SmartSense by Digi has begun a new strategic relationship with Lowes Foods to automate asset health monitoring, integrate proactive maintenance and digitize food safety. Lowes Foods is owned by Alex Lee Inc., along with IGA and KJ’s Market locations. The SmartSense IoT Sensing-as-a-Service framework will protect more than 5,000 assets across 141 Lowes Foods locations. Founded […]
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Posted inCorporate Store News, Marketing News, Merchandising News, Midwest
Target Shares Several Changes To Leadership Team
Minneapolis-based Target Corp. has made several changes to its leadership team. Christina Hennington, currently chief growth officer, has been named as chief strategy and growth officer, and Rick Gomez, currently chief food, essentials and beauty officer, will take over as chief commercial officer, overseeing Target’s merchandising business, both effective July 7. Lisa Roath, Target’s chief marketing officer, will […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Midwest
Price Chopper, McKeever’s Introduce Instacart’s Smart Carts
Price Chopper and McKeever’s Market & Eatery have Caper Carts, Instacart’s AI-powered smart carts, available at select stores in Missouri. Caper Carts allow customers to scan items as they shop, manage their grocery budget in real-time and skip the checkout line. “Customers are increasingly choosing stores equipped with our Caper Carts, where they typically spend […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
DoorDash, Forage Partner To Expand SNAP/EBT Payments On Delivery Orders
Forage and DoorDash have begun a partnership to expand SNAP/EBT acceptance on the platform. Since launching support for SNAP/EBT payments in 2023, more than 1.1 million consumers have added their SNAP/EBT cards to DoorDash. Forage’s integration, enhanced reliability and SNAP experts help to accelerate the USDA authorization process for merchants on DoorDash, reducing the time it takes for […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
Dunnhumby Introduces AI-Based Competitive Threat Evaluator
Dunnhumby has introduced the Competitive Threat Evaluator, a tool that can diagnose the intensity and nature of a retailer’s competitive threat and provides actionable knowledge about competitors and their attractiveness to shoppers at the chain, geographic and store levels. This web-based tool combines geo-location data from Placer.ai – covering cross-shopping behavior, proximity to competitors and the density of competitors within […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Produce News, West
GrubMarket Acquires Parsemony To Boost Supply Chain Software Offerings
GrubMarket, a provider of AI-powered technology solutions for the food supply chain, has acquired Parsemony, a California-based company offering comprehensive software services to fresh produce distributors and wholesalers. This acquisition strengthens GrubMarket’s software capabilities and expands the functionality of its current product portfolio, including WholesaleWare and GrubAssist. Parsemony’s solutions include: Cloud-based point-of-sale systems for managing […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Northeast, Online Grocery Technology
Giant Eagle Joins Upside’s App For Cash-Back Promotions
Following the completion of a pilot, customers can now use Upside’s mobile app to access personalized cash-back promotions at more than 180 Giant Eagle and Market District stores and some 165 GetGo locations in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The partnership also makes Giant Eagle the first retailer on its platform to provide cash-back opportunities […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Marketing News, West
Sprouts Farmers Market Named ‘Official Grocer’ Of SEC
Sprouts Farmers Market has entered a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the Southeastern Conference and SEC Network to become the “Official Grocer of the SEC.” Beginning July 1, the deal will surround the SEC’s marquee women’s sports properties, including basketball and gymnastics. As a celebration of the anniversary of Title IX on June 23, Sprouts will […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
Report: Grocery Execs Believe AI ‘Will Be A Future Necessity’
Incisiv, an industry insights firm, and Wynshop, a provider of digital commerce and fulfillment solutions, have revealed the findings from Grocery Doppio’s State of AI in Grocery 2024 Report. Highlights from this year’s report include: Eighty-six percent of grocery C-suite execs say that AI will be a necessity in the future, up from 81 percent […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Albertsons, Meijer, Midwest, Save A Lot, The Kroger Co.
