Amazon Gives Employees Up to 20 Percent Off Groceries as Food Costs Rise

The new benefit arrives as Amazon raises U.S. wages and faces scrutiny over workers relying on public assistance to afford food.

BY CHLOE ROSENBERG, FREELANCE WRITER

With the rising pressure of inflation, many Americans are finding the simple act of buying weekly groceries to be a source of stress. In a survey from loan marketplace LendingTree, about half of respondents reported that it was difficult to afford food. Almost 90 percent of people said that they had changed their grocery shopping habits to try to save money, including by reducing their consumption of ‘splurge’ foods or switching to buying generic items.

One of America’s largest employers has noticed this trend and has decided to launch an initiative to make buying groceries less painful for their employees. Amazon recently announced that they will now be........

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