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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 inPackaging News, Aldi, Center Store, Grocery News, Home Page Latest News, Industry News, Northeast, Online Grocery Technology, Suppliers

Francesco Rinaldi Uses Augmented Reality To Bring Labels To Life

Francesco Rinaldi, a pasta sauce brand, has debuted an augmented reality app called “Francesco Rinaldi AR APP” that enables the brand’s icon, Mrs. Rinaldi, to speak directly with shoppers from the jar. “The iconic Mrs. Rinaldi has graced the Francesco Rinaldi label for nearly forty years, and now at long last she speaks,” said Mary […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Amazon Fresh, C-Store News, Equipment & Technology, Home Page Latest News, Industry News, Midwest, Store News, Whole Foods

Ricker’s Bringing Hybrid Checkout Platform To All Stores

C-store chain Ricker’s is rolling out a new checkout experience with Skip, a mobile checkout platform, to all of its 58 Indiana stores. The retailer describes the technology as a hybrid of mobile pay and AmazonGo’s “just walk out” program. Ricker’s says the mission of its partnership with Skip is to provide a best-in-class c-store […]

Posted inRaley's, Equipment & Technology, Grocery News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Latest News, Industry News, Online Grocery Technology, Store News, West

Raley’s Launches New Pharmacy Mobile App With Mscripts

Through a new partnership, Raley’s is integrating mscripts’ mobile pharmacy solutions with a new Raley’s pharmacy app, Rx Refill On-The-Go. The app will offer a new tool that will support text notifications when a prescription is ready for pick up and a refill is due to be ordered. Customers will be able to use the mobile and web […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Corporate Store News, Grocery News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Latest News, Industry News, Midwest, Store News

Kroger Launches OptUP App To Help Customers Make Healthy Swaps

The Kroger Co. has introduced OptUP, a new, data-driven app that helps customers make more informed, healthier purchase decisions.  “Kroger’s new OptUP app is transformational for the food retail industry,” said Collen Lindholz, Kroger’s president of pharmacy and The Little Clinic. “The app puts nutritional information at your fingertips and makes finding and buying better-for-you products easier and simpler.” […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Grocery News, Home Page Latest News, Industry News, National, Specialty, Store News

99 Ranch Market To Begin Accepting Alipay Mobile Wallet

99 Ranch Market, one of the largest Asian supermarket chains in the U.S., is partnering with Alipay to enable customers to pay for items in-store using Alipay’s Mobile Wallet. Operated by Ant Financial Services Group, Alipay is China’s leading digital payment platform and the primary means of online and mobile payment for Chinese consumers.  Beginning July 1, […]

Posted inOnline Grocery Technology, Equipment & Technology, Grocery News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Latest News, Independent Store News, Industry News, Produce News, Southwest, Store News

Leevers Supermarkets’ New Loyalty Program Rewards Healthy Eating

Leevers Supermarkets Inc., a Save-A-Lot grocery licensee, has partnered with Green Piranhas Inc., a digital customer engagement platform development firm, to launch Snap2Save, a new kind of grocery shopping loyalty app. The program goes beyond saving customers money. It also aims to help them eat healthier by incenting the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables. […]

Posted inC-Store News, Amazon Fresh, Corporate Store News, Equipment & Technology, Home Page Latest News, Industry News, Southwest, Store News, Whole Foods

7-Eleven Testing App For Mobile Ordering, Delivery & In-Store Pickup

7-Eleven Inc. is testing on-demand ordering for delivery or in-store pickup at select Dallas stores with its new 7-ElevenNOW smartphone app. Currently being tested in 10 downtown and uptown stores, 7-ElevenNOW is expected to roll out to other U.S. locations in 2018. Customers in the Dallas area who enroll in the new app will receive […]

Posted inMeat/Seafood/Poultry, Equipment & Technology, Grocery News, West

California Beef Council’s BEEFabulous App Offers Recipes, Nutritional Info

This scenario might sound familiar to some consumers: You’re in the grocery store and you see a special on chuck roast, but you’re not sure what to do with a chuck roast—Slow-cook? Braise? Or you need meal options that are fast, satisfying and nutritious. “We’ve all been there in one form or another,” says Annette Kassis, […]

Posted in, C-Store News, Equipment & Technology, Grocery Store Equipment, Home Page Latest News, Industry News, National, Online Grocery Technology

NACS, Pinnacle Launch First Skimming Defense App

Fuel dispenser security is of great concern for the convenience store industry. Approximately 39 million Americans fill up their gas tanks every day, and fuel dispensers have become one of many targets for thieves looking to steal credit and debit card information by “skimming,” an aggressive tactic used to illegally obtain consumer card data for […]

Posted in, Equipment & Technology, Southwest

Market Street Launches D/FW Mobile App

Lubbock, Texas-based United Supermarkets, owner of Market Street, has launched its Market Street D/FW iPhone application (app), which allows Smart Rewards loyalty members on-the-go access to their account details, including current points, rewards and personalized offers. The free, downloadable app provides a more rewarding shopping experience for guests, the company said, with mobile access to […]

Posted in, Equipment & Technology, National

New Digital Marketing Program Provides Websites, Apps for IGA Retailers

IGA on July 20 launched IGALink, a new digital marketing program that provides unique full-featured grocery websites and mobile web apps to each of over 900 IGA USA retailers operating more than 1,200 stores, giving every IGA USA retailer a website for the first time in IGA history. The individual websites are easily customizable, making […]