thoughts of food
Amazon rumor to launch new grocery store business.
Not Whole Foods, and not Amazon Go, but another brand altogether. This supports the Stratechery analysis from July 2017 quite well. | learn more
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thoughts of food
Hometown proud: IGA’s business model.
“The Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA), a loosely franchised grocery chain, is basically designed to allow locals to own their own stores. It’s genius.” | learn more
thoughts of food
Food & beverage brands that own the grocery store.
CB Insights created this great chart showing just how concentrated the CPG industry is. |learn more
thoughts of food
Robot picks 50-item grocery order in 5 minutes.
“The breakthrough and ones like it could help propel the grocery business into the modern era. The industry wants to make buying food online as simple and commonplace as purchasing clothes or consumer electronics. But fulfilling fresh food orders quickly, […]
thoughts of food
What if your grocery store had a farm inside?
Berlin-based startup Infarm has a vision of fresh produce grown directly inside of grocery stores. Considering how much of the food business is comprised of transportation costs, it’s an exciting concept. | learn more
thoughts of food
Blue Apron now delivers 8 million meals per month.
It’s fairly obvious by now that the food industry is undergoing a radical shift from decades past. Before too long, we’ll see the grocery and restaurant businesses upended. This profile of the leading meal kit company highlights their spectacular growth […]
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A price war of giants.
Amazon and Wal-Mart are in a price war in grocery and CPG, with the latter renewing its drive for “Everyday Low Prices” to double down on its successful discount retailing strategy. Amazon’s pricing algorithm is following them down. Brands are […]