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Chasing Amazon, Grocers Stock Up on Startups

Plastic crates move along a conveyor at the Boxed warehouse in Union, N.J., Aug. 20, 2018. Since the Whole Foods sale to Amazon in 2017, traditional grocers have agreed to a variety of deals and partnerships. The latest investment is a Japanese chain’s $110 million stake in Boxed. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)