United Fresh is bringing back its retail-foodservice speed dating sessions as part of the offerings of United Fresh LIVE! 365, and timed with the 2020 Washington Conference, Sept. 21-23. Vendors who participate will be guaranteed 10 meetings, 15-minutes each, with retail and foodservice companies looking for new partners and products. More than 20 retailers and […]
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Woodman’s Markets Using Badger Technologies Grocery Robots
Nicholasville, Kentucky-based Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil, is deploying multipurpose robots at Woodman’s Markets throughout Wisconsin and Illinois, with the goal to expand to all 18 Woodman’s locations by the end of 2020. These robots will monitor product availability, verify prices and deliver precise location data for more than 100,000 items at each location. […]
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RangeMe Streamlines Submissions For Walmart Open Call 2020
For the second year in a row, RangeMe will be streamlining submissions for Walmart’s seventh annual Open Call for U.S. manufactured products. “We are thrilled to be working with Walmart on Open Call 2020,” said Nicky Jackson, CEO and founder of San Francisco-based RangeMe. “It’s an outstanding opportunity to help emerging U.S. brands take the […]
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Vengo Launches Digital Media Platform For In-Store Advertising
Nearly 90 percent of Americans say they shop for groceries differently because of Covid-19, with 44 percent spending more money on each grocery store visit. That’s why Vengo, a provider of digital kiosk technology, has launched its Digital-out-of-Home (DOOH) media platform for retail marketers and advertisers, partnering with National Entertainment Network (NEN) as its first platform partner. As part […]
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Profile: Meet Katie Hotze, Founder And CEO Of Grocery Shopii
The Shelby Report and The Grocery Group together present this series, People to Watch, to focus on current and future leadership in the grocery industry. In this installment, The Grocery Group Founder and CEO Cindy Sorenson interviews Katie Hotze, founder and CEO of Grocery Shopii. Tell me a little bit about you and what do […]
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Market Profile: AGRMA Says Success May Hinge On Online Experience
by John McCurry, contributing writer Charlie Spakes, executive director of the Arkansas Grocery and Retail Merchants Association, AGRMA, said the future success of independent grocers may depend largely on how quickly they can adapt to online ordering. “They probably would have liked more time to get ready and get adapted before this whole [COVID-19] crisis […]
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Food Lion Expanding Pickup Service To Make Shopping Easier
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion has added its Food Lion To-Go grocery pickup service at 38 new stores in North Carolina and Virginia, as of July 27. Customers can use the Food Lion To-Go website or the Food Lion To-Go app to confirm availability and place orders. “Expanding this convenient service to additional Food Lion stores is […]
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CitrusAd Delivers Ad Network Growth Spanning 23,350 Retail Stores
New York-based CitrusAd has taken on the additional role of media sales sparking growth for the entire e-commerce ad network. The CitrusAd network has catapulted from reaching 968 retail stores to 23,350 retail stores within just three months, representing nearly $180 billion in sales. CitrusAd expanded its ad network coverage by bringing more media partners […]