Grocery TV, an in-store digital advertising network, has shared the results of a meta-analysis that showed, on average, CPG brands achieve a 14 percent incremental lift in sales by advertising on their network. The meta-analysis included studies from the last five years for a range of CPG products sold in grocery stores where Grocery TV […]
Category: Grocery Industry
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Independent Store News, National
Grubhub Brings Grocery To Marketplace With Mercato Partnership
Grubhub and Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores, have partnered to bring Mercato’s inventory of more than 950 merchants across the country to the Grubhub Marketplace. Customers can order from hundreds of locations, with all merchants becoming available over the next few weeks. With this first third-party delivery partnership for Mercato, Grubhub is expanding its […]
Posted inWest, Online Grocery Technology
Forage Becomes SNAP EBT Payment Processor For Uber Eats
Forage, the San Francisco-based payments company, has partnered with Uber Eats to enable payment processing of SNAP EBT, when the delivery platform launches the product in late 2024. “At Uber, we believe healthy foods should be accessible to all,” said Karl Hebert, VP of payments, risk and identity at Uber. “We are excited to partner […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Midwest
Fareway To Add 66 Bitcoin Depot Kiosks In Midwest Stores
Fareway Stores has begun a partnership with Bitcoin Depot to deploy its Bitcoin Depot Kiosks in 66 Fareway locations, beginning in the second quarter of the year. The kiosks will be located in stores throughout Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas and Missouri. “We’re thrilled to work with a growing grocery store brand like […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Executive News, National
Instacart Adding Dolan, Former Revlon Exec, To Board Of Directors
Instacart has appointed Victoria Dolan, former CFO of Revlon, to the company’s board of directors. Separately, after years of service, Jeff Jordan, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and Barry McCarthy, president and CEO of Peloton, will retire from the board when their terms expire at the company’s annual meeting of stockholders. Dolan, a seasoned financial […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Aldi, Grocery Store Equipment, Midwest
Aldi Debuts Checkout-Free Shopping At Chicago-Area Store
Grabango has launched ALDIgo checkout-free shopping at a Chicago-area Aldi store, making the German discount retailer the first major U.S. grocer to deploy the technology in a full-size location. Will Glaser, CEO of Grabango, described the launch of ALDIgo in the store at 2275 West Galena Blvd. in Aurora, Illinois, a “pivotal moment for the […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Amazon Fresh, Southeast, Whole Foods
Alliance Retail Group, Swiftly Unveil Retail Media Network
Alliance Retail Group has launched its Retail Media Network in conjunction with Swiftly, offering more than 1,400 independent retailers a way to connect more personally with their 22 million unique consumers through digital and in-store campaigns. “What sets our Retail Media Network apart is that our retailers will receive 100 percent of the dollars we […]
Posted inGrocery Store Equipment, Feature, National
Combined Capabilities Of Mercatus Create Connected Ecosystem
Relationshop recently finalized the merger of two providers of e-commerce solutions for independent and regional grocers – Mercatus Technologies and Stor.ai. The new company is operating as Mercatus, a wholly owned subsidiary of Relationshop Inc. Galen Walters, CEO of Relationshop, spoke with The Shelby Report’s Jan Meade. He said Stor.ai, which is based in Tel […]