Instacart adds SNAP spending tool to smart carts

The tech company has made several updates aimed at helping shoppers track their spending and unlock promotions.

By Jeff Wells • Sept. 25, 2025

Kroger Precision Marketing expands offsite media capabilities

The grocer’s retail media arm now offers managed-service solutions across channels like programmatic audio and connected TV.

By Jeff Wells • Sept. 24, 2025

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Back-end and operational technology

From price forecasting tools to inventory management technology, grocers are leveraging data and digital innovation to become more efficient.

By Grocery Dive staff

Afresh expands AI-powered tools for fresh

The company’s latest expansion includes production planning and inventory management capabilities.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Sept. 23, 2025

As EV charging expands, grocers look to the parking lot for their next growth opportunity

Electric Era is leading the next generation of EV charging growth, enabling grocery retailers to win new customers and extend branded opportunities into the parking lot.

Sept. 22, 2025

Shoppers are embracing AI but want guardrails, research finds

Forty percent of respondents to a survey conducted by PwC said they expect to use the tech to help them find and compare products within the next five years.

By Sam Silverstein • Sept. 18, 2025

Kroger plans acceleration of AI efforts

The grocer is using the technology to operate more efficiently, improve customer experience and boost sales.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 17, 2025

How Aldi revamped its social media strategy — and why it’s working

The fast-growing company has turned away from posts that just highlight its low prices and toward more playful, culturally relevant content, its marketing director said in an interview.

By Peyton Bigora • Sept. 17, 2025

The hidden risk that could sink retail media’s $176.9B promise

The retail media gold rush is here. The question: can your data keep up?

By Shekar Raman, CEO/Co-founder of Birdzi • Sept. 15, 2025

UNFI opens robotic distribution center in Florida

The tech-powered facility is part of the company’s multi-year effort to boost its performance through investments in automation.

By Sam Silverstein • Sept. 10, 2025

Hy-Vee continues to grow retail media partnership with Instacart

The addition of sponsored products enables 7,500 brands that partner with the tech company to extend their ad campaigns to the grocer’s website. 

By Peyton Bigora • Sept. 10, 2025

Where grocers and manufacturers are making investments in tech and labor

In addition to stepping up their embrace of AI, they are investing more in their workforces, writes Leslie G. Sarasin of FMI.

By Leslie G. Sarasin • Sept. 8, 2025

Productivity, not hype, will define grocery’s next chapter

Grocers are pouring millions into AI, but only those driving real productivity will come out ahead.

By Paul Boyle, CEO, Retail Insight • Sept. 8, 2025

Walmart taps OpenAI for employee training

The mass retailer will debut the training in 2026 through a partnership with the company behind ChatGPT.

By Dani James • Sept. 5, 2025

What to expect from Albertsons’ new retail media head

Brian Monahan took over Albertsons Media Collective in July. Now, he plans to focus on collective growth, starting with a new media package for CPGs.

By Peyton Bigora • Sept. 4, 2025

Instacart partners with wholesaler MDI

The move expands the grocery technology company’s reach among independent grocers.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Sept. 2, 2025

Food Lion and The Giant Company embrace Instacart’s FoodStorm tech

The Ahold Delhaize banners are using the order-management platform to help shoppers purchase made-to-order items like bakery platters, flowers and deli trays.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 27, 2025

Walmart, Target tout AI plans

The two retail giants are capitalizing on sustained investment in their technology foundations even as they face economic headwinds.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 25, 2025

How grocers are staying laser-focused amid a challenging business environment

Grocers are improving supplier relationships, increasing theft mitigation tech and boosting their private brands to future-proof their operations, writes Leslie G. Sarasin of FMI – The Food Industry Association.

By Leslie G. Sarasin • Aug. 20, 2025

How Instacart is upgrading smart carts to drive omnichannel shopping

The grocery technology company is seeing coupons and ads on its Caper Carts as a key attraction for customers and advertisers.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 13, 2025

7 big grocery industry questions for the rest of 2025

From who will become Kroger’s next CEO to how consumer price sensitivity and tariffs will evolve, here are the top storylines to watch.

By Catherine Douglas Moran , Peyton Bigora • Aug. 12, 2025

SpartanNash hires CIO, information security chief as it preps for merger

The grocery company has also combined its finance, IT and strategy groups ahead of its planned acquisition by C&S Wholesale Grocers.

By Sam Silverstein • Aug. 11, 2025

Unlocking new potential in grocery merchandising

Smarter shelves. Bigger impact. Discover how to boost sales without adding complexity.

Aug. 11, 2025

Instacart reports strong Q2 results amid omnichannel push

The company is expanding in-store and online solutions as “multichannel customers” prove to be the most valuable, CEO Fidji Simo said.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Aug. 8, 2025

Kroger trials food waste reduction tech in Mid-Atlantic stores

The pilot with Flashfood includes 16 Richmond, Virginia-area locations, building on the grocer’s sustainability efforts.

By Peyton Bigora • July 31, 2025

Hy-Vee expands retail media reach by joining consortium

The grocer has linked with Rippl, a retail media network for regional grocery and convenience stores.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • July 30, 2025