In this week’s recap of the Top 10 most popular Supermarket News articles, the top story was Amazon walks out on cashierless tech in grocery. Amazon has announced that it is discontinuing its pursuit of autonomous “Just Walk Out” technology that uses artificial intelligence to enable shoppers to take items and have the bill charged directly to their account. The company said in an email that they made the decision to cut the technology, which can be found in Amazon Fresh, and Amazon Go locations, due to customer feedback.
Other top stories:
- Could Aldi surpass Kroger Co. store count?
- 99 Cents Only begins liquidation
- Rite Aid moves forward with bankruptcy restructuring
- Grocery tech in 2024: What you need to know, so far
In other news, NBC News, in partnership with The Outlaw Ocean Project, has released a knee-buckling report on a shrimp factory in southern India that distributes products to stores like Walmart and Aldi here in the U.S.
At the center of the story is the former manager of Choice Canning Joshua Farinella, who worked at the factory for four months and left after discovering the company had allegedly engaged in several abhorrent practices, including the use of “peeling sheds” that were offsite and unsanitary, using antibiotics with shrimp in violation of U.S. food safety law, and mistreating workers.
More top stories:
- 5 things: The great Pepsi food fight is over
- Walgreens Boots Alliance faces $2.7B tax claim from IRS
- Grocery Outlet Holding completes acquisition of United Grocery Outlet
- California bill requires one worker for every two cashierless registers
