Superior Grocers, one of Southern California’s largest independent supermarket chains, has partnered with the California Department of Motor Vehicles to offer DMV services at 10 Superior Grocers locations. New DMV Self-Service kiosk terminals have been installed and are now available at Superior Grocers stores in Los Angeles, Lynwood, Cudahy, El Monte, Baldwin Park and other […]
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‘Tally’ Robot To Audit Shelves At Three Schnucks Stores
Schnuck Markets is turning to a high-tech partner to help maintain an “exceptional” shopping experience: an aisle-roving robot named Tally. Schnucks and Simbe Robotics will collaborate to test-pilot Tally at three St. Louis metro area stores beginning July 31. During the six-week pilot, Tally will be charged with scanning store aisles three times a day […]
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Walmart Debuts E-Commerce Fulfillment Center In Florida
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Walmart officials and community leaders attended the grand opening of Walmart’s new state-of-the art e-commerce fulfillment center in Davenport on Tuesday. The campus is the sixth in the Walmart network and the first in Florida. The facility in Polk County will house millions of items dedicated to fulfilling online orders and will […]
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Sunriver IGA In Oregon Credits New System For Deterring Theft, Clerical Mistakes
John Audia had no idea how much theft and clerical mistakes were happening at the checkouts at his Sunriver supermarket near Bend, Oregon, until he implemented technology that caught all of it on video. He had a cashier prosecuted after the video revealed her giving away groceries “left and right” to customers and employees. Since […]
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New Grocerytalk Program Developed For Supermarket, CPG Industries
Shoptalk, an organizer of events for retail and e-commerce innovation, has launched Grocerytalk, a new program for the grocery and consumer packaged goods industries to take place during Shoptalk on March 18-21, 2018, at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Grocerytalk will include content, networking and other unique experiences that focus on the evolution of how consumers discover, […]
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Amazon To Open Fulfillment Center In Fresno, California
Amazon said June 2 that it will open its first fulfillment center in Fresno, California. The Seattle-based online retailer said the center will “continue its growth in California’s Central Valley” and create 1,500 new full-time jobs. The Fresno center will be Amazon’s fifth fulfillment center in the Central Valley, with three operating fulfillment centers located […]
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Walmart Testing Associate Delivery
In addition to Online Grocery Pickup, two-day free shipping and its new Pickup Discount program, Walmart likely will add another service to its e-commerce platform: associate delivery. The service currently is being tested in three of the retailer’s stores—two in New Jersey and one in northeast Arkansas. Marc Lore, president and CEO of Walmart U.S. E-Commerce, […]
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Georgia Kroger Stores Install Self-Service Tag Renewal Kiosks
Kroger’s Atlanta division and Intellectual Technology (ITI) continue to install Georgia Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) self-service kiosks in Kroger stores across the Peach State. These kiosks provide Georgia vehicle owners the option to renew vehicle tags on weekends or after hours. “We are excited for this opportunity to partner with Intellectual Technology Inc.,” said Felix Turner, […]