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Summary List PlacementEataly, the Italian marketplace home to multiple eateries, retail, and more, tripled its number of stores in North America between 2016 and 2019, and with it saw its business grow substantially.  The company continued to remain successful through 2020. Of course, Raffaele Piarulli, executive vice president of Eataly North America, who's been with the company for 11 years — including the 10...

Summary List Placement Online grocery delivery services like FreshDirect and Instacart offer product variety and prices comparable to what you'd find at your favorite grocery store, with the added bonus of convenient and affordable delivery.  Here are their different shopping experiences, promotions and rewards programs offered, and more below.  Due to the novel coronavirus, many online grocery delivery services may still experience delays fulfilling...

Chef and writer Tunde Wey is selling white people $100 salt through his new venture, A Lot of Salt. Wey is known for charging white people higher prices for food to draw attention to systemic racial inequalities. "White folks set the terms of what value is, they extract value from Black and brown folks, and leave them with a f---ed up paradigm," Wey told...

Trader Joe's released a statement saying that it disagrees that its branding is "racist," backtracking from an earlier statement. A petition started by a high school senior calling on Trader Joe's to change names like "Trader Ming's" and "Trader José." The petition said that these names perpetuate harmful racial stereotypes. In an earlier statement responding to the petition, a Trader Joe's spokesperson said, "While...

Robots are increasingly taking over retail spaces and restaurants. Their role has become especially vital during the pandemic as businesses look for new ways to enforce social distancing and no-contact service. We rounded up 20 retail and restaurant robots. It's up to you to decide: are they cute, creepy, or both? Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The robots were created by man....

Personal information belonging to thousands of Instacart users is up for sale on the dark web, BuzzFeed reported on Wednesday.  The information being sold includes customer names, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and order histories.  An Instacart spokesperson said the company is not aware of a data breach.  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The personal data of thousands of...

Kroger is giving its employees access to an at-home COVID-19 testing kit. Employees will video chat with a medical professional while taking the test to ensure proper sample collection. Employees will then send the test sample to a lab via overnight shipping, and receive results within 24 to 48 hours. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Kroger is giving its employees access to...

Consumers in the United States began to make more discretionary retail purchases in May, spiking overall monthly retail sales after a major dip in April. Vehicle-related sales in particular contributed to the recovery in retail spending, according to a Monday report from Moody's Analytics. But Scott Hoyt, Moody's Analytics head of economic research, said that many recent gains have appeared to be large only...

Experts say that a post-pandemic world will have more shoppers focused on value and efficiency. That's good news for deep-discount and big-box retailers like TJ Maxx and Walmart that offer products from a wide array of categories at lower prices.  The safety factor will also play an important role in this trend, as people look to lessen the amount of time they spend shopping...

Black-owned businesses across the country have suffered extensive damage from looting related to protests over the death of George Floyd. In response, many Black business owners are putting up signs to self-identify as Black-owned businesses and in support of justice for George Floyd. Critics say these signs direct looting to other businesses, but proponents say they are simply a show of solidarity. Visit Business...

Retail workers at chains, including Kroger, Waffle House, and Costco ,are increasingly caught in the crossfire when it comes to enforcing store or state policies on personal protective equipment. Some shoppers refuse to wear masks or face coverings for political reasons.  In some cases, confrontations between store workers and customers have resulted in deadly violence. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Kristine Holtham,...

People in the US have recently started receiving their coronavirus stimulus checks, a one-time cash payment of up to $1,200 for Americans with Social Security numbers. The checks are a part of the $2 trillion stimulus package from the US government. According to data from Cowen and Co., Chicago-based auto insurance startup Clearcover, and digital banking service Current, here's a breakdown of how Americans...

Grocery stores are still open, but that doesn't mean you should shop as normal. Business Insider spoke to two experts to find out what precautions shoppers should take amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Dr. Eric Cioe-Peña is the director of global health at Northwell Health and an assistant professor at Hofstra University's Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, while Dr. Jaimie Meyer is an...

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in shutdowns and massive losses for retailers, restaurants, and their workers. But many are supplementing their income losses by pivoting to new tactics and opportunities that are more suited to the pandemic. Here are eight ways that retailers and workers are still making money while most stores and restaurants are shut down. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories....

I'm the resident taste tester at Business Insider, and my normal job involves eating out. But like many Americans, the coronavirus epidemic has now confined me to my apartment. So instead of going out to restaurants and tasting their food, I'll be sharing some of my favorite recipes made mostly with shelf-stable pantry staples. This is Quarantine Cuisine: Episode 1, "Pumped-up Pasta." Visit Business...

Instacart part-time workers in Skokie, Illinois will vote to unionize on February 1, Vice reported. Ahead of the vote, Instacart's senior operations manager sent employees anti-union memos that warn workers of "expensive union dues." The grocery delivery company employs both part-time employees and independent contractors. The company's workers went on strike and criticized the app over the last two years for slashing wages. "We...

Grocery stores can spark joy, and those that do are often rewarded with customer loyalty. Gelson's Markets, a southern California chain, was the first grocery chain to sell the Impossible Burger and was also voted "Best in the West" in a 2019 Consumer Reports poll. I visited a Gelson's store in Los Angeles to see what all the fuss was about, but my experience...

Wegmans, a family-owned grocery store chain on the East Coast, has one of the most loyal followings in retail. Fans travel from far and wide to attend the grocery chain's store openings, and Wegmans was this year's most beloved brand according to The Harris Poll. As a native of the Pacific Northwest, I'd never visited a Wegmans store or even heard of the chain. After...