Instacart and Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, have begun a partnership through the Instacart Health initiative to use Instacart’s platform and products to expand access to nutritious food, inspire sustainable healthy choices and scale food as health programs to reach diverse Northwell communities. “Raising health is more than the care Northwell provides in our hospitals and […]
Category: Online Grocery Technology
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Meijer Introducing School Supply List Technology Through App
Meijer is introducing a new feature to help families get school supplies requested by their teachers through a digital “School Supply List” technology on its app and website. The feature allows parents to enter their zip codes, search for schools and add the necessary items to carts. This technology can be accessed through a QR code […]
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June Online Grocery Sales Total $7.7B, Up 8% From 2023
The U.S. online grocery market finished June with $7.7 billion in monthly sales, an 8 percent increase over last year. Delivery sales surged after aggressive promotions last month, ship-to-home posted strong results due to increased spending per order and pickup held steady year-over-year, according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopper Survey, fielded June 30-31. During June, […]
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eGrowcery Adds AI To Recipes Through New Technology
eGrowcery is helping supermarkets and other retailers improve engagement with their shoppers by offering a suite of more than 70,000 recipes. This latest feature allows retailers to personalize their recipe offerings based on regional preference and product catalog using eGrowcery’s AI technologies to auto-select the products to be assigned to the recipe or for the […]
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ECRS’ CATAPULT Retail POS Utilizes AI To Help Independent Grocers Compete
Artificial intelligence applications for local and regional retail grocers are no longer on the horizon – they are a reality today. Pete Catoe, founder and CEO of ECRS, a retail solutions provider, said AI technology is available to grocers with practical tools they should already be using to enhance the customer experience. Catoe said two […]
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Hy-Vee Implements VusionGroup’s Digital Solutions
Hy-Vee has implemented a series of digital solutions from VusionGroup to help streamline the shopping experience for its customers. Hy-Vee is using the VusionGroup platform to digitalize more than 230 of its stores, which will be able to update product prices and data automatically, rather than the labor-intensive process of printing and hanging paper price tags. […]
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Heritage Grocers Group Expands Loyalty Program To El Rancho Supermercado
Heritage Grocers Group has expanded its rewards program to El Rancho Supermercado, one of its banner companies with 29 stores across Texas and Kansas. This expansion further unifies Heritage’s banner companies under one loyalty program to enhance the overall shopping experience for its customers. “Building on the successful launch of Heritage’s rewards program for Cardenas Markets in […]
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Hy-Vee Adds PayPal Express Checkout, Venmo To Aisles Online
Beginning July 8, PayPal and Venmo payment options will be available to Hy-Vee customers using its Aisles Online platform for grocery pickup and delivery orders. “Our Aisles Online platform has continued to evolve alongside our customers’ needs since we launched this service,” said Jody Gosch, chief technology officer and EVP at Hy-Vee. “With this new […]