Product innovation meets tech innovation with the launch of Reese’s Caramel Big Cup

Hershey’s Retail Team is using augmented reality to help retail partners visualize merchandise displays in their stores.

By Stephanie Berman, Vice President of Retail, The Hershey Company • Feb. 26, 2024

Denver businesses reap the benefits of composting with Rubicon and Scraps partnership

Composting is an ‘easy win’ for restaurants and grocery stores, where waste is largely compostable.

By Rubicon • Feb. 26, 2024

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Fresh food innovation

From new delivery services to technology designed to battle food waste, fresh foods and the ways grocers sell them are rapidly evolving. 

By Grocery Dive staff

The Friday Checkout: Walmart makes a bold retail media move with Vizio purchase

The mass retailer has tied the acquisition to its advertising ambitions at a time when competitors are also ramping up their retail media offerings.

By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 23, 2024

Walmart buys Vizio for $2.3B as retail media race turns to streaming

The deal helps Walmart catch up with Amazon and comes as its U.S. advertising unit grew revenue by 30% in fiscal 2024. 

By Peter Adams • Feb. 20, 2024

Pardon the Disruption: Evaluating Instacart’s next act

The closely watched tech company has a history of turning adversity into opportunity. Will it be able to overcome investor apathy and uncertain growth prospects?

By Jeff Wells • Feb. 20, 2024

Safeway rolling out receipt-scanning gates at more stores

The grocery chain has added the technology to the self-checkout areas at select locations in the San Francisco and Washington, D.C., areas.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 13, 2024

Earth Fare gamifies buying better-for-you brands

Micro-Moments is the newest addition to Merryfield’s Learn & Earn app program, which the specialty grocer incorporated last year, and aims to encourage shoppers to select health-focused products.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 13, 2024

Shop ‘n Save to boost loyalty offerings through new partnership

The independent regional grocer’s latest tie-up with Upside aims to improve customer loyalty through its existing promotion offerings.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 12, 2024

Misfits Market branches into third-party fulfillment

The e-grocer is offering other retailers a range of logistics capabilities, including storing and delivering products, through a newly launched service.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 9, 2024

Kroger links with AI retail analytics firm to boost marketplace listings

By partnering with Intelligence Node, the grocer is looking to provide clearer and more informative product listings for third-party sellers.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 9, 2024

How a Kroger meal planning partner aims to boost grocers’ e-commerce profitability with shoppable recipes

After working with the grocery giant for more than a year, French startup Jow is using $13 million in new capital to expand its U.S. presence, its CEO said.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 7, 2024

How Schnucks is embracing retail media to stand out as a regional grocer

The company is stepping up its efforts to connect CPGs with its shoppers to be “more competitive in our marketplace versus the Walmarts of the world,” Vice President of Marketing Jenn Freeman said in an interview.

By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 7, 2024

Save A Lot taps Swiftly to power retail media network

The technology company will ramp up the discount grocer’s digital footprint as well as develop an updated website and mobile app for the retailer.

By Peyton Bigora • Feb. 5, 2024

Aldi debuts automated checkout tech at Chicago-area store

The retailer is working with artificial intelligence startup Grabango to offer the service for the first time in the U.S. at a location in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois.

By Sam Silverstein , Lynne Marek • Feb. 2, 2024

The Friday Checkout: Self-checkout goes express

To combat theft and boost efficiency, retailers like Target and Schnucks are imposing a 10-items-or-less policy.

By Grocery Dive Staff • Feb. 2, 2024

Aisles Abroad: How grocers overseas are innovating checkout experiences

From paying with smiles to personalized pricing for scan-and-go, here’s how grocers outside the U.S. are offering different ways to shop and pay. 

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 1, 2024

Instacart ramps up food-as-medicine efforts

The grocery technology company recently started working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and partnered with several higher-ed institutions.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Feb. 1, 2024

What do grocers have in store for 2024?

The evolution of retail media, ongoing consumer attention on price and the influence grocers’ foodservice has on meal spending are top areas expected to impact the industry this year.

By Grocery Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2024

Pardon the Disruption: Self-checkout needs a better strategy, not just better tech

Contrary to recent reports, grocers aren’t pulling machines from their stores in droves. But they know there’s significant work to be done to improve the experience and reduce shrink.

By Jeff Wells • Jan. 30, 2024

Suit alleges that Instacart misled investors ahead of IPO

The complaint claims that investors lost money by buying the company’s stock in its first days of trading because it overstated its prospects and downplayed risks it faces.

By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 30, 2024

Retail media to elevate in-store grocery experiences in 2024, experts say

As the marketing capability becomes a necessity for chain grocers, consumers can expect to see more digital screens, interactive kiosks and app features during their shopping trips this year. 

By Peyton Bigora • Jan. 29, 2024

Giant Eagle revamps loyalty program

The grocer has made changes to its myPerks program that include additional redemption choices and the ability for frequent shoppers to earn points at an accelerated rate.

By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 23, 2024

How Stop & Shop promoted in-store robot Marty to brand ambassador

The googly-eyed autonomous bot is gaining a fan base as the grocery chain makes it a fixture at community events and other public campaigns.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Jan. 22, 2024

Choice Market aims to scale automated stores with new tech partner

AWM will provide frictionless checkout technology to the Denver-based convenience retailer as it plans to expand its Mini-Mart c-stores nationwide.

By Jessica Loder • Jan. 22, 2024

8 notable grocery tech updates from the National Retail Federation’s 2024 show

From new AI combating self-checkout shrink to digital shelf systems, vendors unveiled grocery innovations and new retailer tie-ups at the annual conference in New York. Here are some of the top ones. 

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Jan. 19, 2024