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Kroger’s 84.51° Launches New Insights Product, Stratum

84.51°, a Kroger-owned technology platform, has launched Stratum, an analytics solution that combines customer behavior insights with retail performance measures. Stratum is expected to revolutionize how brands position their products with consumers—both in-store and online—as it is powered by data captured from brick and mortar as well as online transactions. Because of the collaboration between […]

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Three Zupan’s Markets In Portland, Ore., Offering DogSpot Service

DogSpot, a New York City-based pet-tech startup company, has launched in Portland, Oregon, with grocery store partner Zupan’s Markets. The service is available at all three Zupan’s Markets locations: Burnside, Macadam and Lake Oswego. Customers can use the app-connected houses as a safer and smarter solution when shopping with their dogs rather than leaving them […]

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Food 4 Less Stores Now Offer Home Delivery Via Instacart

Food 4 Less shoppers can now have groceries delivered to their doorsteps thanks to a new home delivery service being offered via Instacart at all 129 Food 4 Less and FoodsCo. locations in California, Illinois and Indiana. “We strive to provide our customers with the best shopping experience and believe that offering home delivery adds […]

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Giant Direct Now Available At 100 Giant, Martin’s Stores

Giant Food Stores announced a milestone in the e-commerce strategy Giant Direct, Powered by Peapod, its online grocery service that offers pickup and delivery, is now available at 100 Giant stores and Martin’s Food Markets, under the Martin’s Direct banner, across four different states. Giant Food Stores President Nicholas Bertram and Store Manager Tim Dinsmore […]

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Ridley’s Launches NimbleRx On-Demand Prescription Delivery

Ridley’s Family Markets will begin offering on-demand prescription delivery to Utah and Idaho residents through a partnership with NimbleRx. The service will provide Ridley’s customers with delivery of common medications and specialty treatments right to their doorstep. It initially will be available at the two Ridley’s locations in Eagle Mountain, Utah, and Highland, Utah, and will […]

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Lineage Logistics Awarded For Accomplishments In Energy Efficiency

Lineage Logistics LLC, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions based in Novi, Michigan, was named a winner of the 2019 Better Practice Awards by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Plants Program (Better Plants). The DOE Better Plants designation is bestowed to organizations that are making outstanding accomplishments in implementing and promoting the practices, […]

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Cumberland Farms Launches Payment App, Coffee ‘Cup-Scription’

Cumberland Farms, a convenience and gasoline retailer based in Westborough, Massachusetts, has launched the Cumberland Farms App, which the company says is the next evolution of its SmartPay Check-Link program. The new app gives users two payment options: SmartPay Check-Link, which links to a checking account or Netspend account and saves users 10 cents per […]

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Meet Gen Z: Young Consumers Crave Shareable Experiences

by Claire Lentsch/guest columnist Social media is revolutionizing the way consumers shop. We are experience driven. Whether it be dairy, deli or bakery, these consumers want something to share. Everyone has their cellphone on them at all times. This means all products need to be Instagram and Snapchat ready. There are endless video subscriptions on […]