UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has partnered with Louisville, Colorado-based Kiosk Information Systems to create an innovative self-service Retail AI Vision Checkout platform. The edge compute infrastructure provides consumers with autonomous 24 x 7 operational store access. The touchless checkout solution includes voice and gesture-based UI checkout interaction alternatives, combined with flexible payment […]
Category: Online Grocery Technology
Trigo Tests Frictionless Stores for Wakefern Food Corp.
Keasbey, New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. has partnered with Trigo, an Israel-based company, to pilot an autonomous supermarket making use of Trigo’s AI-based frictionless checkout technology. Wakefern, the logistics, distribution and merchandising arm for ShopRite stores, is comprised of nearly 50 member companies that independently own and operate close to 360 retail supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite […]
Sifter Powers New Walmart ‘Shop-by-Diet’ Tool
Sifter SP Inc. is teaming up with Walmart to make it easy for customers to reach personal wellness goals while grocery shopping at Walmart online and in-store. More than 200 million consumers are said to be adhering to a diet or health-related program, while 85 million are reported to have allergies or food avoidances when […]
Instacart Launches Ready-Made Meals For Delivery Across the U.S.
San Francisco-based Instacart, the online grocery platform, has launched Ready Meals, available from customers’ favorite grocers as an alternative to restaurant takeout. With Ready Meals, consumers can take a break from cooking and instead get fresh, ready-made meals delivered from the store to their door in as fast as 30 minutes. Customers can shop hundreds […]
Wakefern Food Corp. Adopts Technology From FlexEngage
FlexEngage, a receipt and transactional communications company, has been chosen by Wakefern Food Corp. to power its digital receipt marketing technology. FlexEngage offers personalized digital receipts for in store and online purchases, making the digital receipt program more enticing for customers. “As our customers’ digital engagement continues to grow, the flexEngage and Wakefern partnership will […]
Amazon, H-E-B, Market Basket Are Top U.S. Grocery Retailers
Chicago, Illinois-based dunnhumby has released the fifth annual dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index, a comprehensive, nationwide study that examines the approximately $1 trillion U.S. grocery market. In a second year dominated by Covid-19, Amazon cemented its leadership position, with H-E-B following in second place and Market Basket leapfrogging three retailers to take the third spot away from […]
Kroger Using Third-Generation Nuro Autonomous Vehicles
Cincinnati, Ohio-based The Kroger Co. and Nuro have introduced Nuro’s third-generation autonomous delivery vehicle into the retailer’s Houston, Texas, fleet. In 2018, Kroger and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle company, announced a partnership to deliver fresh groceries with all-electric, autonomous vehicles. “Our expanded collaboration with Nuro supports Kroger’s commitment to provide fresh food, at a great […]
Annual 2021 U.S. Online Grocery Sales Total Nearly $98 Billion
The U.S. online grocery market captured $8.9 billion in sales during December as over 69 million households shopped online to satisfy grocery-related needs, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded on Dec. 29-30. December’s strong results helped annual online grocery sales reach $97.7 billion for 2021, as more than 70 percent of […]
