Pinterest Pushes Into Online Grocery, Letting Users Buy Ingredients on the Site

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Walmart revvs up famous cars to promote grocery pickup service

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Why Meredith is serving up more shoppable content on its food sites

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Publix And Wegmans Named America’s Favorite Grocery Stores

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How Chefs Go From Restaurant Kitchen to Grocery Store Brand

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KEVIN THE CARROT FALLS IN LOVE IN ALDI’S CHRISTMAS SEQUEL

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‘Everyone has to eat’ says Morrisons as it anticipates a price-conscious Christmas

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‘We must be bold’: How Campbell Soup is adapting to food’s rapidly changing future

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From Meal Kits to Grocery Stores, Amazon Aims to Feed America

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Amazon’s Deal for Whole Foods Could Mean This Organic-Food Company Is Sold Next

Amazon Inc.’s (AMZN) $13.7 billion industry-transforming acquisition of grocer Whole Foods (WFM) is putting the takeover spotlight on Hain Celestial (HAIN) , the only remaining publicly traded pure-play natural- and organic-food company.

WFM is Hain’s largest customer (indirectly), and it’s where HAIN sells a variety of organic products, including well-known brands Terra Chips and Celestial Seasonings teas.

WPP’s Martin Sorrell Says Whole Foods Deal Could Up Amazon’s Ad Game

The online retail giant has for years been described by ad executives as a “sleeping giant” in the digital advertising world, but its $13.4 billion acquisition of grocery chain Whole Foods WFM +1.16% could further strengthen Amazon’s ability to influence how and where WPP’s clients choose to spend their money, Mr. Sorrell said.

Amazon’s Whole Foods Buy Is Just the Beginning

“[The Whole Foods deal] is part of a bigger play—the retail sector is quite large,” said Bahige El Rayes, a principal in the retail practice of management consulting firm AT Kearney. “Grocery is a sector ripe for disruption… this sets Amazon up for doing new things, tapping into new sectors including apparel.”