Sometimes a career change involves risk. Thankfully, that risk paid off for one business-savvy man in China. Unrelated photo | Lycs Architecture/Unsplash After experiencing burnout, a tech employee quit his job to start a fruit e-commerce business. The 32-year-old, surnamed Lin, didn’t strike gold though until he cashed in on a popular wellness trend on […]
Rohlik rolls up $170M to expand in European grocery delivery and sell its tech to others
The salad days of fresh grocery delivery startups are over, but those that have stayed the course, and have built businesses that are seeing gains, are still here and are hungry for more growth. On Friday, one of those survivors, the Czech grocery delivery company Rohlik, announced $ 170 million in new funding. Rohlik – […]
Amazon launches a new grocery delivery subscription in the US
Amazon said today that it has launched a new grocery delivery subscription for Prime members and customers with an EBT card (Electronic Benefit Transfer) in the U.S. if you’re living in one of the 3,500 eligible cities and towns. The company started testing grocery delivery in three locations last year: Denver, Colorado; Sacramento, California; and […]
Thrive Market’s Nick Green talks building a billion-dollar grocery company
Thrive Market is well, thriving. The billion-dollar e-commerce company splashed onto the scene in 2016 with its idea of online grocery delivery. The idea came way before buying food online was normalized during the pandemic, putting Thrive Market well ahead —and making them well equipped — to stand out among its peers. Nick Green, one […]
Amazon is piloting a new $9.99 monthly grocery subscription for Prime members in three cities
But, Prime members didn’t always have to pay for Fresh deliveries on orders above $ 35. Amazon started charging delivery fees for Fresh grocery orders that are under $ 150 earlier this year in January, removing a perk that gave Prime members free delivery on orders over $ 35. Amazon then revised this decision in October […]