Grocery TV has begun a new partnership with Redner’s Markets, an employee-owned regional grocery chain with 44 stores across eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Redner’s will use Grocery TV’s in-house technology stack to power screens at the entrance and front end, creating a customer experience across key touchpoints in its stores. Through Grocery TV’s content management system (CMS), […]
Category: Online Grocery Technology
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Independent Store News, Northeast
Stew Leonard’s Joins Uber Eats For Grocery Delivery
Uber Eats has begun a partnership with Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and -operated farm fresh food store in the Northeast, for grocery delivery. All of Stew Leonard’s Connecticut, New Jersey and New York locations are available to shop on the Uber Eats and Uber apps, giving consumers near-instant access to the brand’s exclusive items. Uber One […]
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Wonder To Acquire Grubhub For $650M
Wonder is acquiring Grubhub, a food ordering and delivery platform with more than 375,000 merchants and 200,000 delivery partners across the U.S. Founded by entrepreneur Marc Lore, Wonder is pioneering a new category of “Fast Fine” dining. It offers multi-restaurant ordering, a first in the industry, where customers can choose from 30 or more restaurants […]
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October Online Grocery Sales Jump 28% Versus Year Ago
The U.S. online grocery market ended October with $10.5 billion in monthly sales, a 27.9 percent increase over last year as all three receiving methods posted solid year-over-year (YOY) sales growth, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus grocery shopper survey. October’s total monthly sales set a record high and marked the second straight month in […]
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Giant Eagle Updates Distribution With Manhattan Active WM
Giant Eagle has implemented Manhattan’s Active Warehouse Management (WM), a cloud-native, evergreen and extensible warehouse management solution. The grocer has transitioned three of its distribution centers from an on-prem Manhattan WMS to Manhattan Active Warehouse Management. It plans to shift its remaining four distribution centers by August. Giant Eagle’s move to a cloud-native WMS has gone […]
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More Independent Grocers Adopting Instacart’s Caper Carts
Several independent grocers – including Bowman’s Market, Maurer’s Market IGA, Neiman’s Family Market, Queen’s Price Chopper and Soelbergs Market – are adopting Caper Carts, Instacart’s artificial intelligence-powered smart carts. The carts offer customers shopping in these stores – which operate across Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington – a more personalized shopping experience. Caper Carts are equipped with cameras, sensors […]
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More Grocers Adopting Instacart’s Carrot Tags, Elevating In-Store Experience
Instacart has shared that three additional grocers – Aldi, Gelson’s and Hornbacher’s – are connecting their electronic shelf labels hardware to Carrot Tags‘ pick to light functionality, following a recent chainwide rollout at Schnucks earlier this year. Carrot Tags is Instacart’s software solution that integrates into a retailer’s electronic shelf labels (ESL) hardware to enable […]
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Instacart Storefront Pro Helps Grocers Optimize Online Sales
Instacart has announced that Sprouts, Harmons, The Save Mart Companies and Rosauers are enhancing their digital presence with Instacart Storefront Pro, an advanced e-commerce solution designed for grocers of all sizes. Storefront Pro, billed as an affordable way for grocers to get online and add e-commerce to their websites, offers features and extensive customization options. Harmons has […]