(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 16, 2017 the Whole Foods Market in Midtown New York is seen. US online giant Amazon on February 8, 2018 unveiled plans to launch grocery delivery to a number of US cities for its Prime subscriber using its recently acquired Whole Foods supermarket chain. While Amazon has previously offered limited grocery delivery, the new Prime Now service offers a wider selection of fresh items with service in one or two hours, stepping up competition against rivals such as Instacart and Peapod. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY
Amazon.com Inc shoppers are buying more packaged foods, pushing the e-commerce giant deeper into grocery sales.
The world’s largest online retailer sold US$650mil (RM2.52bil) worth of consumer packaged food items in the first quarter, a 48% increase over the same period a year earlier, research firm One Click Retail said in a note released Thursday. Packaged food items include coffee, salad dressings, baby food, cereal bars, energy drinks and soda.
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