Mercato, the online grocery e-commerce platform for independently owned grocery stores, is adding analytics tools and features to its platform to drive sales and help merchants compete against national online grocery companies, supermarket chains and big box stores. Mercato also offers merchants on its platform an online sales growth guarantee. Since the start of the COVID-19 […]
Category: Amazon Fresh
Amazon Fresh revolutionized the grocery retail landscape upon its inception in 2007. Emerging as a branch of the tech giant Amazon, the first store opened its doors in Seattle, Washington. Founded on the principles of convenience and innovation, Amazon Fresh aimed to redefine the grocery shopping experience through its online platform and physical locations. Over the years, it has grown exponentially, catering to the evolving needs of customers in the realm of fresh produce, pantry staples, and household essentials. As of 2023, the brand boasts a significant presence, with multiple locations established across various states in the U.S.
Distinguished for its seamless integration of technology into the shopping journey, Amazon Fresh continues to expand its reach, delivering an extensive range of products while emphasizing speed and efficiency. The brand’s commitment to leveraging cutting-edge advancements in logistics and customer experience has facilitated its steady growth. Amazon Fresh remains dedicated to offering a diverse selection of goods, prioritizing customer satisfaction through streamlined services and an evolving assortment of offerings.
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Wonderful Pistachios Offers Larger Size Of No Shells Flavors
Building off of the success of Wonderful Pistachios No Shells Chili Roasted and Honey Roasted in the original 5.5-ounce size bags that debuted last year, both flavors now will be available in a larger 11-ounce bag. Both No Shells Chili Roasted and Honey Roasted flavors have driven 94 percent of all flavored snack nut growth across […]
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Kashi GO Launches New Protein-Packed Waffles For Frozen Food Aisle
Solana Beach, California-based Kashi recently launched new protein-packed waffles as part of its GO product line. Kashi GO is focused on protein, making these new Non-GMO Project Verified protein waffles from a mixture of cage-free eggs, hemp seeds, soy and whey protein. With flavors ranging from Wild Blueberry, Vanilla Buttermilk and Cinnamon Brown Sugar, these […]
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Four Sigmatic Introduces Mushroom Ground Coffee With Probiotics
Four Sigmatic introduced Mushroom Ground Coffee with Probiotics. The new product is made with a base of Fair-Trade 100 percent Organic Arabica Coffee from Guatemala, blended with gut supporting Turkey Tail and Chaga functional mushrooms, along with 1 billion CFU of heat resistant probiotics, and prebiotics from yacon, combined to provide a complete wellness brew. […]
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Mayorga Organics Opens Organic Specialty Coffee Factory In Miami
Miami, Florida-based Mayorga Organics has opened a 43,000-s.f. state-of-the-art organic specialty coffee facility in Miami, Florida. This location will operate in conjunction to Mayorga’s facility in Rockville, Maryland, to continue to meet national demand for the Mayorga brand of products. “When my family immigrated into the U.S., Miami was our first home. It’s always had a special place […]
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Strategy Analytics: Amazon Go Is Compelling But Niche Experience
Two years after opening the world’s first cashier-less convenience store “Amazon Go,” Amazon has expanded on its concept, opening a larger-format cashier-less grocery store. A new report from the User Experience Strategies Service (UXS) at Strategy Analytics outlines a consumer-focused evaluation of the Amazon Go Grocery experience. While ”Just Walk Out” shopping has the potential to disrupt retail, its broader […]
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Doux South Pickles Has More Product Available For Retail Due To Covid
More than 80 percent of Doux South’s pickle business typically is done with restaurants—in its home state of Georgia as well as Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, New Jersey and Colorado. With restaurant orders temporarily down due to Covid-19, co-founder Mark Hungarland and his team […]
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Survey: Coronavirus Transforms Americans’ Grocery, Cooking Habits
The Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on American’s grocery shopping and cooking habits, according to a March 23 survey of more than 3,000 consumers by meal planning service eMeals, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Shoppers were unable to find 40 percent of the grocery items on their shopping list as the gravity of the […]
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CBA Report Reveals A Nation Changed By Coronavirus
Eighty-four percent of Americans have seen shortages of high-demand products during the coronavirus, up from only 37 percent at the beginning of March, according the latest findings from the Consumer Brands Association (CBA) in Arlington, Virginia. Since March 4, CBA has conducted a weekly poll of American adults’ attitudes toward the coronavirus. Now in its fourth […]
