Grocery Industry News: Retail & Supply Chain Updates
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SpartanNash Expands Plastic Bag Recycling For Earth Day

SpartanNash is joining forces with Home Repair Services and Trex Co. to transform recycled plastic grocery bags from its stores into five accessible home ramps for local veterans with disabilities in honor of Earth Day. “The upcycling of plastic bags into accessible ramps for veterans with disabilities is a ‘People First’ program that gives our nation’s heroes the gift of […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Independent Store News, National

Grubhub Brings Grocery To Marketplace With Mercato Partnership

Grubhub and Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores, have partnered to bring Mercato’s inventory of more than 950 merchants across the country to the Grubhub Marketplace. Customers can order from hundreds of locations, with all merchants becoming available over the next few weeks. With this first third-party delivery partnership for Mercato, Grubhub is expanding its […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Executive News, National

Instacart Adding Dolan, Former Revlon Exec, To Board Of Directors

Instacart has appointed Victoria Dolan, former CFO of Revlon, to the company’s board of directors.  Separately, after years of service, Jeff Jordan, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and Barry McCarthy, president and CEO of Peloton, will retire from the board when their terms expire at the company’s annual meeting of stockholders. Dolan, a seasoned financial […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Aldi, Grocery Store Equipment, Midwest

Aldi Debuts Checkout-Free Shopping At Chicago-Area Store

Grabango has launched ALDIgo checkout-free shopping at a Chicago-area Aldi store, making the German discount retailer the first major U.S. grocer to deploy the technology in a full-size location. Will Glaser, CEO of Grabango, described the launch of ALDIgo in the store at 2275 West Galena Blvd. in Aurora, Illinois, a “pivotal moment for the […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Amazon Fresh, Southeast, Whole Foods

Alliance Retail Group, Swiftly Unveil Retail Media Network

Alliance Retail Group has launched its Retail Media Network in conjunction with Swiftly, offering more than 1,400 independent retailers a way to connect more personally with their 22 million unique consumers through digital and in-store campaigns. “What sets our Retail Media Network apart is that our retailers will receive 100 percent of the dollars we […]