Berry giant Driscoll's partners with Plenty to grow strawberries indoors

The tie-up will allow the supplier to grow a more reliable crop and expand into regions that have historically been difficult to serve.

By Christopher Doering • Oct. 13, 2020

GoPuff raises $380M for expansion, names C-suite execs

Former Lowe's CMO Jocelyn Wong joins as chief customer officer, suggesting the delivery service has big goals as a distribution channel for impulse items.

By Robert Williams • Oct. 12, 2020

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Grocery loyalty

Food retailers are depending on techniques designed to build and maintain connections with customers as they strive to stand out.

By Grocery Dive staff

E-commerce ramp-up in 2019 helped food retailers face coronavirus challenges, FMI research shows

Challenges retailers faced last year, like supply chain disruptions, rising employee costs and high transaction fees, will likely continue, according to the findings and industry experts.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Oct. 12, 2020

Exploring the future of grocery e-commerce

What many thought would take years to achieve has happened in just a few months. Grocery Dive looks at the top trends, strategies and investments that retailers are evaluating to try to stay ahead of consumer demand.

Oct. 12, 2020

MFCs promise to revolutionize grocery e-commerce. That doesn't mean they're right for everyone.

Grocers face unique e-commerce challenges that make deciding whether to automate fulfillment operations a complex choice, experts say.

By Sam Silverstein • Oct. 12, 2020

Checkout-free convenience store opens on Texas college campus

The outlet at the University of Houston uses technology from Standard, which is among a group of companies bringing cashierless systems to grocers and other retailers.

By Sam Silverstein • Oct. 9, 2020

Amazon's grocery lead on navigating a 'complicated' industry

In a Q&A with Recode on Wednesday, Stephenie Landry said the company has adopted grocers' tried-and-true focus on "consistent quality" while relying on its tech prowess to stand out.

By Jeff Wells • Oct. 8, 2020

Weee aims to be the top grocer for Asians in North America

The online company plans to keep expanding across the U.S. while growing its customer base and diversifying its product offerings. 

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Oct. 7, 2020

Tech firms team up on omnichannel commerce program for local grocers

Rosie, AppCard and ShoptoCook are linking up in an effort to help small retailers compete with the likes of Walmart, Kroger and Amazon.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Oct. 6, 2020

Pardon the Disruption: 5 e-commerce trends supercharged by the pandemic

A look at a few developments, from the rise of apps to shifting strategy on fulfillment, that promise to stick around long after the virus has dissipated.

By Jeff Wells • Oct. 5, 2020

Ocado faces lawsuit from AutoStore over fulfillment center tech

The U.K.-based grocery automation company, which is building fulfillment centers for Kroger, is accused of infringing on patents for robotic systems used to pick and pack groceries.

By Sam Silverstein • Oct. 5, 2020

Albertsons adds meal-planning service to its digital menu

The eMeals platform helps customers plan meals and can send ingredients directly to their digital shopping carts.

By Sam Silverstein • Oct. 2, 2020

ShopRite reimagines deli counter mobile app with more items for pickup

The grocer's Order Express app has more features to allow shoppers to customize and order online.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Oct. 1, 2020

Walmart to revamp 1K stores with digital in mind

Using airports as a model, the retail giant is redesigning stores to help customers navigate them and to prompt app-based shopping.

By Ben Unglesbee • Oct. 1, 2020

Save Mart deploys sidewalk robots for delivery

Traveling at a speed of four miles an hour and carrying up to 20 pounds of groceries, the small bots are based at the grocer’s flagship store in California.

By Jeff Wells • Sept. 30, 2020

Schnucks brings aisle-scanning robots to more than half its stores

The wider deployment of Simbe Robotics' "Tally" bots, which identify out-of-stocks and provide product location information, follows an initial test that began in 2017.

By Sam Silverstein • Sept. 30, 2020

Amazon One lets users pay with their palm prints

The e-commerce giant is rolling out the technology at select Amazon Go stores and said it will be available for use in offices, stadiums and retail stores.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 30, 2020

Wegmans adds compressed natural gas trucks in move toward diesel-free fleet

The grocer's new trucks can stay in service two to five years longer than diesel versions and increase fuel capacity by 30% over older vehicles.

By Rosie Bradbury • Sept. 29, 2020

How retailers can maximize grab-and-go demand in-store and online

Customization, combo meals and mobile marketing can help grocers hold onto mealtime customers as restaurant sales tick back up, according to new research and retailer input.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Sept. 28, 2020

Analyze this everyday driver of demand to improve availability

Refining replenishment forecasts to account for key purchasing influencers enables grocers to smartly adjust stocks to prepare for changes in demand.

Sept. 28, 2020

Marketplace provider Mirakl raises $300M

The software company, which has worked with Kroger and Albertsons, plans to hire hundreds of engineers to help retailers add third-party sellers to their e-commerce systems.

By Sam Silverstein • Sept. 24, 2020

Giant Eagle adopts location tracking tech to cut pickup wait times

Radius Networks’ FlyBuy Pickup provides shoppers' estimated arrival times to stores via live alerts using proprietary location technology. 

By Rosie Bradbury • Sept. 24, 2020

Mercato teams up with NYC to boost independent grocers' online footprint

New York City officials say allowing select local grocers and vendors to work with the e-commerce platform will help both the stores and vulnerable communities. 

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Sept. 23, 2020

Kroger steps up AI deployment to combat checkout losses

The grocer is working with Everseen to outfit stores with computer vision systems designed to spot unscanned items at self-checkout stations.

By Sam Silverstein • Sept. 22, 2020

Oracle, Walmart deal for TikTok tentatively approved, paving way for digital shakeup

The proposed U.S. TikTok company will leverage Walmart's e-commerce, fulfillment and payments services while igniting a showdown with major digital platforms.

By Robert Williams • Sept. 21, 2020