Simbe is commemorating 10 years since introducing Tally, an autonomous shelf-scanning robot that has become a tool for retailers across grocery, mass merchandise, club and specialty formats. Tally operates in 10 countries and nearly a dozen sectors, serving nearly 50 global retail leaders, regional innovators and high-service independents alike. Simbe remains the only platform combining […]
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Total Online Grocery Sales Reach $11.6B In October
U.S. monthly online grocery sales totaled $11.6 billion in October, a 10.5 percent increase over the previous year, according to the Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey, sponsored by Mercatus. October’s moderate growth rate compared to the 2024 surge was the result of an expanding base of monthly active users (MAUs), tempered by anemic gains […]
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Simbe’s Tally Inventory Robot Deployed In Harmons Stores
Simbe has deployed Tally, its autonomous shelf-scanning robot, across Harmons, a neighborhood grocer in Utah, to optimize inventory management and deliver a consistently exceptional customer experience. Following a five-store pilot, Tally is live across 17 of Harmons locations, bringing real-time shelf intelligence and automation in store. Tally captures real-time, shelf-level data on product availability, pricing […]
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Instacart Powers In-Store, Online Technology For Independent Grocers
A growing number of independent grocers across the U.S. are adopting Instacart enterprise technology offerings – including Caper Carts, Storefront Pro and FoodStorm – underscoring a trend of investing in technologies that deliver a unified, personalized experience in-store and online. “Independent grocers have always been passionate about the communities they serve, and now they’re leading […]
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Northeast Grocery Inc. Upgrades Website, Apps With Instacart Storefront Pro
Northeast Grocery Inc. has launched redesigned websites and mobile apps for its Market 32, Price Chopper and Tops Markets banners, powered by Instacart’s Storefront Pro, the company’s white-label e-commerce technology. The upgraded platforms provide a customer-friendly, personalized digital shopping experience and are designed with customers at the center. They aim to simplify navigation, making search and […]
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Fareway Adds Personalized Cash Back Offers Through Upside
Fareway Stores, a Midwest grocery retailer with locations across Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota, has partnered with Upside, a digital marketplace that connects retailers with customers through personalized cash back offers. The partnership brings Upside to Fareway’s 140 grocery and meat market stores, giving shoppers more value on the products they […]
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September Online Grocery Sales Surge To New High
U.S. online grocery sales surged to a new high of $12.5 billion in September, marking a 31 percent increase over the previous year and the second consecutive month a record was set, according to the Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey, sponsored by Mercatus. Driven by a record-setting number of monthly active users (MAU), sustained […]
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Upshop Launches AI-Driven Grocery Operating Platform
Upshop introduced Upshop 360, a unified grocery operating system, Sept. 29 at Groceryshop 2025. The new system does more than connect supply, demand, production and fulfillment into one platform – it embeds artificial intelligence across all operational data to give retailers a real-time, accurate and AI-powered cockpit. The cockpit tells grocers what to do next […]
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Instacart Launches Consumer Insights Portal To Help Brands
Instacart has introduced the Consumer Insights Portal, a new software platform for brands to access its first-party grocery shopping data. Built on daily activity from nearly 100,000 stores and more than 1,800 retail banners, Consumer Insights Portal gives marketing, sales and insights teams self-serve access to SKU-level performance, search behavior, substitution patterns and promotion impact […]
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Gelson’s Markets Shifts To Interactive Digital Circulars Via Ideal
Gelson’s Markets has shifted to an interactive, 100-percent digital weekly circular, powered by Ideal’s platform, to transform how shoppers engage with the brand while reducing print and newspaper insertion costs. The transition is live across all Gelson’s locations in Southern California, with weekly promotions accessible via website, mobile app, email and social channels. Unlike other digital […]
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Kroger Precision Marketing Expands Managed-Service Capabilities
Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM), powered by 84.51°, has launched a suite of new managed-service offsite programmatic capabilities. An in-house team will activate across programmatic audio, programmatic CTV and dynamic creative optimization (DCO) for display. The move comes as more brands are applying purchase-based audiences across streaming media. However, KPM noted, many mid-sized consumer packaged goods […]
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Upside, HGG Collaborate On Spanish Language App Feature
The Upside app is now available in Spanish, expanding access for millions of Spanish-speaking consumers and bilingual families across the U.S. Users whose device language is set to Spanish will automatically see the app in their preferred language as they earn cash back on everyday purchases. To help raise awareness, Heritage Grocers Group (HGG) is […]
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August Online Grocery Sales Hit Record High Of $11.2B
U.S. online grocery sales totaled $11.2 billion in August, climbing nearly 14 percent year over year to reach a new monthly high, according to the latest Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey, sponsored by Mercatus. The study attributed the growth to YOY gains in household penetration, order frequency and average order values (AOVs). Results by […]
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ECRS Celebrates Innovation, Community At Ignite 2025
ECRS is celebrating the success of its annual Ignite Retail Success Conference, where more than 300 independent retailers, 53 ECRS staff and some 20 industry partners gathered to explore the future of retail technology, connect with peers and experience the CATAPULT community. This year’s event in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was filled with immersive learning, keynotes and […]
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Wakefern Selects NIQ To Advance Customer First Approach
New Jersey-based Wakefern Food Corp. has selected NIQ to power the cooperative’s collaboration with suppliers, elevating loyalty insights and real-time data to help its category managers and suppliers make the best customer-focused decisions. Wakefern will leverage NIQ’s advanced software and analytics to support program operations and processes, enhance supplier engagement and deliver greater value to […]
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C&S Wholesale Grocers Partners With Upside On Cash-Back Offers
C&S Wholesale Grocers is partnering with Upside to bring new and infrequent shoppers to company-owned stores like Piggly Wiggly and Grand Union, as well as independent grocers across its network, driving repeat visits and measurable sales growth. Upside, a digital marketplace that connects consumers with retailers through personalized cash-back offers, helps drive incremental sales and […]
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Tops To Launch $2M Tech Upgrade Of Fuel Pumps
As it expands amenities for customer convenience, Tops Friendly Markets will add PCI and EMV secure compliant signing at all 58 of its fuel stations. A pilot program will launch in late summer at its store in Depew, New York, rolling out across the chain’s footprint with an expected completion date of December. The 3D […]
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Birdzi, eGrowcery Partner To Deliver Integrated Retail Solutions
Birdzi and eGrowcery have begun a partnership aimed at integrating their technologies to deliver enhanced value for grocery retailers nationwide. “This partnership with Birdzi represents another step forward in our mission to help retailers engage shoppers at every point in their buying journey,” said eGrowcery CEO Patrick Hughes. “By integrating our omnichannel platform with Birdzi’s […]
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Schnucks Exec Calls Partnership With Upside ‘A Win-Win For Everyone’
Upside launched in early 2016 to help retailers offer their customers another incentive to shop. Gas stations were the first retailers to join the platform, followed by restaurants in summer 2017 and then grocery stores the following summer. The Upside app allows shoppers to earn cash back at participating retailers. The customer just follows a […]
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Heritage Grocers Group Transforming Prepared Food Production
With the help of its technology partner, Upshop, Heritage Grocers Group (HGG) has begun transforming how it plans and produces fresh prepared foods. By shifting from experience-based methods to a cutting-edge, data-driven production planning system, Ontario, California-based HGG aims to enhance product availability, optimize labor and better serve diverse communities. “Leveraging predictive analytics, this system […]