Amazon has begun selling ready-to-cook meal packages for busy households in a bid to expand its groceries business. Amazon-branded meal kits come with raw ingredients needed to prepare such meals as chicken tikka masala and falafel patties. They are currently sold only in selected markets, including Amazon’s headquarters of Seattle. Prices are generally $16 to $20 for two servings. The…
Drone delivery has begun. On Dec. 7, a bag of popcorn, along with an Amazon Fire TV stick, left a Cambridge warehouse in the U.K. and 13 minutes later, both were accepted by an Amazon customer, one of two who had agreed to be part of the test program. A video posted by Amazon shows a fully autonomous drone, no…
Alabama residents will soon be paying more for purchases made on the website Amazon. Buyers will see an additional 8 percent added to their purchases beginning Nov. 1 because the massive online retailer has agreed to start collecting and remitting sales tax in Alabama. Amazon is the latest retailer to participate in Alabama’s Simplified Use Tax Remittance Program which allows…
