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Amazon looks to new food technology for home delivery

MATS technology grew out of efforts by the US Army's Natick laboratories

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An executive loads packaged food into the MATS-B machine as she makes packaged meals at a facility with the new microwave technology that Amazon.com is evaluating for its food business Photo: Reuters

Jeffrey Dastin | Reuters San Francisco
Amazon.com is exploring a technology first developed for the US military to produce tasty prepared meals that do not need refrigeration, as it looks for new ways to muscle into the $700 billion US 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 start-up 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.
 
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