Rosie, an e-commerce solution for independent grocers and wholesalers, now adheres to the Level AA Web Content Accessibility Guidelines v2.1, becoming one of the first grocery e-commerce providers on the market to deliver this experience on all customer facing e-commerce software. Headquartered in Ithaca, New York, Rosie currently leads its competitors in its accessibility score […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, National
Chicory’s New Survey Decodes The Omnichannel Shopper’s Path
The grocery shopper’s path to purchase from digital to in-store and other online environments has always been obscure. Chicory, a digital shopper marketing platform, conducted a survey of 1,041 consumers who are the primary cooks in their households in order to discover how digital habits influence in-store and digital grocery purchases. These are just a […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Big Y Launches New E-Commerce Platform, myPicks
In an effort to provide one more option for customers to shop for their groceries, Big Y has launched its newest e-commerce platform, myPicks online ordering. It provides an easy, contactless way for Big Y customers to get their food by clicking through their order online for curbside pickup. In partnership with a state-of-the art […]
Posted inMarketing News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Acosta’s FrontLine Marketing @Home Changes Product Sampling
COVID-19 significantly changed consumer grocery shopping behaviors, including product sampling, an important tactic for the consumer-packaged goods industry. What’s more, 36 percent of shoppers don’t plan to sample products in-store post-pandemic, according to Sampler research. FrontLine Marketing, a consumer marketing and merchandising activation company and division of Acosta, has launched the FrontLine Marketing @Home program, […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
Farmstead Partners With DoorDash On National Expansion
Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, has partnered with last-mile logistics platform DoorDash. The three primary elements of the partnership are: Making Farmstead’s grocery brand available through the DoorDash app and website for one-hour delivery in all of Farmstead’s active markets, covering 19 million households, including its upcoming 15 […]
Posted inSustainability News, Home Page Slider, Southeast
Food Lion Goals Support Industry-Leading Sustainability Effort
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is making new commitments to help customers know how and where their food is sourced, reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions across all layers of the retailer’s operations and eliminate waste through all parts of the food supply chain. This is in addition to several other initiatives and goals […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Stop & Shop’s Massachusetts Stores Pilot Flashfood Program
Stop & Shop has launched a pilot program for the Flashfood mobile app at four of its Worcester-area stores in Massachusetts. The free app gives shoppers access to exclusive deals on items including meat, produce, seafood, dairy, deli and bakery which are nearing their best-by date. The app also helps Stop & Shop in its […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
Save Mart Cos. Deploys Autonomous Inventory Robots With Simbe
The Save Mart Cos. launched a pilot program, in partnership with Simbe, to roll out the autonomous inventory robot, Tally, in select Save Mart, Lucky/Lucky California and FoodMaxx banners in the Modesto, California and East Bay areas. Tally robots autonomously audit store shelves to ensure products are in stock and in the correct location on […]