Wakefern Food Corp. is expanding its Focal Systems pilot from four to 50 stores. Focal, a provider of retail automation solutions, offers shelf camera-based computer vision systems that capture images of store shelves in order to calculate what is out of stock. “Focal Systems’ out-of-stock detection through computer vision and artificial intelligence has enabled us […]
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Wakefern, Takeoff Technologies Open Automated E-Commerce Center
Takeoff Technologies and Wakefern Food Corp. have teamed up to launch an automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) in Clifton, New Jersey. With Takeoff, orders are placed online through retailers—whether using their existing e-commerce platform or Takeoff’s customized UI solution—and Takeoff’s automated technology fulfills the order using robots in MFCs. Takeoff utilizes advanced robotics in the MFC, […]
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ShopRite Opens New Store In New Milford, New Jersey
ShopRite has opened a state-of-the-art, full-service supermarket in New Milford, New Jersey. Located at 250 River Road, the new store is owned and operated by the Inserra family and Inserra Supermarkets. It features nearly 50,000 s.f. of retail space and offers groceries containing both private label items, national brands and daily deliveries of fresh produce, […]
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Refreshed Price Rite Marketplace Stores In Connecticut Open
Price Rite Marketplace has revealed its fresh new look and improved in-store experience at five of its Connecticut stores in Cromwell, New Britain, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor. The retailer introduced its award-winning redesigned store concept with programming focused on special deep discounts and enhanced fresh offerings on the heels of a successful pilot program […]
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ShopRite Makes Newsweek’s List For “America’s Best Customer Service”
ShopRite has been named to Newsweek’s 2019 “America’s Best Customer Service” list, which recognizes companies for building key relationships with customers and providing top-notch shopping experiences. ShopRite, based in Keasbey, New Jersey, was among the top three supermarkets singled out by Newsweek for receiving high marks from customers in a recent survey of regional and […]
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ShopRite Introduces No-Antibiotics-Ever Fried Chicken
ShopRite has converted its signature 8-piece, grab-and-go fried chicken to a “No Antibiotics, Ever” (NAE) offering. This new item is part of the grocer’s commitment to offering customers convenient meal solutions. The fried chicken is the company’s newest style of NAE poultry that is hand-breaded, raised cage free and made fresh throughout the day. Developed in […]
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ShopRite Opens New Store In Lake Ronkonkoma, New York
ShopRite celebrated the opening of its new, full-service supermarket in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, on Aug. 3 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Located at 601 Portion Road, the 45,000-s.f. supermarket is operated by the Gallagher family, who joined ShopRite Partners In Caring—ShopRite’s community-based, hunger-fighting initiative—in making a donation to Long Island Cares food bank as part of […]
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ShopRite Opens First Bronx Store, Designed With Community Input
ShopRite has opened ShopRite of Bruckner Boulevard, its first store in the Bronx. The store is owned and operated by Village Super Market Inc., which operates 29 ShopRite stores in New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Village Super Market Inc. and the Sumas family, owners and operators of the ShopRite of Bruckner Boulevard, used input from local […]