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Report: Grocery Execs Believe AI ‘Will Be A Future Necessity’

Incisiv, an industry insights firm, and Wynshop, a provider of digital commerce and fulfillment solutions, have revealed the findings from Grocery Doppio’s State of AI in Grocery 2024 Report. Highlights from this year’s report include: Eighty-six percent of grocery C-suite execs say that AI will be a necessity in the future, up from 81 percent […]

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Instacart Making YouTube Ads Shoppable For CPG Brands

Instacart is extending its first-party retail media data to YouTube, driving more shoppable reach for its advertisers. Select brand partners will be able to encourage consumers watching YouTube to purchase for same-day delivery. The capability builds on Instacart’s Google Shopping Ads collaboration announced earlier this year. [RELATED: Instacart Provides Google Shopping Ads For CPG Partners] […]

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Report: Prices, New Shoppers Fuel Online Grocery Sales Surge

Online grocery sales continued their strong pace in May, powered by lower prices and an influx of new online food shoppers, according to e-commerce sales data from Signifyd. Overall, grocery spending was up 30 percent year over year in May, according to Signifyd’s monthly E-Commerce Pulse data report. That far outstrips inflation and indicates that […]

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Associations Come Together On Crossover Alcohol Products

The Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS), Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA), FMI – The Food Industry Association and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) have issued a joint commitment related to the responsible marketing and merchandising of crossover alcohol products. These products are generally categorized as alcohol beverages that use the product and intellectual […]

Posted inProduce News, National

Giant Eagle Partners With Sun World International On AUTUMNCRISP Rollout

Sun World International has begun a new partnership with Giant Eagle Inc. and its Leap Media Group to support the national rollout of AUTUMNCRISP, its globally branded table grape. Through this partnership, AUTUMNCRISP’s crisp, juicy grapes will be available at all Giant Eagle and Market District locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.  […]

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Survey: Shoppers Demand Higher Retail Service Levels

According to the latest SPAR Group survey, in-store shopping remains a fixture of most consumers’ routines, with more than 80 percent preferring it and more than 45 percent choosing to shop at discount, convenience, home improvement and apparel stores.  During May, SPAR Group fielded a survey of more than 1,000 consumers between ages 18-64 through […]

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FMI Remains Resolute In Efforts To Reduce Food Loss, Waste

The Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA), of which FMI – The Food Industry Association is a founding member, has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with several federal agencies, reaffirming its commitment to reducing food waste. The agreement with FMI, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food […]