Category: whole foods market

Amazon opens the first permanent online-only Whole Foods store

Post author By Randall
Post date September 2, 2020
Categories In Amazon, brooklyn, gear, News, Tech, whole foods market

[ad_1] Amazon opened the new location on September 1st to exclusively serve customers in the Brooklyn area. In its announcement, the company said that grocery delivery continues to be one of its fastest-growing businesses and that online grocery sales tripled year-over-year for the second quarter of 2020. “[W]e’re thrilled to increase access to grocery delivery. […]

Amazon is using thermal cameras to screen warehouse workers for COVID-19

Post author By Randall
Post date April 18, 2020
Categories In Amazon, coronavirus, covid-19, e-commerce, gear, health, Internet, medicine, News, shipping, shopping, Tech, thermal camera, warehouse, whole foods, whole foods market, workers

[ad_1] Amazon is exploring different technological approaches to screening warehouse workers for COVID-19. The internet retailer has confirmed to Reuters that it’s using thermal cameras at some warehouses to check for fevers that may be indicative of the new coronavirus. The company didn’t explain the decision, but the method should be faster and safer than […]