Alto Shaam highlighted three of its foodservice equipment innovations at the NRA Show. First up was its self-cleaning rotisserie oven. The AR-7T saves labor for retail operations as it self-cleans at the end of the night, according to the company’s communications specialist, Rachael Sanford, who spoke with The Shelby Report‘s Geoff Welch at the show. […]
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AFS Loyalty Program Reports Increased Basket Size, Digital Coupon Use
Salt Lake City-based Associated Food Stores (AFS) has renewed its loyalty program service contract with Accelitec, offering new digital features to AFS membership. A partnership that began in 2012 with loyalty services has continued to scale with a number of new features and wide adoption by AFS retailers. Together, AFS and Accelitec have created a […]
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Giant Eagle To Open Tech Annex In Pittsburgh Neighborhood
Giant Eagle Inc. has finalized a lease agreement to open a technology annex in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company anticipates occupying the 23,000-s.f. space within the TechMill 41 development by early 2020, offering upwards of 150 current and new team members a modern and collaborative work environment where current digital offerings will be […]
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NGA Show Adding Pavilions For Foodservice, Pet Care And More
The NGA Show is debuting seven new specialty pavilions for the 2020 event, scheduled for Feb. 23-26 at the San Diego Convention Center. New on the 2020 NGA Show Expo floor are: • Foodservice Pavilion—Retailers can source products and services from current and emerging foodservice brands, allowing them to remain competitive by adding cafés within […]
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MTC Logistics Breaks Ground On New Distribution Center In Mobile
MTC Logistics (MTC), along with officials from the Alabama State Port Authority, Alabama Department of Commerce and elected officials, broke ground July 24 on MTC’s 12 million cubic feet international temperature-controlled distribution center. MTC is investing approximately $61 million at the Port of Mobile, generating 50 to 70 direct jobs at the new facility. MTC […]
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Tosca Launches First RPC Custom Built For Poultry
Atlanta-based Tosca has introduced what it is calling a “breakthrough” reusable plastic container (RPC) designed specifically for poultry. The Tosca poultry RPC was built to withstand weight and water, delivering greater product protection and reducing damage, as well as eliminating packaging waste. Poultry is the fastest growing protein in the U.S., and it is also […]
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Hussmann Corp. Launches Proto-Aire EZ Refrigeration Solution
St. Louis, Missouri-based Hussmann Corp. has launched its Proto-Aire EZ refrigeration solution. The next generation Proto-Aire extends the solution to meet the growing demand in the marketplace. The new system is an option for grocery applications and primarily designed for the convenience store market. It provides a simplistic, easy to install and service solution geared toward […]
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Boxed Names Former Amazon Executive Its First President
Boxed has tapped former Amazon executive Prentis Wilson as its first president. Founded in 2013, New York-based Boxed delivers warehouse club products direct to consumers. “Boxed brings convenience and savings to on-the-go consumers who don’t have the time, means, or patience to shop at a brick-and-mortar big box club, all with no membership fees,” according […]
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Timewise, Cardtronics Extend Exclusive ATM Service Agreement
Timewise Food Stores, a leading convenience store chain based in Houston, Texas, and Cardtronics, the world’s largest retail ATM operator, have extended their long-standing partnership. Cardtronics will continue to provide complete turnkey ATM services to the entire portfolio of more than 220 Timewise stores. Started in 1982, Timewise Food Stores, a division of Landmark Industries, is […]
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Kroger, Ocado Break Ground On 2nd High-Tech CFC, In Florida
The Kroger Co. and Ocado broke ground July 24 on America’s second customer fulfillment center (CFC), located in Groveland, Florida—a new market for the retailer. “Kroger is excited to enter Florida to redefine the customer experience through our industry-leading partnership with Ocado,” said Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO. “There’s a substantial demand for Kroger products and services in […]
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Wakefern, Takeoff Technologies Open Automated E-Commerce Center
Takeoff Technologies and Wakefern Food Corp. have teamed up to launch an automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) in Clifton, New Jersey. With Takeoff, orders are placed online through retailers—whether using their existing e-commerce platform or Takeoff’s customized UI solution—and Takeoff’s automated technology fulfills the order using robots in MFCs. Takeoff utilizes advanced robotics in the MFC, […]
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Weis Markets Expands Online Shopping To 61 More Stores
Weis Markets has launched Weis 2 Go online ordering, with pickup and home delivery (where available), in 61 additional stores. With the additions, Weis 2 Go is offered in 150 stores in the Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based grocer’s seven-state market area. That represented the majority of the company’s 200 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New […]
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Giant Direct Now Available At 100 Giant, Martin’s Stores
Giant Food Stores announced a milestone in the e-commerce strategy Giant Direct, Powered by Peapod, its online grocery service that offers pickup and delivery, is now available at 100 Giant stores and Martin’s Food Markets, under the Martin’s Direct banner, across four different states. Giant Food Stores President Nicholas Bertram and Store Manager Tim Dinsmore […]
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Retail Business Services Opens New Quincy, Mass., Technology Office
Retail Business Services (RBS) celebrated the opening of a new technology office with the gathering of elected officials, business leaders and other dignitaries in Quincy, Massachusetts, on June 17. The building houses 200 information technology associates and an innovation lab that provides technology services for the local brands of Ahold Delhaize USA, including Stop & […]
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Noluma International Offers Solution For Light Damage To Dairy Products
New research shows 90 percent of dairy farmers know that light damages nutrients in milk, and 98 percent would work with a partner to make their packaging light protected. However, fewer than a third (29 percent) of consumers are aware that light damages milk, with over half (55 percent) saying that supermarkets should be proactively […]
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Students Solve Need For Brookshire Brothers Distribution Center
A group of Texas middle school students solved a problem employees were having at the Brookshire Brothers Distribution Center. Six months ago, the grocer’s Distribution Center Operations Manager Jay Jelinek never would have guessed that a sixth-grade 3D design class would have the answer to an obstacle he and his team were facing. “We recently […]
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Free NextDay Delivery Available At Walmart Without Membership Fee
Walmart now is offering free NextDay delivery to customers without a membership fee. “We’re adding free NextDay delivery on a wide range of general merchandise from Walmart.com, without a membership fee,” said Walmart E-Commerce U.S. President and CEO Mark Lore. “NextDay delivery will be available first to Walmart.com customers in Phoenix and Las Vegas and […]
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Buehler’s Fresh Foods Launches Online Shopping Service
Buehler’s Fresh Foods’ new online shopping site is now live. The food retailer has enhanced its online grocery shopping service, adding some of the perks and conveniences suggested by customers. Customers at four Buehler’s locations can order groceries online for curbside pickup the same day. Locations include Wooster Milltown, Medina River Styx, Canton and Wadsworth, […]
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Amazon Denver Tech Hub Expansion To Create 400 Jobs
Amazon’s plans to expand its tech hub in downtown Denver includes the creation of 400 tech jobs, doubling its workforce in the area. The new jobs include software and hardware engineering, cloud computing and advertising. The new positions will work out of a new office Amazon is opening in downtown Denver. Amazon opened an office […]
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Online Platform Mercato Moves HQ From New York To San Diego
Online ordering and delivery platform Mercato moved its headquarters cross-country from New York City to San Diego, California. The company is a provider of an online ordering and delivery platform for independently owned grocery stores. The new Mercato headquarters are in the Downtown Works building on W. B Street in San Diego. The company said […]