Amazon news and analysis – Page 10
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NewsForest Feast adds vegan chocolate-coated nuts and raisins
The HFSS-compliant treats are coated in Forest Feast’s own in-house almond milk chocolate
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NewsDry January: alcohol-free beer brand Freestar sales soar 400%
Demand for the brand’s lager and IPA has rocketed this year as millions participate in Dry January
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NewsAmazon suppliers to receive letter when CRAP products face delist
Amazon has committed to provide “reasonable written notice” when products are red flagged by its system, known internally as CRAP (cannot realise a profit)
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Comment & OpinionAs Amazon cuts jobs and braces for strikes, just how bad will it get?
Amazon has tough choices to make and may have to lay off more staff. But it could emerge tougher than ever
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NewsAmazon to shutter three UK warehouses
Sites in Hemel Hempstead, Doncaster and Gourock are slated for closure, and staff there will be offered the option to continue their employment at the new locations
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NewsCathedral City lands wider distribution for plant-based variant
According to the nation’s favourite cheese brand, the range has ‘gone down a storm with consumers’
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NewsAmazon to shed 18,000 staff worldwide and face Coventry strike action
The e-commerce giant did not share where the job cuts would take place, but it is understood many will be across Europe
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NewsAmazon hikes free same-day delivery minimum order amount by 50%
Amazon Prime members will from 3 February need to spend more than £60 on groceries to qualify for free same-day delivery, as well as free click & collect order pick-up
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Comment & OpinionHilarious, disastrous and frankly outrageous moments that shaped 2022
A year of political chaos, war, strikes, egg shortages, fevered cost price increase negotiations
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NewsAmazon Fresh sees sales of tinned and own label food soar in cost of living crisis
Analysis of Amazon Fresh grocery baskets suggests that cost increasingly drove consumer choices in 2022
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NewsDenhay adds no artificial nitrite lines to Bacon by Nature range
The range is available from 7 November in Whole Foods Market and online at Ocado, Waitrose, Amazon and Morrisons
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Analysis & FeaturesDine-in deals compared: Supermarkets attempt to rival restaurants
Supermarkets are pushing an array of dine-in-for-two meal deals
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NewsBrands fear Q4 disaster resulting from Amazon’s HFSS restriction rollout shambles
For HFSS-compliant products, the temporary block, and the time spent waiting on Amazon to remove it, will take a huge toll, they argue
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Analysis & FeaturesThe subscription services giving Amazon a run for its money
Purveyors of ‘bulky and boring’ items like loo roll, petfood, cleaning products and babyfood are looking to win consumers over by offering convenience, value and sustainability benefits
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NewsAmazon vows to improve after ‘utter shambles’ of HFSS restrictions rollout
The regulations, which came into force at the start of the month, restrict the placement of HFSS products online
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Comment & OpinionDeliveroo Hop’s first walk-in store has real promise, whatever the naysayers say
Pundits are already calling it like Argos for groceries’
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NewsAmazon Fresh stores cut prices on 200 lines
More than 200 products – both branded and from Amazon’s own-label ranges – have been reduced in price, in some cases by up to 20%
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NewsTesco tops online job search ranking
Supermarkets make up seven of the top 10 most searched UK companies for jobs
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Comment & OpinionThe discounters are set to clean up this Christmas – and Amazon will be watching
This Christmas will see a giant leap in Aldi and Lidl’s shares, leaving the traditional big four vulnerable, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Amazon ever be a serious contender in grocery?
The retail behemoth has found grocery rivals hard to catch, but a series of new hires are looking to use the massive potential of Prime to catch up