Amazon is expanding its online grocery service in a major offensive aimed at winning more customers in the fiercely competitive U.K. grocery market. The technology giant, which releases its second-quarter earnings on Thursday, is to increase capacity into more homes and offer free delivery to Prime members from Tuesday, in …
Read More »Dispatches from a Pandemic: I went to the grocery store in a balaclava — turns out, De Blasio now says ALL New Yorkers should wear homemade masks
NEW YORK — This week, I went to a grocery store in a balaclava. At the time, it seemed like a weird thing to do. I looked like the Invisible Man if he had a walk-in role on “A Clockwork Orange” or “Mad Max.” I wanted to cover my face …
Read More »Stockpiling triggers boom in grocery sales as self-isolating Brits buy 22% more alcohol
Christmas came early for U.K. grocers as supermarket sales in March trumped those usually posted over the festive period and broke all records, new data show. Households facing lengthy lockdowns appear to have panic bought long-life items such as pasta, rice and tins of vegetable, as they splashed out a …
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