articles, Asia Pulp & Paper, Boko Haram, Brain, Chizoba Ugwu, Chowberry, Economy, Electronic waste, food, Food and drink, Food rescue, Food waste, Gbagalape, Grocery store, Hunger, Limbic system, Motivation, Neuropsychology, Nigeria, Oscar Ekponimo, Personal life, Retailing, Shelf life, Social justicesmbale

Nigerian engineer Oscar Ekponimo has created a web app that could help beat hunger. The app connects disadvantaged communities with stores and non-governmental organisations; giving them an opportunity to buy food approaching the end of its shelf life at a discount.

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28Mar/17

Amazon buys Souq.com

March 28, 2017FinanceAmazon, Amazon.ae, Amazon.com, Business/Finance, Company: Amazon.com, Dubai, e-commerce, Ecommerce, Economy, Fred Katayama, Goldman Sachs, Grocery store, Maktoob, Marketing, Merchandising, Online shopping, Politics, Retail, Retailers, Retailing, Souq.com, United Statessmbale

The deal will accelerate the company’s entry into the Middle East e-commerce market. Amazon separately launched a drive-in grocery service, as Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

14Mar/16

Pay with your phone in Sweden’s first unmanned grocery store

March 14, 2016MobileBig C, British brands, City: Viken, Company: Reuters, Convenience store, Country: Sweden, Dominick's, Grocery store, Hospitality/Recreation, Jesper Nilsson, Kroger, Mart Kielland Bjerke, Retail, Retailers, Retailing, Robert Ilijason, Shops, Supermarkets, Sweden, Unmanned store, VIKENsmbale

All you need is a phone in Sweden’s brand new do-it-yourself grocery store. Customers use their phone to enter the store and pay for groceries without any customer service.

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