Sustainable packaging leader DS Smith unveiled a series of climate goals, including a science-based target to achieve a 40 percent reduction of CO2 emissions per ton of product by 2030, compared to 2019 levels, and a commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. These goals will be validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, in […]
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Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Nature Nate’s Honey Co. Partners With IRI To Grow Honey Category
Chicago-based IRI is continuing to deepen its strategic relationship with Nature Nate’s Honey Co. by helping it meet customers’ needs, collaborate with retailers and, ultimately, achieve category growth. While the honey category achieved 30 percent growth in 2020, Nature Nate’s outpaced the category with 45 percent growth in dollar sales for the 52 weeks ending […]
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Hy-Vee And Google Cloud Partner To Enhance Retailer Digital Capabilities
West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee has signed a multiyear partnership with Google Cloud to stay on the cutting edge of digital technology and drive new and unique innovation for its customers – both in store and online. The company is utilizing a suite of services powered by Google Cloud to make online shopping easier for […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Pensa Shows Expanded Demand For Advanced Retail Shelf Intelligence
Pensa Systems, an innovator in the automated use of computer vision and artificial intelligence for retail in-store data and analytics, has continued to expand its relationships with customers such as Johnson & Johnson, General Mills and Circle K. These major companies, as well as long-time customer and investor Anheuser-Busch InBev, are among a fast-growing number […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southeast
QuickCollect Brings Grocery Delivery, Pickup To The Workplace
QuickCollect Solutions, powered by Bell and Howell, a provider of grocery pickup solutions, has partnered with Lowes Foods, a supermarket chain headquartered in the Carolinas, to provide more grocery options to consumers returning to the workplace. This partnership expands the Lowes Foods To Go delivery options by placing Bell and Howell’s QuickCollect GL temperature-controlled grocery […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Hungryroot Gets $40M Series C Led By L Catterton’s Growth Fund
AI-powered personalized grocery service Hungryroot has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round. The financing is led by the Growth Fund of L Catterton, a global consumer-focused private equity firm. Hungryroot will use the capital to increase the number of groceries and recipes it offers, grow its team, invest in automation technology, optimize its proprietary […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Walmart Unveils All-In-One Associate App, Me@Walmart
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart has unveiled Me@Walmart, a new app built in-house by Walmart Global Tech for U.S. store associates. It provides an exclusive destination filled with new features to simplify daily tasks, serve customers and plan for life outside of work. “A great customer experience starts with a great associate experience, and our people will […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
Dot Foods Acquires ShopHero, E-Commerce System For Retailers
Provo, Utah-based Dot Foods, North America’s largest food industry redistributor, has acquired ShopHero, a grocery-focused e-commerce technology company, with the support of platform consultancy firm Applico. Since its founding in 2015, ShopHero has been dedicated to making e-commerce solutions accessible to grocery retailers of all sizes in communities across the U.S. and Canada. ShopHero now […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Wakefern Food Corp. Selects Dunnhumby As Strategic Platform
Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned supermarket cooperative in the United States, has selected dunnhumby as its strategic platform for category management and merchandising. Dunnhumby will use its expertise in customer data models, along with consumer-led insights and collaboration, to help Wakefern make merchandising decisions that will enhance the shopping experience and drive engagement and growth […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Gorillas’ 10-Minute Grocery Delivery Launches In U.S.
