Independent grocers in National Retail Solutions’ (NRS) nationwide point-of-sale (POS) network can offer customers remote ordering for delivery or in-store pick-up through the Grubhub app. “We are tremendously excited to announce our integration with Grubhub,” said Elie Y. Katz, president and CEO of NRS. “This partnership empowers our NRS retailers, which are predominantly neighborhood convenience […]
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Food Lion Deploys Flybuy Pickup, Completing Brandwide Rollout
Food Lion has deployed Flybuy, an AI-powered location engine, to power its growing curbside pickup program, Food Lion To Go. This milestone completes the full-scale integration of Flybuy across all 1,650 Ahold Delhaize stores. As part of the Ahold Delhaize family, Food Lion joins sister banners – including Stop & Shop, The Giant Company, Giant […]
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Kroger Debuts New Logo And Launches Brand Transformation Campaign
The Kroger Co. has launched its new “Fresh for everyone” tagline and changed its logo as part of what it’s called its “brand transformation.” “Kroger’s new brand launch is a unifying framework for our seamless shopping experience that is designed to deepen our connection with customers and associates today and into the future, support our […]
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Walmart Adds Adult Beverages To Grocery Pickup 2,000 Stores
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart is now offering adult beverages for through its grocery pickup service customers in 2,000 locations in 29 states, including California, Texas and Florida. Shoppers can select a wide variety of wine and beer options, in accordance with state and local regulations, often including regional or local brands. Select locations also allow for […]
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Liviri Introduces Reusable, Insulated Last-Mile Solution For Grocers
Brick-and-mortar stores weren’t built to support the quick-turn online grocery shopping trend, creating challenges to support in-store grocery pickup and last-mile delivery. Fort Collins, Colorado-based Liviri has launched Liviri Shuttle, a family of durable, reusable insulated boxes designed to solve the inefficiencies of today’s e-commerce grocers. Liviri is currently using Shuttle products in active pilot […]
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Food Lion To-Go Launches In Multiple Locations
Salisbury, North Carolina-based Food Lion is launching its Food Lion To-Go grocery pickup service at multiple area locations on Monday, June 24. For a full list of participating stores, click here. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at each location at 8:45 a.m. To help introduce customers to this new service, Food Lion is […]
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Walmart To Launch InHome Delivery Later This Year
Marc Lore, president and CEO of Walmart eCommerce U.S., shared in a June 7 blog post that the company will launch a new service called InHome Delivery later this year. The new service will allow online shoppers to have their groceries delivered even when they can’t be at home. InHome will be kicked off this […]
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Stop & Shop Adds Same-Day Pickup Of Online Orders At 20 Stores
Stop & Shop now offers same-day, online pickup for Peapod orders at select stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. The new offering provides Stop & Shop customers with a faster and more convenient way to shop with pickup available in as little as four hours. Customers can simply place an order on […]
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Myrmex Wants Grocery Pickup To Be Like An ATM Withdrawal
Robotics startup Myrmex plans to introduce a fully automated grocery pickup system to the mass market. One aspect shared by all grocery pickup solutions, including Shipt, Instacart and AmazonFresh, as well as pickup services provided by Walmart and Kroger, is that the process is a manual operation. The lack of automation keeps costs high and service […]
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Amazon Expands Whole Foods Grocery Pickup To Eight More Cities
Amazon on Nov. 7 expanded grocery pickup from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now to eight more cities, including Birmingham, Colorado Springs, Long Island, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Tacoma and Tulsa. Prime members in those cities now have the option to shop Whole Foods online and pick up their order in as little […]
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Arkansas Edwards Stores Roll Out New Websites Through Freshop
Freshop Inc. has developed new websites for select Edwards Food Giant and Edwards Cash Saver stores. The new sites were designed to make the grocery shopping experience easier for customers in 11 Arkansas locations, says the company. They will include features like online shopping, list building, a full catalog of products, clickable weekly circulars, recipes and more. Edwards Food […]
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ROFDA Fall Conference: ‘Bold Moves’ Needed In New Era Of Grocery
How does an independent grocer leverage e-commerce in this “new era” of grocery retailing? That is the question Steve Bishop, managing partner, Brick Meets Click, attempted to answer at the ROFDA Fall Conference. While e-commerce is a small percentage of sales today, it is a disproportionately important part of the business. Bishop said Amazon’s acquisition […]
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Vowell’s Market Place Launches ‘Shop, Drop & Roll’ Online Shopping Service
Mississippi’s Vowell’s Market Place is adding online shopping at its stores in Forest, Byram and Starkville. The service, named “Shop, Drop & Roll Powered by Rosie” will allow customers to shop online (excluding alcohol and tobacco products) in the stores and have those items available for pickup within three hours. The service launches April 5. […]
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Kroger Introduces Online Grocery Shopping In Greater Houston
Select Kroger Houston division customers are now able to try ClickList, the chain’s exclusive online grocery ordering service. Stores testing the service include Baytown (6315 Garth Road), Cypress (9703 Barker Cypress Road), Galveston (5730 Seawall Boulevard) and Tomball (24350 Kuykendahl Road). As an introductory offer, Kroger will waive the $4.95 service charge for a customer’s […]