Dallas, Texas-based Symphony CPG|AI, a global provider of strategic revenue management solutions for CPG brands powered by machine learning and natural language processing, has named Adeel Najmi as chief product officer and Rahul Bhattacharya as chief analytics officer. Najmi and Bhattacharya bring with them close to 50 collective years of experience in consumer goods and […]
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Jarlsberg Cheese Reveals 2019 Advertising Campaign
Jarlsberg Cheese, a national brand of cheese based in Darien, Connecticut, is expanding its advertising campaign titled “Life’s Best Served with Jarlsberg.” The 2019 campaign will extend the brand’s geographic focus across the New York metro area, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, and continue to drive awareness, consideration and trial amongst Jarlsberg’s key target customer—the older Millennial. The […]
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McCormick Appoints Advantage Solutions N.A. Sales Agency Of Record
McCormick & Co. Inc., based in Baltimore, Maryland, has appointed Advantage Solutions North American as its sales agency of record across the majority of its U.S. and Canadian business. Advantage, headquartered in Irvine, California, is a provider of business solutions to consumer-goods manufacturers and retailers with a suite of technology-enabled services that includes headquarter sales […]
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Ocado Deploys New Digital Advertising Platform By Citrus
Ocado has gone live with a new digital advertising platform from Australian startup Citrus. The platform offers supplier-sponsored positioning on its e-commerce platform. Sponsored products appear first in relevant search results. The aim is to monetize shelf space for the online retailer. It has been testing campaigns with the platform using own-label products and reports good […]
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Grocery Outlet Partners With RangeMe For Product Sourcing
RangeMe, an online platform “revolutionizing new product discovery between product suppliers and top retailers across the country,” is partnering with California-based extreme-value retailer Grocery Outlet. “We are committed to bringing our customers premium products at tremendous value,” says Steve Wilson, SVP of purchasing for Grocery Outlet. “And part of that commitment relies on having access to […]
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‘Robot Bartender’ Somabar Debuts At Gelson’s In-Store Wine Bars
Somabar, a Los Angeles, California-based startup, is hoping to make it easier and less expensive for foodservice establishments to offer cocktail programs. It’s launching what it says is the world’s first robot bartender created for beer and wine bars and restaurants, starting with its public launch at select Gelson’s Wine Bars. Somabar is operational at […]
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Amazon Go Competitor ‘Skip’ Now Live In 60 Grocery Stores
Skip, a frictionless checkout provider that announced last October that it would beat Amazon Go in rolling out to 3,000 locations in 2019, is now available in 60 grocery stores. Another 23 are scheduled to go online by Feb. 6. Skip’s mobile checkout platform is scheduled to be in a total of 275 locations—9 percent […]
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Nestlé Becomes Founding Partner Of Loop, Debuts Reusable Ice Cream Packaging
A coalition of the largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling company TerraCycle, today unveiled what they say is a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop. The initiative was designed to change the world’s reliance on single-use packaging, offer a convenient and enhanced circular solution to consumers, while securing meaningful environmental benefits. Announced at […]
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Kroger, JTG Daugherty Racing Team Up On New NASCAR Sponsorship Strategy
The Kroger Co. and JTG Daugherty Racing are debuting a new NASCAR sponsorship strategy that “focuses on shopper themes and will help participating brands communicate more effectively with consumers.” The goal of the new strategy is to significantly increase sales for sponsor brands and for Kroger. The No. 47 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series […]
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Cash Is Here To Stay—How To Deal With Rising Handling Costs
by David Johnson/Director of Business Development, G4S Retail Solutions Retail and finance experts are fond of proclaiming that cash usage in retail and restaurants is “dying” or even “dead,” and many point to the growth of credit and debit cards, the emergence of mobile payments and an increase in conversations around restaurants, grocers and other […]
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Mission Foods Chooses MobileFrame For Direct Store Delivery Technology
