Thirty-six percent of U.S. families have skipped meals due to financial reasons in the last year, according to the fourth wave of the dunnhumby Consumer Trends Tracker study released Aug. 2. The quarterly study – now completing its first year – also found that 30 percent of Americans across all age groups reported they have skipped […]
Category: Online Grocery Technology
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Gelson's, West
Instacart Adds Customizable Storefronts, Shoppable Campaigns
San Francisco-based Instacart has introduced new capabilities for its enterprise e-commerce solutions that make it easier for retailers to customize their storefronts and launch shoppable campaigns for holidays or special occasions. Retailers can modify their homepages, create custom landing pages and build shoppable campaigns from a dashboard in Instacart Storefront and Storefront Pro. Stew Leonard’s is using […]
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Mackenthun’s Boosts Digital Offering With eGrowcery
Waconia, Minnesota-based Mackenthun’s Fine Foods is upgrading its e-commerce experience for shoppers through eGrowcery, a developer of a retail food industry platform for grocers. Mackenthun’s looks to benefit from the system’s customized search functions, integrated prepared food and catering, fulfillment approach, integrated loyalty experience and eGrowcery’s client support. “We were looking to dramatically upgrade our […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Northeast, Wholesaler/Distributor News
UNFI, Crisp Platform Providing Retail Insights To CPGs
Providence, Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods Inc. has launched UNFI Insights, an open data platform developed with Crisp for the consumer goods industry. The platform is designed to provide suppliers with comprehensive and cohesive sales, inventory and deduction data across natural and conventional channels. Building on the companies’ relationship formed in summer 2021, it provides […]
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Foodland Launches CitrusAd-Powered Retail Media Network
Foodland, Hawaii’s largest and oldest grocery chain, is launching its first retail media network utilizing technology from CitrusAd. The retail media network will combine Foodland’s privacy-protected first-party data and CitrusAd’s relevancy algorithm to match brand compatibility and shopper history with the most suitable audiences. Both large and local brands can engage with Foodland shoppers and […]
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Safeway, Albertsons Uncork Vine & Cellar Wine Delivery
Safeway and Albertsons have introduced Vine & Cellar, a collection of curated wines available online with home delivery in one to three business days. Offered only in California, Vine & Cellar features an expanded assortment of wine varietals and global wine regions selected by Curtis Mann, master of wine and group VP of alcohol for […]
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TPN Selects AdAdapted To Drive Digital Conversions
Ann Arbor, Michigan-based AdAdapted, an advertising technology solution, has announced that TPN, a creative commerce agency specializing in CPG and shopper marketing, has selected the adtech solution provider to drive conversions for its CPG clients in the food and household cleaning categories. TPN chose AdAdapted to improve how its clients reach consumers during the pre-shop planning phase. […]
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Schnucks Deploys Instacart Caper Carts In Select Stores
St. Louis-based Schnucks Markets Inc. and Instacart will expand their omnichannel partnership by deploying Caper Carts, Instacart’s smart carts, in select stores. Caper Carts can identify items as they are added to the cart using computer vision and artificial intelligence, allowing customers to bag as they shop, skip the line and checkout on the cart […]