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

Whole Foods CEO Hails Company’s ‘Higher Purpose, Core Values’

LAS VEGAS – Among the highlights of opening day at Groceryshop 2022 was a keynote conversation with Jason Buechel, the new CEO of Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market.  Making his first public appearance since taking the helm, Buechel was interviewed Monday by Joe Laszlo, VP of content for Groceryshop, on the main stage at Mandalay […]

Posted inPackaging News, Northeast

With Safety Chef, Inline Plastics Pursuing Foodservice Audience

Inline Plastics showcased its latest innovation recently in a discussion with The Shelby Report. Safety Chef is new for the company, according to Carrie Cline, senior brand manager. “We’ve got Safety Fresh, which has the patented technology of being tamper evident and tamper resistant, that was launched around 2006. We took that same technology and put […]

Posted inBJ's Wholesale Club, Amazon Fresh, Merchandising News, National, Supply Chain News, Whole Foods

Dunnhumby Releases Results Of Retailer Preference Index

Dunnhumby released a special edition of its Retailer Preference Index, a nationwide study of the $1 trillion U.S. grocery market, examining which grocers are winning customers as the economy falters. The edition was released Sept. 19-22 as dunnhumby attends the Groceryshop expo at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. Market Basket bested Aldi and third-placed […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Association News, National

FMI Endorses Legislation To Strengthen Credit Card Competition

FMI – The Food Industry Association applauded Reps. Peter Welch and Lance Gooden for introducing companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act, sponsored by Sens. Dick Durban and Roger Marshall earlier this year. This bill would require more than one network option on credit cards, giving merchants like food retailers […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Albertsons, National, Supply Chain News

DoorDash Expands Into New Retail Markets

DoorDash has announced several new retail partners on its platform spanning multiple categories including grocery, convenience and home goods.  The company said in a press release, “Over the last few years, we have accelerated our growth beyond restaurants, introducing on-demand grocery, convenience store and alcohol delivery on the DoorDash app with partners including Albertsons Companies, […]

Posted inPackaging News, Midwest

Varcode, NPG To Develop SMART Packaging Solutions

Chicago-based Varcode has finalized a partnership agreement with National Packaging Group to develop, manufacture, market and distribute SMART packaging solutions for distributing temperature-sensitive products. Under the agreement, New York-based NPG will integrate Varcode’s patented Smart Tag technology with its manufacturing businesses. This will create a single source for digitally enabled packaging solutions capable of improving cold chain for food and […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, West

‘Leading CPG And Grocery Event’ Opens In Las Vegas

Groceryshop has returned. The popular convention got underway Monday at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the convention’s website, “Across four days, our jam-packed agenda will feature informative, unrivaled talks on the changing grocery landscape from 200-plus industry leaders, as well as opportunities to connect and network with peers and potential […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, West

BrightDrop Enters Supermarket Industry With Trace Grocery

Palo Alto, California-based BrightDrop is expanding its business and product portfolio with the launch of Trace Grocery, a new temperature-controlled eCart that helps streamline order fulfillment and pickup for online grocery purchases.  The announcement Monday about the new product coincided with the opening of Groceryshop in Las Vegas, a massive CPG and grocery event during […]