FourKites, a real-time supply chain visibility platform, has been named a 2021 Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain, one of the world’s most comprehensive supply chain management information resources. Nominated by its customers, FourKites was recognized for its impact on its customers’ efficiency, customer service and supply chain performance. This year marks SupplyChainBrain’s 19th consecutive […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Dole Food To Digitally Transform Its Supply Chain With Blue Yonder
Dole Food & Beverages Group is digitally transforming its supply chain to predict shipment delays and sense, prescribe and optimize demand, enabled with two Blue Yonder cloud-based solutions: Luminate Control Tower and the Luminate Planning portfolio. Dole Food & Beverages Group, a division of The Dole Sunshine Co. based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is one of […]
Mercatus, Instacart Connect Integration Expands Retailers Range
Mercatus, a provider of grocery e-commerce solutions, is now offering the Instacart Connect integration to its retail clients. This enables Mercatus-powered grocery retailers to tap into the Instacart fulfillment infrastructure to pick, pack and deliver orders, without giving up control over the customer relationship. Now, consumers can go directly to their preferred grocer’s e-commerce site […]
Data And Digital Transformation Cannot Be Achieved In Silos
Sponsored content We are living in unprecedented times when the food retail industry is forced to change, adapt and excel – whether due to competition, the pandemic or shopper demands. The digitization of the grocery industry forced not only grocers themselves to keep up with rapid changes, but also their entire ecosystems had to rise […]
Fareway Completes Launch Of Online Shopping And Curbside Pick-Up
Boone, Iowa-based Fareway Stores Inc. now offers online shopping at 126 Fareway Meat & Grocery and Fareway Meat Market locations in a five-state region. With the return of school and set schedules, families now have the convenience of shopping their favorite Fareway store online. With an easy-to-navigate platform, customers can still get farm-fresh produce and […]
Point Pickup Acquires GrocerKey To Provide End-To-End Solution
Point Pickup Technologies, the last-mile provider that returns customer control to retailers, has acquired white-label e-commerce platform GrocerKey. The acquisition enables Point Pickup to offer retailers the industry’s first end-to-end, own-branded last-mile fulfillment and delivery service, enabling a seamless customer experience from purchase to delivery. Point Pickup customers include the two largest grocery retailers in the […]
Kroger Shares New Long-Term Strategy In 2021 ESG Report
Cincinnati, Ohio-based The Kroger Co. has released its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance report and shared its new long-term ESG strategy and framework to benefit people and the planet, and to help create a more resilient, equitable food system. “As a grocery retailer, Kroger is committed to advancing positive impacts for people and our planet […]
Advantage Report Says Suppliers Lead Omnichannel Integration
According to a recent survey by Advantage Group International measuring supplier and retailer engagement performance, 73 percent of U.S. retailers improved their supplier relationships in 2020. The annual Advantage Report, which surveyed more than 190 American retailers, found the disparity is widening between those suppliers that are viewed as best in class and the rest […]
