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Grocery delivery service AmazonFresh arrives in North Texas - Dallas News

Any time you have a huge population base, that gives you opportunity." In North Texas, Amazon Fresh will be available in Dallas and surrounding areas including Mesquite, University Park, Garland, Duncanville, Lancaster, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Richardson, Plano, The Colony, Frisco, parts of Allen (but not McKinney), Lewisville, Flower Mound, Southlake, Irving, Fort Worth and Burleson. Consumers can place an order in the morning and have it delivered as early as that same evening, or order before going to bed and have the items on the doorstep in time for breakfast the next day. Available items include fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, seafood, baked goods, and dairy products, along with pet supplies, baby items, beauty products and prepared foods such as Tyson Tastemakers Meal Kits, and products made exclusively for AmazonFresh like the Single Cow Burger, a new high-end beef patties. The program also will offer selections from several North Texas retailers through the Local Market program, including Local Yocal, V+V Apothicaire, and Scardello Cheese. All Local Market items are delivered as part of customers' AmazonFresh orders. The AmazonFresh program marks the second food delivery program Amazon announced this year for North Texas. In June the company announced a partnership in which consumers can order items from a Sprouts Farmers Market store in Dallas through the Prime Now program. Grocery deliverers popped up like daisies in the tech boom of the '90s and withered almost as quickly. This time around both tech companies and traditional retailers are looking at solutions that involve bricks and clicks. "The grocery retail landscape continues to evolve," said Kroger spokeswoman April Martin Nickels. "Kroger is focused on the introduction of our new ClickList service -- order online, pick up curbside -- in cities across the U.S., including Dallas-Fort Worth."The market is still trying to find the sweet spot that marries program profitability with consumer acceptance. Services such as Instacart deliver groceries from established retailers including Target and Whole Foods Market. Livingston said some services use Uber drivers. Looking ahead, "maybe a driverless Google car will bring your groceries" one day, Livingston joked.That means all players will have to be nimble. "I think Amazon is going to try this and see if it works out," he said. Related articles: In the bag: Amazon partners with Sprouts for grocery delivery in North Texas Amazon opens pop-up stores in Texas, other states... http://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2016/10/12/amazonfresh-makes-shopping-delivery-serviceavailable-north-texas

Amazon's online grocery delivery service hits Dallas - TechCrunch

In addition to Dallas proper, AmazonFresh’s new expansion includes the surrounding areas of: Mesquite, University Park, Garland, Duncanville, Lancaster, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Richardson, Piano, The Colony, Frisco, Lewisville, Flower Mound, Southlake, Irving, Fort Worth, Watauga, Burleson, and elsewhere.The service is live now in these regions.Featured Image: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images...

Mid-Hudson region kicks off Phase 1 of reopening as business owners adjust to new normal - WPIX 11 New York

Latimer.In Phase 2, retailers like Carriage House Flowers in White Plains will open at full service.Florist John DiPilato has kept his 36-year-old shop open during the pandemic to arrange flowers for funerals.Now, he has the go ahead for non-essential curbside pickups. “I’ll take any orders I can take,” said DiPilato.Leaders throughout the region say PPE will be provided to everyone who's returning to work.Plus, employers are responsible for making sure people are social distancing, and if anyone has virus symptoms, they must stay home. https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/mid-hudson-region-kicks-off-phase-1-of-reopening-as-business-owners-adjust-to-new-normal

Advice For Couples In Quarantine; Honolulu Florist Reopens For Mother's Day - WBUR

But sometimes, quarantining with partners is even more stressful. In her new podcast, "Couples Under Lockdown," author and therapist Esther Perel shares her advice. And, some florists in Hawaii are reopening just in time for Mother's Day. A florist in Honolulu joins us to discuss the challenges of reopening during the pandemic. That and more, in hour two of Here & Now's May 7, 2020, full broadcast. You can find more at hereandnow.org — and follow us on Twitter, Instagram or join the conversation on Facebook. https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/05/07/may-07-2020-hn-two

'Throwing darts in the dark': Pensacola floral shops tempering Mother's Day expectations - Pensacola News Journal

Jake NewbyPensacola News JournalPublished 7:00 AM EDT May 5, 2020Mother's Day tends to be a banner business day for floral shops, but low sales for Pensacola florists during the pandemic have most feeling nervous ahead of the holiday this year. "The last six weeks for us, we lost probably 80% of our business overnight," said Mike Paris, co-owner of KellyCo Flowers & Gifts on Tippin Avenue. "We went from 15 to 20 deliveries a day down to three." A Flower Shop owner Keri Hankins painted a similarly grim picture when reflecting on her shop's business since the coronavirus forced closures throughout the community in March."We had an immediate drop in sales in March. March we were down 30-something percent, April probably 35 percent," said Hankins, of her shop on Mobile Highway. "We do two of the three gift shops at the hospitals and of course they're closed. The funeral work went down. We've gotten a lot less (business) from some of our big accounts."The local flower shop industry also has not been immune to layoffs and furloughs as they've tried to survive over a tumultuous six-week period.Curbside pickup and... https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2020/05/05/coronavirus-florida-pensacola-florists-unsure-mothers-day-sales/3077238001/

Pandemic impacts flower supplies ahead of Mother's Day - KSHB

We'll do our very best to make sure it looks like the picture," she said.Most major online services have existing substitution policies allowing florists to change colors or flower varieties in arrangements. Teleflora's website currently says that "due to flower supply challenges, our florists may make substitutions." Regardless of where you shop for flowers, you may notice a steeper price on bouquets because there's so much demand for a limited supply. The Fiddly Fig bumped its prices up by about 10 percent, but that still doesn't cover the true costs. "It has gone up a little more for us, but we're always in the market for making people happy, so we're doing our best," White said.If you order flowers before the close of business on Thursday, consider selecting delivery for Friday instead of the weekend, as White said that will take a bit of pressure off your local florist. —... https://www.kshb.com/news/coronavirus/pandemic-impacts-flower-supplies-ahead-of-mothers-day

Pay it forward with these beautiful bouquets - WTVD-TV

Stella Grey Blooms in Chicago's North Center neighborhood is selling Pay It Forward flowers.Owner Sally Hayes said the inspiration for the idea came from a fellow florist who lives in Miami."You send somebody flowers and you don't say who it's from," Hayes said. You write things like 'I hope these make your day' or ' I hope they brighten your day' and at the end, you just say 'Pay it forward.'"All of the bouquets are sanitized and hand-delivered."A lot of times I get a call of people asking who sent me this," Hayes said. "I say 'I can't tell', it's the whole process of it, it gets people reaching out to their friends and it sort of escalates from that."For more information about the Pay It Forward bouquets, visit Stella Grey Blooms' website. https://abc11.com/localish/pay-it-forward-with-these-beautiful-bouquets/6135376/

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