The Private Label Manufacturers Association recently announced a virtual event for Feb. 1-5, 2021: PLMA Live! Presents Private Label Week. The announcement comes with the association’s decision to cancel its 2020 Private Label Trade Show, in light of continuing uncertainties concerning the health and safety of participants at large-scale, in-person gatherings. The annual PLMA show that […]
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Market Profile: Trucking, Technology Among Trends For Grocers Across Bluegrass State
by John McCurry, contributing writer Tod Griffin, executive director of the Kentucky Grocers & Convenience Store Association, is among industry observers who believe the pandemic has accelerated the trend toward online grocery shopping. Many stores had been sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see what some of the bigger players were going to do. “A […]
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Food Lion Expanding To-Go Services To Make Shopping Easier
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is adding additional “Food Lion To-Go” grocery pick-up services at 43 new stores in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia beginning Aug. 24. Customers can use the Food Lion To-Go website or the Food Lion To-Go app to confirm availability and place orders. “Expanding this convenient service to additional Food Lion […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, West
DecisionNext Names Farrand As Global Head Of Food
San Francisco-based DecisionNext has appointed Michael Farrand as global head of food. In this role, he will lead DecisionNext’s efforts to partner with leading food companies to better utilize data in purchasing, sales, operations and risk management. Farrand brings 30 years of food industry experience to DecisionNext, having held a variety of roles in corporate development, […]
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Yesway, RangeMe Partner To Accelerate New Product Discovery
Yesway, one of the country’s fastest growing convenience chains, has partnered with RangeMe, the industry standard sourcing platform for product suppliers and retailers, to drive innovation and streamline new product discovery. Convenience is rapidly expanding, and Yesway is a leader in advancing the channel. Founded on the idea that convenience store shopping should be convenient, Yesway’s mission is […]
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Standard To Provide Circle K With Autonomous Checkout
Circle K’s parent company, Alimentation Couche-Tard, has selected San Francisco-based Standard to pilot touchless, autonomous checkout technology for its stores. Together, the two companies will launch the world’s first convenience store retrofitted with AI technology, located in the Phoenix, Arizona area, with other stores to follow. Standard provides the only autonomous checkout solution that can […]
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Destini Global And Inmar Intelligence Expand Digital Coupon Capabilities
Destini Global, a leader in CPG data solutions, has expanded its marketing offering for emerging brands with distribution capabilities to Inmar Intelligence’s Digital Retailer Network. Inmar Intelligence, a data-driven technology-enabled services company, provides access to a nationwide retailer network with over 100 million shoppers across grocery, dollar and drug channels. In the two companies’ partnership, Destini’s self-service coupon publisher will now integrate directly […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Stop & Shop Launches New Digital Experience For Customers
Quincy, Massachusetts-based Stop & Shop has made enhancements to its digital experience for shoppers including a new e-commerce platform and a revamped loyalty program called Stop & Shop GO Rewards. The enhancements aim to provide customers with a seamless digital experience and more opportunities for savings no matter how they shop – in-store or online. […]
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United Fresh To Host Retail-Foodservice Partner X-Change
United Fresh is bringing back its retail-foodservice speed dating sessions as part of the offerings of United Fresh LIVE! 365, and timed with the 2020 Washington Conference, Sept. 21-23. Vendors who participate will be guaranteed 10 meetings, 15-minutes each, with retail and foodservice companies looking for new partners and products. More than 20 retailers and […]
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Woodman’s Markets Using Badger Technologies Grocery Robots
Nicholasville, Kentucky-based Badger Technologies, a product division of Jabil, is deploying multipurpose robots at Woodman’s Markets throughout Wisconsin and Illinois, with the goal to expand to all 18 Woodman’s locations by the end of 2020. These robots will monitor product availability, verify prices and deliver precise location data for more than 100,000 items at each location. […]
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RangeMe Streamlines Submissions For Walmart Open Call 2020
For the second year in a row, RangeMe will be streamlining submissions for Walmart’s seventh annual Open Call for U.S. manufactured products. “We are thrilled to be working with Walmart on Open Call 2020,” said Nicky Jackson, CEO and founder of San Francisco-based RangeMe. “It’s an outstanding opportunity to help emerging U.S. brands take the […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast
Vengo Launches Digital Media Platform For In-Store Advertising
Nearly 90 percent of Americans say they shop for groceries differently because of Covid-19, with 44 percent spending more money on each grocery store visit. That’s why Vengo, a provider of digital kiosk technology, has launched its Digital-out-of-Home (DOOH) media platform for retail marketers and advertisers, partnering with National Entertainment Network (NEN) as its first platform partner. As part […]
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Profile: Meet Katie Hotze, Founder And CEO Of Grocery Shopii
The Shelby Report and The Grocery Group together present this series, People to Watch, to focus on current and future leadership in the grocery industry. In this installment, The Grocery Group Founder and CEO Cindy Sorenson interviews Katie Hotze, founder and CEO of Grocery Shopii. Tell me a little bit about you and what do […]
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Market Profile: AGRMA Says Success May Hinge On Online Experience
by John McCurry, contributing writer Charlie Spakes, executive director of the Arkansas Grocery and Retail Merchants Association, AGRMA, said the future success of independent grocers may depend largely on how quickly they can adapt to online ordering. “They probably would have liked more time to get ready and get adapted before this whole [COVID-19] crisis […]
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Food Lion Expanding Pickup Service To Make Shopping Easier
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion has added its Food Lion To-Go grocery pickup service at 38 new stores in North Carolina and Virginia, as of July 27. Customers can use the Food Lion To-Go website or the Food Lion To-Go app to confirm availability and place orders. “Expanding this convenient service to additional Food Lion stores is […]
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CitrusAd Delivers Ad Network Growth Spanning 23,350 Retail Stores
New York-based CitrusAd has taken on the additional role of media sales sparking growth for the entire e-commerce ad network. The CitrusAd network has catapulted from reaching 968 retail stores to 23,350 retail stores within just three months, representing nearly $180 billion in sales. CitrusAd expanded its ad network coverage by bringing more media partners […]
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Kronos Advanced Technologies Accepted As Walmart.com Online Supplier
Los Angeles-based Kronos Advanced Technologies says it has been approved by Walmart Inc. as an online supplier at Walmart.com. The company’s air purifiers and other products soon will be available on Walmart.com. Walmart expanded its e-commerce marketplace and joined forces with Shopify, an all-in-one commerce platform used by more than one million businesses, to open […]
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Food Lion Expanding Instacart Delivery Service To More Than 300 Stores
Food Lion, in partnership with Instacart, is expanding its grocery delivery service to 302 stores in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia beginning July 14. Customers in these delivery areas can use Food Lion’s To-Go website or the Food Lion To-Go app to confirm availability and place orders. “Expanding this convenient service to 302 […]
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FMS Solutions To Handle Grocers Supply Retail Accounting Services
FMS Solutions Inc. says it will be the third-party outsourced provider for Grocers Supply retail accounting services division in Houston, Texas. This new agreement increases FMS’s presence in the south-central part of the U.S. This relationship continues the longstanding partnership between Grocers Supply, a wholesale grocery distributor with its headquarters in the Southeast Houston district, […]
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Revionics Names Jeffrey Schaubschlager VP Of Product
Former Best Buy leader Jeffrey Schaubschlager has been tapped to head the lifecycle product management for Austin, Texas-based Revionics’ AI-based retail pricing software. With more than 20 years of experience consulting, leading and executing innovation and digital business strategy for companies including Best Buy and Target, Schaubschlager will play a key role in building the […]