Denver, Colorado-based Pure Market, an e-commerce and product grading platform, has launched with ratings for thousands of consumer food and household products across a range of categories. The platform was created to empower consumers to make more informed shopping decisions based on analytical chemistry-based research culled from scientific lab testing for harmful elements such as […]
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Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Equipment & Technology, Independent Store News, Southeast, Wholesaler/Distributor News
Alex Lee Using AI Technologies In Its MDI Wholesale Biz
To support its wholesale distribution business, Merchants Distributors (MDI), Alex Lee is implementing Demand ForecastingAI and Warehouse Replenishment from Symphony RetailAI, a global provider of AI-enabled revenue growth management solutions and customer-centric insights for retailers and CPG manufacturers across the entire value chain. Headquartered in Hickory, North Carolina, MDI supplies more than 600 retail food stores with food […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Equipment & Technology, Online Grocery Technology, Supply Chain News, West
Smart & Final Introduces New Online Shopping Options Through Mercatus
Commerce, California-based Smart & Final, the grocery warehouse store for household and business customers, launched two customized online shopping portals at SmartandFinal.com and Business.SmartandFinal.com. The new platforms are powered by technology partner Mercatus and delivered by Shipt, TForce and others who provide fulfillment of household and business orders. Household customers now can view weekly specials on Smart […]
Posted inNational, Equipment & Technology, Industry News, Online Grocery Technology
ReposiTrak Solution Cuts Out-of-Stocks An Average Of 39 Percent
ReposiTrak Inc., solutions provider for out-of-stock replenishment, sourcing, food safety and risk management for the retail supply chain, reports that 80 percent of the 200 vendors using its OOS Management Solution saw an average reduction of 39 percent in out-of-stocks in less than three months. Those reductions occurred across nine different retailers with more than 12,175 […]
Posted inCenter Store, Beverage News, New Products, Online Grocery Technology, Packaging News, Sustainability News, West
Counter Culture Coffee Debuts Single-Serve With Steeped Brewing
Santa Cruz, California-based Steeped Coffee is working with Counter Culture Coffee to transform its specialty whole bean roasted coffees into single-serve steeped bags that are brewed similar to tea. Each coffee bag is nitro-sealed for freshness in packaging made from compostable and renewable materials. “Steeped’s process produces a cup that is nearly indistinguishable from traditionally brewed coffee—and that […]
Posted inC-Store News, Beverage News, Deli News, Food Service News, Grocery Store Layout, Online Grocery Technology, Perishables, Snacks Brands, Southeast
Parker’s Kitchen Opens In Goose Creek and Summerville, South Carolina
Parker’s Kitchen, a Savannah, Georgia-based convenience store and foodservice company, held grand openings for two new retail stores in South Carolina on Oct. 23. The Goose Creek and Summerville grand opening events included ribbon cuttings attended by local dignitaries including Goose Creek Mayor Greg Habib, Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb, South Carolina Sen. Paul Campbell and […]
Posted inExecutive News, Online Grocery Technology, Southeast
Fleet Advantage’s Jim Griffin Receives 2019 CIO Lifetime Achievement Award
James Griffin, COO and CTO of the Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Fleet Advantage, has been named the 2019 CIO Lifetime Achievement Award recipient by the South Florida Business Journal. The South Florida Business Journal’s CIO Lifetime Achievement Award is a part of its annual Technology Awards, which honor the chief information officers and chief technology officers […]
Posted inWest, Online Grocery Technology
Symphony RetailAI To Help Syniverse Grow Mobile Engagement Services
Syniverse has signed a new partner, Symphony RetailAI, to foster the usage of its Mobile Engagement suite of services to retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses worldwide. The Syniverse platform enables businesses to engage with their customers through intelligent and customizable multi-channel messaging, being a complement to Symphony RetailAI’s current offering. Symphony RetailAI is […]
Posted inSoutheast, Corporate Store News, Home Page Latest News, Online Grocery Technology
50 New Stores To Launch Food Lion To-Go Pick Up Service
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is continuing to increase the availability of its Food Lion To-Go grocery pick up service at 50 stores in Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia beginning Oct. 14. For a list of stores launching that day, click here and for a full list of all “Food Lion To-Go” […]
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Home Page Slider, Marketing News, Online Grocery Technology, West
Fit For Bucks App Rewards Shoppers For Physical Activity