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Fairway Market Receives Bids For Six Stores During Auction
Fairway Market, together with its debtor affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Case No. 20-10161), has received winning bids for six Fairway stores on a going concern basis. The bids are for five New York stores to Village Supermarket Inc., a Wakefern member, […]
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Mowi Launches Global Norwegian Atlantic Salmon Brand, Mowi Pure
Mowi, a global seafood company, has launched its new global brand, Mowi Pure. It is now available on Amazon Fresh and will be in stores nationwide later this year. Mowi Pure products are made from a unique breed of sustainably-farmed Norweigan Atlantic salmon that can be traced back generations to the wildest rivers in Norway. […]
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SOUTHEAST: Market Profile: More Bravo Stores Planned For Florida’s Southern Half
by John McCurry/contributing writer Bravo Supermarkets has been growing fast in Florida ever since it expanded there about 16 years ago. The chain now has more than 50 multicultural stores in Florida and is looking to add more. Bravo is part of a “virtual” chain operated by New York-based Krasdale Foods and its marketing arm, […]
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Else Nutrition Offers Clean-Ingredient, Plant-Based Toddler Formulas
Else Nutrition, a developer and marketer of clean-ingredients, plant-based nutrition products, is launching its first commercial product this spring in the U.S.—a next-generation, 100 percent plant-based, organic toddler formula made with a proprietary formulation of almonds, buckwheat and tapioca. The globally-patented formula contains zero dairy or soy and is free of gluten, hormones, antibiotics, palm […]
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Whole Foods Market Opens New Store In Downtown Nashville
Whole Foods Market in Nashville opened its new location at 1202 Broadway at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28. The new 44,500-s.f. store in downtown Nashville features a variety of items from local producers, prepared foods and grab-and-go meals, natural and organic items and a full-service coffee bar. The first 250 customers in line received […]
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Whole Foods Market To Open April 2 In Castle Rock, CO
Whole Foods Market will open its new 43,000-s.f. store in Castle Rock, located at 6384 Promenade Parkway, at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 2. As part of the opening day celebrations, guests can enjoy complimentary coffee, snacks and music before the store opens. The first 300 customers in line will receive a custom Whole Foods […]
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Sustainable Walnut Farm Partners With National Retailers
The Nutty Gourmet, based in Hughson, California, is on a mission to make heart-healthy snacks available to all. The affiliate of Grower Direct Nut is a family-owned walnut farm and processing facility that produces sustainably-grown, non-GMO walnut snacks from its orchards and local farms around California. The Nutty Gourmet was born at the generations-old Martella […]
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Manuka Honey Brand Wedderspoon Launches Immunity Gummies
Wedderspoon, the No. 1 selling Manuka Honey brand in the U.S., has launched its newest product line; Manuka Honey Immunity Gummies. These fruit gummies are the first on the market made without cane sugar, corn syrup, glucose or artificial sweeteners. Wedderspoon is excited to be launching two flavors and formulas : the Berry gummies contain […]
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Morning Consult Reveals Most Trusted Brands of 2020
The United States Postal Service, Amazon and Google rank as the top three most trusted brands in the country, according to the inaugural Most Trusted Brands report from data intelligence company Morning Consult. The report, the largest study of its kind, features an average of 16,700 interviews per brand for nearly 2,000 brands. It also […]
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New York’s Grace’s Marketplace Offers Same-Day Grocery Delivery
Grace’s Marketplace, the European-style neighborhood market in New York City, is offering online delivery through Mercato, the online grocery e-commerce platform for independently owned grocery and specialty food stores. Grace’s Marketplace, which located on New York’s Upper East Side, with a second location in Greenvale, New York, will offer same-day delivery of globally sourced gourmet products, […]
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Boxed Water Expands Product Assortment; New Size Based On Consumer Demand
Boxed Water Is Better, a company providing a sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and aluminum cans, will be adding a new size to its offering of pure water in 100 percent recyclable and paper-based cartons. “We’re adding a 330ml in response to overwhelming requests from our consumers and trade partners,” said Daryn Kuipers, CEO of Boxed […]