FarmboxRx, a nutrition program championing the “Food as Medicine” movement within healthcare, says it will be the first and only national online grocer to accept SNAP/EBT benefits. The pilot program will enable the Medicare/Medicaid population that FarmboxRx services to supplement the healthy food benefits provided through their health plan with SNAP dollars. This new program will enable […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
Farmstead Brings No-Fee, Same-Day Delivery To Half Moon Bay, CA
Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, has expanded its service into Half Moon Bay, California, becoming the only no-fee and no-markup grocery delivery service in the area. With Farmstead, residents can get local brands such as Straus (with free bottle pickup), Cowgirl Creamery, Acme Bread (baked each morning) […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Giant Food, Flashfood Partner On Pilot Program To Reduce Waste
Giant Food, a greater Washington, D.C. regional food retailer, is collaborating with Flashfood, a digital marketplace providing customers access to heavily discounted food nearing its best-by date. Initially available at three select Giant stores in Maryland and Virginia, this pilot program continues the expansion of Flashfood’s partnership with Giant’s parent company, Ahold Delhaize USA and […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southwest
Symphony RetailAI Acquires ReTech Labs
Dallax, Texas-based Symphony RetailAI, a global provider of integrated AI-powered marketing, merchandising and supply chain solutions for FMCG retailers and manufacturers, has acquired ReTech Labs, a global SaaS provider of real-time image capture and recognition technology. Through ReTech’s solutions, retailers and CPG teams can manage on-shelf availability, eliminate out-of-stock issues and distribution voids, and ensure the […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Royal Farms To Use NCR Self-Checkout In 100% Of Stores
Royal Farms, a privately owned chain of convenience stores, is expanding its partnership with NCR Corp. to equip all of its stores with self-checkout solutions. The company operates in more than 250 locations throughout Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. “We introduced the first NCR self-checkout solutions in 2019, and while we […]
Posted inThe Kroger Co., Home Page Slider, Midwest, Online Grocery Technology
Kroger’s New Private Marketplace Helps Brands Optimize Performance
The Kroger Co.’s retail media business, Kroger Precision Marketing powered by 84.51°, has announced the launch of a new private programmatic advertising marketplace. The Kroger Private Marketplace allows agencies and brands to reach consumers by applying Kroger audience data to programmatic campaigns within their preferred ad-buying platform. As America’s largest grocery retailer, Cincinnati, Ohio-based Kroger serves 60 million households annually nationwide. […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, National
Mercatus Survey Reveals Online Customers Prefer Grocery Pickup
Mercatus, a provider in digital commerce solutions for grocery retail, has released findings from its annual survey of U.S. consumers, conducted in collaboration with Incisiv. The report, titled eGrocery Transformed: 2021 market projections and insight into online grocery’s elevated future, confirms that U.S. online grocery customers are predominantly oriented toward grocery pickup services, with 75 percent of […]
Posted inHome Page Slider, Executive News, Online Grocery Technology, Southwest
Pensa Hires Industry Veteran Whiting As Head Of Marketing
Austin, Texas-based Pensa Systems, a cloud-based automated perception solution, has appointed technology veteran Tim Whiting as VP of marketing. In this role, he will help scale the company’s brand and go-to-market efforts to meet growing demand for Pensa’s automated real-world shelf visibility data. CPG brands and retailers alike are increasingly turning to Pensa to help them […]