Fit For Bucks, a new health and fitness app that rewards customers for their physical activity, offers a new marketing tool for retailers like grocers. The tool not only helps users improve their health, it also provides an opportunity for merchants to get new customers in the door. The Fit For Bucks platform incentivizes users […]
Posted inEquipment & Technology, Grocery Store Equipment, Grocery Store Layout, Northeast, Online Grocery Technology
Resnick Supermarket Equipment Plans Refrigerated Shelving Business
Resnick Supermarket Equipment Inc., a family-owned remanufacturing company and parent company to Supermarket Parts Warehouse based in Woodridge, New York, plans to manufacture refrigerated case shelving through a new business, Real Steel. “Real Steel shelves are built like shelves were built 20 years ago,” said Mark Resnick, COO of Supermarket Parts Warehouse. “Rather than use […]
Posted inC-Store News, Equipment & Technology, Grocery Store Equipment, Grocery Store Layout, Online Grocery Technology, Southeast
Fast Phil’s Convenience Stores Introduce NCR Self-Checkout
As a first step in its partnership with NCR Corp., Raymer Oil will introduce NCR self-checkout technology powered by NCR FastLane software in all 46 Fast Phil’s stores across the U.S. “We were looking for a strategic partner that could help to modernize and automate our stores in the highly competitive fuel and convenience market,” says […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Equipment & Technology, Midwest, Online Grocery Technology, Supply Chain News
Dematic Launches Micro-Fulfillment Solution, Brings It To Meijer
Dematic has made its micro-fulfillment solution commercially available. The automation solution gives customers with high throughput requirements the flexibility to fulfill orders quickly and in a small footprint. The Dematic solution empowers customers to maximize space and achieve profitability with e-commerce ordering, ultimately advancing their omni-channel distribution strategy to give customers what they want when […]
Posted inIndependent Store News, Equipment & Technology, Home Page Slider, Midwest, Online Grocery Technology, Packaging News
Online Grocery Shopping Now Available At Buehler’s Dover Parkside
Buehler’s Fresh Foods now offers online grocery shopping at its Dover Parkside location. Customers can order groceries online for curbside pickup the same day. Dover Parkside is the sixth Buehler’s store to offer this service, joining Wooster Milltown, Medina River Styx, Canton, Wadsworth and Ashland. The new service, powered by Buehler’s partner Freshop, allows customers […]
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Beverage News, C-Store News, Deli News, Midwest, Online Grocery Technology, Perishables, Snacks Brands
Kum & Go Commits To Healthier Convenience Retailing With PHA, NACS
Kum & Go has made a commitment with the nonprofit Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) to offer healthier foods throughout its 400 locations. PHA has helped to expand healthier options in more than 2,500 convenience store locations nationwide. A NACS member, Kum & Go is a […]
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Corporate Store News, National, Online Grocery Technology
Giant Eagle Joins InComm Healthcare’s Retail Network
InComm, a payments technology company, is adding multi-format food, fuel and pharmacy retailer Giant Eagle Inc. to InComm Healthcare’s OTC Network, which provides health plan supplemental benefit and incentive spending solutions designed to encourage healthy purchases. With the new partnership, the more than 5 million health plan OTC Network cardholders will now be able to […]
Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Equipment & Technology, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, Merchandising News, Northeast, Wholesaler/Distributor News
Focal Systems Shelf Camera Pilot With Wakefern Expanded
Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its Focal Systems pilot from four to 50 stores. Focal, a provider of retail automation solutions, offers shelf camera-based computer vision systems that capture images of store shelves in order to calculate what is out of stock. “Focal Systems’ out-of-stock detection through computer vision and artificial intelligence has enabled us […]
Posted inBakery News, Northeast, Online Grocery Technology, Suppliers
Bakery Manufacturer, Supplier Dawn Foods Opens Digital Innovation Hub
Global bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier Dawn Foods has opened its first-ever Digital Innovation Hub, located in Boston. Under the leadership of Chief Digital Officer Bob Howland, the Innovation Hub team will play an instrumental role in developing digital solutions for Dawn’s bakery customers. Dawn says it selected Boston for its Digital Innovation Hub due […]
Posted inNortheast, Equipment & Technology, Home Page Slider, Online Grocery Technology, Supply Chain News, Wholesaler/Distributor News
C&S Wholesale Grocers Launches Delivery Alerts With FourKites
Keene, New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. says it is transforming the way its supply chain drives customers’ growth through innovative technology that provides real-time data and analytics. C&S has partnered with FourKites, a predictive supply chain visibility company, to provide customers with insight into its operations. Using FourKites’ platform, C&S Delivery Alerts sends logic-based […]