150 Save A Lot Stores Offering Delivery Through Uber
Save A Lot has begun a new partnership with Uber, allowing customers to have their groceries delivered from more than 150 of the St. Louis-based grocer’s locations. In addition, shoppers also will be able to use their Health Benefit cards to buy thousands of items through Uber Eats. Health Benefit cards offer a way to […]
Posted inPackaging News, Northeast, Sustainability News
New ShopRite Recycling Kiosks Accept Flexible Packaging
ShopRite and its private label brands, Paperbird and Bowl & Basket, are collaborating with P&G, Purina, Campbell’s Snacks and TerraCycle to launch a recycling program for flexible-film plastic packaging at five of the grocer’s stores in New Jersey. The kiosks offer customers a place to drop off all types of otherwise hard-to-recycle flexible packaging. The […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
Instacart Making YouTube Ads Shoppable For CPG Brands
Instacart is extending its first-party retail media data to YouTube, driving more shoppable reach for its advertisers. Select brand partners will be able to encourage consumers watching YouTube to purchase for same-day delivery. The capability builds on Instacart’s Google Shopping Ads collaboration announced earlier this year. [RELATED: Instacart Provides Google Shopping Ads For CPG Partners] […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, National
Report: Prices, New Shoppers Fuel Online Grocery Sales Surge
Online grocery sales continued their strong pace in May, powered by lower prices and an influx of new online food shoppers, according to e-commerce sales data from Signifyd. Overall, grocery spending was up 30 percent year over year in May, according to Signifyd’s monthly E-Commerce Pulse data report. That far outstrips inflation and indicates that […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Southeast
ECRS, CoupDog Complete Initial Integration Phase To CATAPULT Platform
CoupDog, a next generation digital coupon provider, has completed the first phase of its integration to ECRS’ CATAPULT Retail POS platform. The new integration allows ECRS retailers access to CoupDog’s cutting-edge blockchain-powered coupon platform, providing an exceptional omnichannel experience for shoppers at CATAPULT-operated locations. Because CATAPULT Retail POS uniquely runs the same transactional logic across all retail […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Harps Food Stores, Independent Store News, Southwest
Grocery TV Helping Harps Roll Out Retail Media Network
Through a partnership with Grocery TV, Harps Food Stores is expanding its retail media network to 145 of its stores in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Oklahoma. Harps will leverage Grocery TV’s end-to-end in-store retail media solution to engage shoppers with digital displays. In addition, the grocer will use Grocery TV’s Content Management System […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Northeast
Wakefern Food Corp. Expands Services With Acuative Corp.
Wakefern Food Corp.’s recent extension of its services with Acuative Corp. includes a multi-year contract to migrate more than 400 stores and Wakefern locations to SD-WAN in a service model. As a result, Wakefern will benefit from faster throughput, enhanced security and improved network resiliency. Acuative, a networking communications and security technology provider, also has […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Amazon Fresh, National, Whole Foods
Online Grocery Sales Down Slightly Versus Last Year
The U.S. online grocery market totaled $6.8 billion in sales for May, a 0.4 percent dip versus last year. Despite a year-over-year gain in overall monthly active users, sales growth was restrained by a pullback in order frequency across all receiving methods versus last year, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopper Survey, fielded May […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Beverage News, National
DoorDash Expands Alcohol Delivery, Adds Advertising Suite
DoorDash has expanded its safe and responsible alcohol delivery from select Food Lion, Hannaford, Giant Food, Martin’s, Stop & Shop, Buy Rite Liquors, Big Red Liquors and all of Spirits Unlimited and Stew Leonard’s Wines and Spirits to its marketplace. DoorDash also announced a suite of advertising offerings to help brands to better connect with consumers looking […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, West
GrubMarket Acquires Butter For AI-Powered Software Capabilities
GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Butter, a San Francisco-based software company specializing in AI-powered solutions for food wholesalers. GrubMarket will use Butter’s AI-powered e-commerce and payments technologies to expand its suite of AI-powered solutions designed for the food supply chain industry, as well as to enhance the functionality of its current portfolio of software products, including […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Corporate Store News, Southwest, Walmart
Walmart Using Digital Shelf Labels For Better Outcomes
Walmart Store 266 in Grapevine, Texas, has been testing innovative technology, digital shelf labels, that enhances the way the company conducts pricing changes in stores – ultimately making it faster and improving the customer experience. Walmart will be expanding the use of digital shelf labels (DSLs) to 2,300 stores by 2026. This represents a significant […]