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Store worker of 20 years was fired for not paying for grocery bags at the self-checkout

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 08:26

Self-checkout till at Sainsbury's, a UK grocery chain — Some retailers have been rethinking their approach to self-checkouts due to theft issues.
Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty

Retail, Grocery, Retail, walmart, Costco, trending-uk

GOP politicians like Ron DeSantis are trying to ban lab-grown meat, comparing it to bugs and claiming threats to ranches

Mon, 04/01/2024 - 16:23

lab grown meat — Some GOP state legislators want to ban lab-grown meat.
David Parry/Reuters

Retail, Retail, lab-grown-meat, Food, Grocery, ron-desantis, Republicans

I shopped at Aldi and saw why the chain is one of the fastest-growing retailers in the US

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 05:00

Business Insider reporter Alex Bitter stands outside an Aldi store in Maryland wearing a dark blue polo shirt and sunglasses. — Aldi has several stores in the Washington, DC area, including this one in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Alex Bitter/BI

Retail, Aldi, Grocery, store, Supermarket, Shopping, Retail

Whole Foods is launching mini-stores for quicker shopping trips

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 12:31

Pedestrians walk by the sign and entrance to a Whole Foods Market store in New York in 2017. — Amazon is reportedly planning new Whole Foods mini-stores for New York City.
CARLO ALLEGRI/Reuters

Retail, whole-foods, amazon, Stores, Retail, Shopping, Grocery

Gig worker pay on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash fell up to 15% last year

Tue, 02/20/2024 - 05:01

DoorDash delivery person with bike — Gig workers made less money on apps like Instacart and Uber Eats last year, a new study shows.
REuters

Retail, gig-work, gig-workers, instacart, DoorDash, uber-eats, Food

Instacart's CEO says that warehouses full of robots won't replace its gig workers anytime soon

Wed, 02/14/2024 - 12:24

Fidji Simo, the CEO of Instacart, poses for a photo on a gray background. — Instacart CEO Fidji Simo spoke during the company's second-ever earnings call on Tuesday.
Instacart

Retail, instacart, gig-work, gig-workers, Shopping, eCommerce, Delivery

Aldi is the latest grocery store to use a rival version of Amazon's Just Walk Out tech

Thu, 02/08/2024 - 12:26

Tech Insider : Technology

Shoppers are seen outside of an Aldi grocery store in Coal Township, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2022. — Aldi has reportedly added a rival to Amazon's Just Walk Out to one of its stores near Chicago.
Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Retail, Aldi, Grocery, amazon, AmazonGo, checkout, Shopping

I'm a gig worker who argued for Seattle's new minimum pay laws. Now, I'm fighting for my Instacart job.

Sat, 02/03/2024 - 05:52

Tech Insider : Economy

A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car. — Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.
Reuters

economy, instacart, gig-work, Delivery, eCommerce, Shopping, Grocery

Kroger brings back humans at Texas store after getting 'customer feedback' on self-checkout

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 10:33

Kroger — Kroger CFO Gary Millerchip described digital grocery as "becoming less of a headwind" — indicating that investments are still outweighing profits.
Paul Sancya/AP

Retail, kroger, Grocery, Shopping, Self-Checkout, checkout, Food

Amazon delivered a box of cookies by drone to someone 15 minutes and 29 seconds after they ordered

Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:43

an Amazon delivery drone on display — An Amazon delivery drone is on display at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022
Joseph Prezioso/Getty

Retail, amazon, Retail, Food, drone, Shopping, Grocery

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