Mission Foods, one of the largest food manufacturers in the world, has chosen the Los Gatos, California-based MobileFrame platform to develop the apps used as part of its direct store delivery process. With more than 4,500 drivers who visit at least 30,000 retail stores every day in the United States, Mexico and Central America, Mission […]
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Manomet Certifies 45 Northern California Whole Foods Market Stores
Plymouth, Massachusetts-based Manomet’s Grocery Stewardship Certification (GSC) program has certified 45 Whole Foods Market stores in Northern California. The GSC works with grocers to engage employees on operational sustainability strategies and to review store-level practices and equipment with an eye to increasing energy efficiency, boosting revenue and lowering costs. “Environmental stewardship is a core value […]
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Gladson Acquires ItemMaster To Expand Its Product Database And Retailer Reach
Gladson, a Chicago-based portfolio company of The Jordan Co. and Wicks Capital Partners, has acquired ItemMaster, a product content management company also based in Chicago. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The addition of ItemMaster further expands Gladson’s ability to provide accurate product data to an expanded network of market participants through its […]
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Kroger CEO Outlines Five Predictions For The Future Of Retail
The Kroger Co. Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen provided his outlook on the future of retail at NRF 2019 in New York City during a keynote presentation themed “Restocking the future: Kroger’s insatiable appetite to play and win the long game.” CNBC “Squawk on the Street” and “Closing Bell” anchor Sara Eisen moderated the 30-minute conversation on Sunday. Here are […]
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Walmart To Open ‘High-Tech’ Consolidation Center In California
This July, a Walmart supply chain first is coming to Colton, California. A newly built, 340,000-s.f. consolidation center will be the first in Walmart’s supply chain to receive, sort and ship freight. The facility’s automated technology will enable three times more volume to flow throughout the center and will help Walmart deliver the right product […]
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Kroger And OneView Commerce Partner On ‘Next-Gen’ POS Solution
OneView Commerce Inc., a subsidiary of OneView Group Ltd and an SaaS-based headless and serverless digital store platform, has reached an agreement with Kroger to develop what it says is a next-generation point-of-sale solution. Founded in 2011, OneView has worked with global retailers in more than 15 countries to transform traditional point of sale capabilities […]
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StopLift’s New AI Can Detect Self-Checkout Theft, Prevent False Alerts
Retail chains can now receive real-time reporting on self-checkout theft and other scan avoidance—as well as prevent false alerts at the self-checkout—with StopLift Checkout Vision Systems’ SmartAssist artificial intelligence (AI) technology. SmartAssist AI prevents false alerts and interventions, immediately flags unscanned merchandise at the self-checkout, and alerts the attendant before the customer leaves the checkout, says StopLift. The […]
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Walmart To Pilot Grocery Delivery With Autonomous Cargo Vans
Walmart this week revealed plans to test grocery delivery with self-driving cars through a pilot with Udelv to take place in Surprise, Arizona. The pilot will use customized cargo vans to deliver customers’ orders. Read the full announcement by Tom Ward, SVP of digital operations for Walmart U.S., below: “Over the last few years we’ve […]
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Hussmann Acquires Assets of Exxeno LLC
Bridgeton, Missouri-based Hussmann Services Corp., a Panasonic company, has acquired certain assets of Exxeno LLC for an undisclosed amount. The assets acquired will provide cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) monitoring and analysis solutions to reduce the total cost of operating commercial refrigeration systems. Hussmann CEO Tim Figge said it is Hussmann’s goal to create value for the customer. This […]
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Whole Foods Launches Online Product Catalog Tailored To Dietary Preferences
Whole Foods Market on Jan. 3 launched a digital product catalog at products.wholefoodsmarket.com that allows shoppers to find items by dietary preference and provides complete nutritional information and ingredient lists. According to a recent Whole Foods study, almost one third of frequent customers say they shop according to a specific dietary preference. Whole Foods says the […]