• 

  King County Council to vote on bill requiring businesses to accept cash

  Many businesses have gone cashless, especially during the pandemic. But that may not be an option in unincorporated King County. Members of the King County Council are slated to vote Tuesday afternoon on a bill that requires retailers to accept cash
• 

  Seattle's Holy Grail: reducing single-use cups

  Seattle Public Utilities is partnering with local businesses to encourage reusable beverage containers. The goal is to keep those cups in use, and out of the landfill.
• 

  Hundreds of Amazon employees walk out over company's carbon footprint, in-person work policy

  Nearly 2,000 Amazon employees pledged to join a one-hour walkout Wednesday to protest the company’s environmental impact and workplace policies. About 915 of them are based in Seattle, according to organizers of the demonstration.
• 

  Seattle introduces legislation to protect gig workers from abrupt termination

  Network companies such as Uber and GrubHub use the term “deactivation” to describe workers being effectively fired and no longer able to accept new work orders. This week the Seattle City Council will introduce a bill aimed at protecting gig workers from sudden deactivation, which will provide transparency guidelines for companies that engage in the practice.
• 

  What to expect when you're expecting a grocery merger

  Soundside host Libby Denkmann sits down with KUOW reporter Ruby De Luna to talk about what to expect with the potential merger of two national grocery chains — Albertsons and Kroger.
• 

  Creepy or convenient? Grocery store merger aims to improve 'personalized' shopping

  Grocery shopping is something we all do, and it's highly personal. People have strong feelings about where and how they get their food. The proposed $25 billion merger of two of the nation's largest supermarket chains has the potential to affect how millions of customers buy their groceries. "State of the Cart" is a four-part series that examines different aspects of the proposed merger — its impact on consumers, on workers, on the communities themselves, and on our shopping habits.
• 

  Grocery workers facing 'so much uncertainty' protest proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger

  "State of the Cart" is a four-part series looking at the proposed $25 billion merger of two of the nation's biggest grocery chains — Albertsons and Kroger — with each story focusing on a different group — the merger's potential impact on consumers, on workers, on the communities themselves, and on our shopping habits.
• 

  A grocery store merger made this Bellingham neighborhood a food desert. Are others next?

  "State of the Cart" is a four-part series that examines the proposed $25 billion merger of two of the nation's largest supermarket chains — Albertsons and Kroger — through a different lens: Its impact on consumers, on workers, on the communities themselves, and on our shopping habits.
• 

  Are we nearing the end of the grocery store experience?

  For Northwest shoppers, already worn down with supply chain issues and rising food costs, news of the Kroger and Albertsons merger last fall brought new worries. But the companies say the nearly $25 billion merger is a significant step to assure their long-term survival.
• 

  South Lake Union businesses welcome Amazon workers' return to office

  It’s the news that downtown businesses have been waiting for: the return of thousands of Amazon workers to the office, after three years of working remotely. And shops that cater to the lunch crowd hope their presence signals a return to life before the pandemic.

1 of 102

Next