MyWebGrocer (MWG), a software and digital media company serving the grocery and CPG industries, has launched a new Sponsored Listings digital merchandising capability for Long Island-based retailer King Kullen Grocery. Sponsored Listings is a performance-based media solution that enables King Kullen to offer CPGs greater digital marketing flexibility to make meaningful shopper connections and drive […]
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Kraft Heinz Invests In Emerging Tech With $100M Venture Capital Fund
Kraft Heinz has launched Evolv Ventures, a venture fund that will invest in emerging tech companies transforming the food industry. Kraft Heinz has committed up to $100 million to Evolv Ventures and brought on venture investor Bill Pescatello to lead the fund. “New technological innovations in the food industry create endless new opportunities to strengthen […]
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Wegmans Partners With Tech Company To Aid Vision-Impaired Shoppers
Wegmans Food Markets has partnered with Aira to give blind and low-vision shoppers access to Aira’s technology while shopping in Wegmans stores. Aira is a San Diego-based startup that makes use of wearable technology, artificial intelligence and live, human assistance to deliver visual description for people who are blind or have low vision. Using a smartphone or […]
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Hy-Vee Implementing GK Software’s POS Platform And Solution Suite
Hy-Vee will deploy GK Software’s next-generation store systems, including OmniPOS for omni-channel POS, Mobile Customer Assistant (MCA) for mobile app self-scanning and the TransAction+ payment solution. By selecting GK Software, Hy-Vee will have the ability to use a single platform to support a variety of customer touchpoints, including traditional POS, self-checkout, mobile check-out solutions, payments, […]
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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.” […]
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Weis Markets Upgrading In-Store Wi-Fi At All Locations
Weis Markets is working with Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, on an upgraded wireless infrastructure at its 205 stores in an effort to deliver improved efficiencies, drive sales and provide customers with a “top-notch mobile experience.” According to Jacob Koch, manager of systems administration for Weis Markets, employing a secure, high-performance wireless infrastructure is critical […]
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AI-Enabled Personalized Marketing Will Drive FMCG Forward
By Mike Bristol/VP Personalized Marketing, Symphony RetailAI Sometimes, the world seems to just turn too quickly; work projects kick into overdrive, kids’ schedules get too hectic, and even taking the time to pick out a somewhat healthy meal at the grocery store seems like a daunting task. As both consumers and busy, complex people, many […]
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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. […]
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Larkin: Digging Into The Data Points On Digital
by Peter Larkin/ president and CEO, National Grocers Association Special to The Shelby Report The growth of e-commerce is high on the radar of independent supermarket operators, and it’s important for them to understand the current online shopping preferences of consumers. Findings from the third annual National Grocery Shoppers Survey outline these preferences and identify key moves […]
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Six Common Pain Points In Grocery And How To Cure Them
Sponsored content By ECRS / a retail automation solutions provider Chaos happens. No matter the size of your enterprise, no matter the skill of your staff members, nor the depth of your war chest—it won’t always be smooth sailing in your stores. Still, there’s no need to sink beneath a sea of troubles. Measures can […]
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The Critical Components Of Perpetual Inventory
Sponsored content By ECRS / a retail automation solutions provider As with nearly all aspects of retail, today’s supply chain tasks are increasingly automated. Stores, warehouses and suppliers all exchange information through bidirectional communication—no human intervention necessary. The tools to accomplish this are known as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Computer-Assisted Ordering (CAO or “Automated […]
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Dunnhumby Acquires Aptaris ‘To Help Retailers Compete’
Dunnhumby, a customer data science company, has acquired Aptaris Software, an enterprise marketing and promotions management company. The acquisition is the culmination of a strategic partnership that embedded dunnhumby customer data science into the Aptaris solution, providing retailers with what the companies say is the only end-to-end promotions management platform in the market. Dunnhumby says the […]
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KeyMe Partnering With Albertsons Cos. To Expand Kiosk Locations
KeyMe, which operates self-serve key-copying kiosks, has won an exclusive multi-year agreement with Albertsons Cos. to expand the number of kiosks it operates in Albertsons banners to 500 by late July. KeyMe currently has 358 kiosks installed with Albertsons Cos. properties, including Albertsons, Safeway, Acme, Vons, United, Randall’s and Tom Thumb stores. This will bring KeyMe’s […]
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GrocerKey Finalizes $2.5M Investment Round Led By Woodman’s Markets
GrocerKey, an e-commerce platform specifically built for the needs of grocery retailers, has secured a new $2.5 million round of financing with participation from Woodman’s Markets, which led the round, as well as dunnhumby Ventures and other prominent Midwest angel investors. The total invested in GrocerKey since 2015 now is $4.2 million. “We provide grocery […]
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News America Marketing To Bring Blockchain Tech To Retail Incentives
Leveraging the power of blockchain technology, News America Marketing, a marketer of online and offline consumer incentives, is incubating and testing new ways to “modernize how consumers, brands and retailers use incentives.” Blockchain is a digital ledger of economic transactions that cannot be corrupted and can record virtually everything of value. For incentives, it allows for greater […]
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iGrabit Launches Meal Kit Program For Independent Grocers
Miramar, Florida-based iGrabit, an artificial intelligence-powered personal grocery shopping assistant, is launching a meal kit program as part of its ongoing efforts to better help its independent grocer partners compete online. “Meal kits, which started out as a direct-to-consumer subscription business, have migrated to the retail grocery channel in a big way, with food retailing giants […]
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Frozen Yogurt Robots Heading To Grocery Stores Nationwide This Spring
A horde of frozen yogurt robots will begin arriving at select grocery retailers in 17 U.S. states this spring. The robots, from Reis & Irvy’s, a subsidiary franchise concept of Generation Next Franchise Brands Inc., are intended to provide a “fun and delicious experience” to shoppers, while generating additional revenue for grocery stores. Launched in early […]
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Recommended: Retail Apocalypse Explained: Retailers Have Not Actually Embraced Digital Transformation
“Digital transformation” has been on the lips of nearly every CEO at some point in the last ten years, and even more frequently in the last five. According to Forrester, 68% of global business leaders list digital transformation as a top priority for their business. Only 3% of retailers have actually completed a digital transformation […]
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SoCal Independent Barons Market Launches New Website
Barons Market, a family-owned grocery chain with seven stores in Southern California, has launched a new website with a more modern design, easy navigation and interactive elements that the company believes reflect the Barons Market shopping experience and the communities it serves. “Between our artisan olive oil and balsamic vinegar bar to a squeeze-it-yourself orange […]
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Meet Gen Z: Technology Is Convenient, Comforting
by Claire Lentsch/ a contributor to The Shelby Report Editor’s note: Shelby Midwest Editor Terrie Ellerbee met Claire Lentsch at the Supervalu National Expo in 2017. Here, Lentsch shares her perspective as a member of Generation Z (born since the mid-1990s) and a consumer. Technology creates convenience. By introducing technology into the food industry, food becomes […]