Boston, Massachusetts-based Alert Innovation has appointed Seanna Balfe as its new chief legal officer and general counsel. Balfe joins the Alert Innovation team with more than 20 years of legal experience. In her new role, Balfe will manage the legal function and serve as a member of Alert Innovation’s executive leadership team. She also will provide operational guidance across […]
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Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Corporate Store News, Home Page Slider, Supply Chain News, West
SpartanNash Extends Distribution Footprint with California Partnership
SpartanNash is expanding its distribution footprint with new operations in Stockton, California. The expansion, executed through SpartanNash’s long-standing partnership with Coastal Pacific Food Distributors Inc., enhances SpartanNash’s coast-to-coast supply chain capabilities. It also supports the company’s environmental, social and governance priority to reduce fleet mileage and greenhouse gas emissions. “Many of the national food retailers we distribute to are […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Birdzi Highlights 2021 Accomplishments: Platform Of Choice For Retailers
Iselin, New Jersey-based Birdzi has unveiled several major accomplishments from 2021. Highlights included hosting 38 retail conversations on The Retail Perch podcast and enabling three major regional grocers to implement an advanced customer intelligence platform. Client updates, results Birdzi’s customer intelligence platform attracted three new major regional grocers in 2021: Coborn’s, Harps, and Strack & […]
Posted inFeature, Home Page Slider, Northeast, Online Grocery Technology
GetUpside Offers Cost-Effective Ways Retailers Can Acquire Customers
by Eric Pereira / content creator GetUpside is a Washington D.C.-based retail technology company that uses personalized cashback promotions to bring shoppers more value and proven profit to brick-and-mortar businesses. Tyler Renaghan, VP of grocery at GetUpside, recently discussed the most cost-effective ways retailers can acquire new customers in this email interview with The Griffin […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Feature, Home Page Slider, Southwest
TimeForge Tackling Labor Challenges
by Eric Pereira / content creator With the ongoing food retail industry labor shortage across the United States, TimeForge is helping grocers, wholesalers and suppliers find new labor through assessment, optimization and accountability. A labor management platform, TimeForge specializes in retail and foodservice full-employee-lifecycle management. It’s also an operations platform that handles HR. “With the […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Buyk Rolls Out Private Label, Signs Partnership With Lafrieda
New York City, New York-based Buyk, a real-time grocery service delivering in 15 minutes or less, has released its new range of private label products. These include pantry essentials such as coffee, artisan bread and pastries, alongside snacks such as ice cream, chocolates and candy. The initial private label products were introduced in December, while […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
GrubMarket Acquires Nevada-Based Terra Exports
San Francisco, California-based GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Terra Exports, a Las Vegas, Nevada-based company that distributes fresh produce while also handling a diverse commodity produce portfolio. Founded in 2012 by Nils Goldschmidt, Terra Exports is a global fresh produce company that imports and exports fresh fruits and vegetables across 65 countries with employees […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, National
Dunnhumby Launches Customer First Retail Media Platform
Dunnhumby, the world’s leading retail data science organization, has launched dunnhumby Sphere, an all-in-one customer first retail media platform. Dunnhumby Sphere is a end-to-end retail media platform that takes users from brand insights to campaign billing through its fully integrated set of modules, helping to unify audience targeting, media booking, forecasting and measurement across a range […]
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Research Shows Conventional Grocers’ Online Sales Down 6.8%
Conventional grocers reported a 6.8 percent drop in online grocery sales on a same-store basis during the 12 weeks ending Sept. 28, 2021, versus the prior year, according to the Brick Meets Click eGrocery Performance Benchmarking 2021 Wave. A 3.1 percent decrease in orders combined with a 3.9 percent decline in the average order value contributed to […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Grocery TV Expands Reach In Northeast With Wakefern Partnership
Austin, Texas-based Grocery TV added 4,000 point-of-sale displays to its digital advertising network by partnering with retail wholesaler Wakefern Food Corp., including supermarkets: ShopRite, Price Rite, Price Chopper and Ideal Food Basket. Grocery TV advertising is now available in all 50 states and expects to add 8,000 more displays by the end of 2022. “As […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southeast
NCR Completes Acquisition Of Cryptocurrency Software Provider LibertyX
Atlanta, Georgia-based NCR Corporation, a global enterprise technology provider, has completed the transaction to acquire LibertyX, a leading cryptocurrency software provider. LibertyX will accelerate NCR’s ability to deliver a complete digital currency solution to its customers, including the ability to buy and sell cryptocurrency, conduct cross-border remittance, and accept digital currency payments across digital and physical channels. […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Farmstead Expands Distribution To Chicago
Farmstead has opened the waitlist for its upcoming Chicago service launch. Farmstead is one of the first online grocers to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, at better prices than local supermarkets. Waitlist signups will be limited to the first 1,000 customers. Service is scheduled to begin in early 2022, and will initially be […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Kiosk, UST To Feature Touchless Vision Checkout at NRF Big Show 2022
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 […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
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 […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southwest
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 […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
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 […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
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 […]
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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 […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., Home Page Slider, Midwest, Online Grocery Technology
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 […]
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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 […]