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Grocery Stores Must Take Up Arms In War Against Cyber Crime

We know the stories: Some company, hospital, school or individual gets hit with a ransomware attack, which shuts down its computer system. It then must pay the criminals to get access to the system again or pay a lot of money reloading and restarting literally everything.  These aren’t teenagers hacking corporate systems to show off […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, West

Superior Grocers Launches EBT SNAP Payment Option Through Instacart

Santa Fe Springs, California-based Superior Grocers will now accept Electronic Benefits Transfer Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program for same-day delivery and pickup via Instacart. With this program, EBT SNAP participants will now be able to use their benefits to access fresh food and pantry staples online from Superior Grocers’ 47 locations across California.  This launch follows […]

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Invafresh Helps Grocery Retailers Improve Gross Margin In Operations

Invafresh is helping grocery retail customers optimize operations to meet changing consumer behavior and combat rising food costs by balancing demand with supply and availability, to provide the freshest products. The Invafresh Fresh Food Retail Platform enables grocery stores to process and manage demand forecasting for all processes across fresh food retail merchandising, replenishment and compliancy and […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Northeast

Retail Business Services Launches Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Council

Quincy, Massachusetts-based Retail Business Services, the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, has launched a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, which is charged with driving awareness, adoption and acceleration of the company’s DEI strategy and supports the company’s commitment to creating a workplace where every employee feels they belong. The council includes a wide variety of […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Home Page Slider, Southeast

Swisslog, Berkshire Grey Partner On AI-Enabled Robotic Solutions

Bedford, Massachusetts-based Berkshire Grey Inc. and Newport News, Virginia-based Swisslog has announced a partnership to provide robotic solutions to help grocery, e-grocery, e-commerce and retail customers meet the demands of connected consumers while managing widespread labor shortages. The partnership will initially focus on the American market. Swisslog and Berkshire Grey are providing, innovative, AI-enabled robotics solutions to global enterprises. […]

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IRI Report Shows Frozen Food Prices Rose Due To Other Price Inflations

To document the changing nature of the marketplace, IRI, Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics and Marriner Marketing have teamed up to continue to bring the latest trends and analysis relative to frozen food department sales. This is the third in a series of reports presented by IRI, discussing inflation trends. The price per unit across all foods […]

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IRI, Profitero Launch Granular Solution For Omnichannel Insights

IRI and Profitero will partner to enable clients to measure and optimize CPG digital shelf presence based on actual item-level sales. This solution will integrate IRI’s e-commerce point-of-sale data combined with Profitero’s digital shelf metrics on the IRI Liquid Data platform.  “Profitero was the first to integrate digital shelf and sales metrics for e-commerce, and now we […]

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Hy-Vee Dietitians Hosting Events Supporting Blood Sugar, Overall Health

West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hy-Vee and its registered dietitians will host events focused on blood sugar management and overall health. Events will include virtual freezer meal workshops and free virtual on-demand and live diabetes health store tours. Hy-Vee registered dietitians will also provide 1,000 free A1C screenings at select stores throughout the month.  On-demand and live […]