Sponsored content by Amichay Oren It used to be simpler. Not long ago grocery retailers could drive marketing and merchandising decisions based heavily on their knowledge of local shopper needs. Customer behaviors weren’t changing so dramatically, store assortments were less complex and technology wasn’t as advanced. There were fewer data points required to analyze sales […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
UNFI Selects Crisp To Help Suppliers Use Data For Insights, Planning
Crisp, one of the first programmatic commerce platforms for the food and beverage industries, has formalized a relationship with United Natural Foods Inc., North America’s largest publicly-traded grocery wholesaler and distributor. Using the Crisp platform, food and beverage brands will be able to share, manipulate and utilize UNFI data within their own business intelligence tools such […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Aptos Make Key Appointments To Executive Leadership Team
Atlanta-based Aptos, a provider of retail technology solutions, has added to its executive leadership team. David Bertolino has joined Aptos as CFO, Terry Geraghty has been named chief human resources officer and Jeremy Grunzweig has accepted the newly created role of Americas general manager. All three individuals will report to CEO Pete Sinisgalli, who took the […]
Posted inPackaging News, Home Page Slider, Southwest
ePac Flexible Packaging Continues Expansion With Three New Plants
To meet increasing market demand for brands seeking faster time to market and the ability to order to demand, ePac Flexible Packaging is opening manufacturing plants in Toronto, Canada, and Portland, Oregon, as well as planning to open a second facility in Los Angeles. Construction of the ePac Toronto plant is complete and will begin […]
Posted inPackaging News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
DS Smith Commits To Science-Based Target And Net Zero Emissions
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 […]
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 […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Midwest
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 […]