Wisconsin-based grocer Festival Foods has selected SmartSense by Digi—a division of Digi International focused on Internet of Things (IoT)-based condition monitoring—for task management and continuous temperature monitoring across all its locations. The implementations are being made to help improve food quality and safety, increase employee efficiency and reduce inventory loss, the companies say. SmartSense food […]
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Nestlé Waters Partners With Recycled PET Company On New Pennsylvania Facility
Nestlé Waters North America has signed an agreement with recycled PET plastic (rPET) supplier CarbonLite Industries LLC under which CarbonLite will expand its U.S. operations by building a third facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. RPET stands for recycled polyethylene terephthalate known as recycled PET. PET is a strong, durable and recyclable material used […]
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Mercatus And DoorDash Partner To Offer White Label Grocery Delivery
Mercatus, a provider of digital solutions for grocery, has partnered with DoorDash, a last-mile logistics company, to offer a wider range of delivery capabilities to grocers and retailers. Coupled with DoorDash, Mercatus Dispatch—Mercatus’ white label delivery solution—will empower retailers to not only deliver core grocery items, but also open new delivery use cases for hot and […]
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Mercato Now Delivers From More Than 500 Specialty Stores Throughout U.S.
Mercato, an online service which offers same-day delivery of groceries and specialty foods, now delivers from more than 500 independently owned stores in neighborhoods across the country. Currently, Mercato operates in New York (Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens); Chicago; San Francisco; Alameda, California; Washington, D.C.; Boston; and Philadelphia, with more markets launching in 2019. Mercato is an […]
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Genpact Partners With Walmart On Digital Hub In Bentonville, Arkansas
Genpact, a global professional services firm, is partnering with Walmart to launch a new digital innovation hub in Bentonville, Arkansas. Genpact says it is “co-innovating” with Walmart to transform Walmart’s finance and accounting back-office operations, helping to fuel growth. “The digital innovation hub builds on both Walmart’s position as an industry leader, and Genpact’s expertise in […]
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Amazon Expands Whole Foods Grocery Pickup To Eight More Cities
Amazon on Nov. 7 expanded grocery pickup from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now to eight more cities, including Birmingham, Colorado Springs, Long Island, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Tacoma and Tulsa. Prime members in those cities now have the option to shop Whole Foods online and pick up their order in as little […]
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Sprouts Launches Online Meal Ordering With Recipes, Seasonal Products
From natural and organic holiday staples to fresh organic turkeys, fully prepared meals and catering trays, Sprouts is hoping to make building a festive spread easier this year. Shoppers can get ahead of holiday meal planning at sprouts.com/holiday, where they can reserve main course meats, fully prepared holiday meals and catering trays, plus browse recipes and […]
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Salsify Grows Sales Digitally Across Amazon And Walmart
Salsify, a product experience management (PXM) platform that lets brands deliver shopping experiences across every digital touch point, says it is the first PXM platform to power the creation and syndication of product content across Amazon and Walmart. The company’s platform now offers enhanced product content features which enable brand manufacturers to add immersive product […]