Gorillas, the on-demand grocery delivery startup and the fastest European startup to reach unicorn status, launched its operations in the U.S. on May 30. Providing on-demand grocery delivery service in 10 minutes or less, Gorillas will begin its U.S. expansion with service in Bushwick, which includes parts of Williamsburg and downtown Brooklyn, which includes the […]
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Sullivan Joins Symphony RetailAI As First Chief Product Officer
Symphony RetailAI, a global provider of integrated AI-powered marketing, merchandising and supply chain solutions for FMCG retailers and manufacturers, has named Cheryl Sullivan to the newly created position of chief product officer. Under Sullivan’s leadership, the company will combine its product management and marketing teams, as she works to develop an integrated product and marketing strategy […]
Posted inPackaging News, Home Page Slider, Southwest
EPac Launches Sustainable Child Resistant Pouch Line
Austin, Texas-based ePac Flexible Packaging has launched its Certified Child Resistant Resealable pouches made with Post Consumer Recycled materials. A collaboration between ePac, the Fresh-Lock business unit at Presto Products Co. and Charter Next Generation, the offering is fully certified to comply with the Federal Poison Prevention Act, Title CFR / 16 Part 1700, and […]
Posted inPackaging News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
DS Smith Invests $140 Million In R&D To Create Stronger Packaging
Sustainable packaging company DS Smith recently unveiled a $140 million investment in research and development, including developing new materials to replace plastics and a testing program to strengthen corrugated cardboard and reduce G-force shock in home delivery packaging. The manufacturing and design company’s focus on applying science to fiber is a key driver of its […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Albertsons, Home Page Slider, Midwest
Record Number Of Buyers Participate In ECRM Diversity Week Programs
More than 640 buyers met with 485 brands during ECRM’s recent Diversity Week, which included programs for diverse- and minority-owned suppliers across food and beverage, general merchandise, and health and beauty care categories. More than 3,800 curated meetings were held on the ECRM Connect platform across the three programs. The programs were launched to introduce retailers to brands […]
Posted inSupply Chain News, Home Page Slider, National
Task Force To Bring Visibility, Collaboration To Supply Chain Challenges
The Consumer Brands Association has announced the creation of a new Supply Chain Health and Performance Task Force aimed at increasing visibility and easing supply chain pressures felt across the CPG industry. The task force is comprised of 15 CPG companies working in partnership with real-time supply chain visibility platform FourKites. The task force will leverage […]
Posted inFood Service News, Home Page Slider, Marketing News, Southeast
Acosta And The Core Group Form Core Foodservice
Acosta, an integrated sales and marketing services company, and The Core Group, a foodservice sales agency, have created an agency focused on providing solutions for the foodservice industry’s new operating environment. Core Foodservice will bring together industry-leading capabilities from both Acosta and The Core Group, creating an organization designed to meet the requirements of new […]
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IRI And The Female Quotient Publish Research Related To Gen Z
IRI and The Female Quotient, an organization advancing equality in the workplace through cross-industry collaboration, have published a new paper, “Understand Me, Don’t Define Me.” The paper discusses insights and recommendations for marketers on how to prepare to win with Gen Z, a new, powerful generation of shoppers that account for 20 percent of all U.S. […]
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Rosie Hires Finn As CFO And Hemingway As SVP Of Marketing
Ithaca, New York-based Rosie, an online grocery shopping platform for retailers and wholesalers nationwide, has appointed Matt Finn as CFO, effective May 20, and Paul Hemingway as SVP of marketing, effective May 18. “Matt brings decades of experience to this role as CFO at three high-growth tech startups,” said Nick Nickitas, founder and CEO at […]
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Sedano’s Selects Daisy Intelligence To Optimize Technology Processes
Sedano’s Supermarkets, an independent grocery chain with 35 stores across Central and South Florida, says Daisy Intelligence will provide it with a suite of AI-powered solutions and services. Daisy Intelligence will optimize Sedano’s merchandising functions including demand forecasting, store ordering, promotion planning and inventory selection through automation and AI. “As we continue to experience growth […]
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IRI’s New Intelligence Suite Powered By IRI Liquid Data
IRI, offering innovative solutions and services for consumer, retail and media companies, has launched its Intelligence Suite, a cloud-native solution powered by IRI Liquid Data. This enables CPG manufacturers, retailers and media partners to combine their proprietary data and data science capabilities with IRI’s expansive assets and build their own applications in an easy-to-use, safe […]