Amazon.com is exploring a technology first developed for the U.S. military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for new ways to muscle into the $700 billion U.S. 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.
The dishes would be easy to stockpile and ship because they do not require refrigeration and could be offered quite cheaply compared with take-out from a restaurant.
If the cutting-edge food technology comes to fruition, and Amazon implements it on a large scale, it would be a major step forward for the company as it looks to grab hold of more grocery customers shifting toward quick and easy meal options at home.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/11/amazon-looks-to-new-food-technology-for-home-delivery.html
(Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Sunday August 13 2017, @02:07PM
Here's the thing. Beyond the obvious political mismanagement of the military, the world is in fact not a safe place and the military is needed for those times when the batshit get a bug up their ass.
Those people in the military deserve respect for being willing to stand between us at risk of their own deaths, and any external threat who wishes us harm. The more so as the job isn't easy - exhaustion and lousy food being only two of many challenges they face and overcome. Some of which are much more problematic, such as the consequences of political malfuckery, such as putting them between us and things that are not threats to us, but are very dangerous to the military (Iraq and Afghanistan wars, etc.)