Amazon looks to new food technology for home delivery


  • TECH
  • Monday, 14 Aug 2017

A sausage frittata from 915 Labs, made with new microwave technology that Amazon.com Inc is evaluating, is pictured in San Francisco, U.S., August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon.com Inc is exploring a technology first developed for the US military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for new ways to muscle into the US$700bil (RM3tril) US grocery business. 

The world's biggest online retailer has discussed selling ready-to-eat dishes such as beef stew and a vegetable frittata as soon as next year, officials at the startup firm marketing the technology told Reuters. 

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