Who’s that selling steaks off a truck? It’s Amazon


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  • Monday, 18 Jun 2018

In this May 24, 2018, photo Amazon worker Khayyam Kain, right, hands off a package to a customer at an Amazon Treasure Truck in Seattle. The Treasure Truck is a quirky way for the online retailer to connect with shoppers in person, expand its physical presence and promote itself. Amazon has also used the trucks to try to bring people into Whole Foods, the grocery chain it bought last year. The trucks debuted two years ago and now roam nearly dozens of cities in the United States and England. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

NEW YORK: Donna Brunswick drove to a Costco last month to pick up two pounds of raw flank steak – not at the wholesale club, but from a truck in the parking lot. 

“Typically you wouldn’t buy meat off a random truck,” says Brunswick, a technical manager in Atlanta. 

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