Acosta Group has announced its 2024 retail predictions, identifying how brands and retailers can win shopper loyalty, drive sales and achieve efficiencies in another year of anticipated marketplace disruption. “While we expect 2024 to remain as complex as 2023, brands and retailers will have opportunities to better understand and meet the evolving demands of their […]
Category: Online Grocery Technology
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Association News, National
IGA Launches Family Meals Made Easy Recipe Platform
The Independent Grocers Alliance has launched a new, enhanced “Family Meals Made Easy” recipe platform on the IGA website. Powered by Grocery Shopii, the new platform provides curated recipes designed to make meal planning more accessible and convenient for shoppers and more impactful for IGA’s independent grocery retailers who can share the shoppable content across […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., Online Grocery Technology, Southwest, Supply Chain News
Kroger, Gatik Begin Autonomous Trucking Operations In Dallas
Gatik AI and The Kroger Co. have announced the launch of the companies’ multi-year commercial collaboration, which has medium-duty autonomous box trucks hauling fresh products to multiple stores from the grocer’s customer fulfillment center in Dallas, Texas. To celebrate the strides made since beginning local operations earlier this year, the companies came together for a […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., National, Online Grocery Technology, Retailers
Kroger Customers Can Now Shop Via Oven Touchscreens
Kroger and GE Appliances have introduced a feature for select WiFi-connected wall ovens and ranges that will allow consumers to view recipes and shop for ingredients via the appliances’ LCD screens. With this over-the-air update, shoppers with select GE Profile, CAFÉ and Monogram wall ovens and slide-in ranges can click on a recipe to view […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
November Online Grocery Sales Up 5% From Year Ago
The U.S. online grocery market posted $8.1 billion in total monthly sales for November, up 5.2 percent compared to last year’s $7.7 billion, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery shopping survey. While all three receiving methods contributed to the year-over-year sales growth, delivery reported the largest gain driven by a significant jump in […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Brookshire Grocery Co., Southwest
Brookshire Bros. Transitioning To eGrowcery Digital Tools
Brookshire Bros., a regional grocery chain in Texas and western Louisiana, is deploying digital tools from eGrowcery for its online ordering and fulfillment operations. The transition to the new platform, which will be seamless to Brookshire Bros.’ customers, will launch Jan. 1. Some enhanced features shoppers can expect include integrated coupon clipping and redemption, complex […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, West
Sprouts Offers On-Demand Delivery Through Uber
Sprouts Farmers Market is offering on-demand grocery delivery through a partnership with Uber Eats, beginning with more than 40 locations in Florida before expanding to all stores nationwide by year’s end. More than 15,000 products from Sprouts – including organic groceries, local farm-fresh produce and keto friendly, gluten-free, vegan and plant-based items – will be […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Food Industry Hall of Fame, Midwest
AWG Working To Increase Efficiencies With Convergence
Technology is the top strategic investment for AWG, according to its annual report. Part of that technology investment has been in the co-op’s Convergence initiative, which is the alignment of AWG, its member stores and supply partners. Convergence brings the co-op and its members together to work on areas to scale its more than $24 […]