CB4 and Wakefern Food Corp. plan to expand CB4 technology to additional stores after a successful rollout in several ShopRite and Price Rite Marketplace locations. The CB4 app uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to increase sales, save time and allow for better tracking of products. Keasbey, New Jersey-based Wakefern is the largest retailer-owned cooperative […]
Category: Online Grocery Technology
U.S. Online Grocery Sales Grow To $8.6 Billion In August
The U.S. online grocery market generated $8.6 billion in sales during August, a gain of 4.7 percent versus a year ago, as ship-to-home sales dropped nearly 22 percent to $2 billion and the combined delivery/pickup segment grew over 16 percent to $6.6 billion, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded Aug. 29-30. […]
Coin Cloud Installs Digital Currency Machines In 500 UNFI Retailers
Digital currency machine operator Coin Cloud has reached a new milestone. The company now has more than 3,500 kiosks across the U.S. and Brazil, with 500 of those machines placed in UNFI customer stores. Further, Coin Cloud machines have the potential to show up in as many as 4,000 UNFI locations. Coin Cloud DCMs offer […]
Meijer Launches Online Custom Cake Ordering Platform
As the busiest birthday season of the year arrives, Meijer has unveiled a new online custom cake ordering system to take an extra trip to the store off customers’ plates. Research shows that September is the most common birth month in the U.S., with nine of the 10 most popular birthdays falling between Sept. 9 […]
Walmart and Meredith Corp. Help Families Answer: ‘What’s for Dinner?’
Walmart has entered into a cross-platform partnership with Meredith Corp., a multi-platform media company reaching nearly 95 percent of women in the U.S., to help millions of busy families plan and prepare meals faster through AI-powered meal planning, shoppable recipes, visual search, chatbots and more. The partnership pairs Meredith’s expertise in food content, hyper-local consumer […]
Ethnic E-Grocer Weee! Appoints Three Executives To Leadership Team
Weee!, the largest ethnic e-grocer in North America, has made multiple executive appointments as it expands to meet the growing demands of underserved ethnic communities nationwide. These new executive hires join as Weee! continues to scale to meet increased consumer interest in its unique online grocery service; one that combines the availability of high-quality and hard-to-find […]
Convenience Bumps COVID Risks In Study Of Digital Grocery Shopping
New data from ACI Worldwide, a global provider of real-time digital payment software and solutions, and PYMNTS.com shows more consumers are shopping online for ease and convenience (76 percent) as opposed to avoiding potential COVID risks (59 percent). The survey of 2,342 adult U.S. consumers, which addresses grocery shopping habits since the start of the pandemic, also […]
Mercatus, Instacart Connect Integration Expands Retailers Range
Mercatus, a provider of grocery e-commerce solutions, is now offering the Instacart Connect integration to its retail clients. This enables Mercatus-powered grocery retailers to tap into the Instacart fulfillment infrastructure to pick, pack and deliver orders, without giving up control over the customer relationship. Now, consumers can go directly to their preferred grocer’s e-commerce site […]
