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Associated Wholesale Grocers Streamlines Member Access to Instacart Delivery and Smart Carts

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Cooperative food wholesaler Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) , which serves independently owned supermarkets, has expanded its partnership with Instacart to offer ecommerce and same-day delivery solutions as well as smart cart technology to its member retailers. An Instacart shopper will then pick and deliver the order.

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Three Regional Grocers Tap Instacart to Power Ecommerce Sites

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“We’ve come a long way in our digital journey by launching our app and website powered by Instacart Storefront,” said Alexis Canseco, Manager of Operations at Canseco’s Market in a statement. “As based Price Chopper in a statement. Our partnership with Instacart means that we don’t have to spend additional effort maintaining operations.”

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New app helps grocers, consumers reduce food waste

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Gander has teamed with Spano’s IGA and County Grocers to offer this sustainable solution in stores in Queensland and Victoria, making the chains the country’s first to use Gander’s solution. The post New app helps grocers, consumers reduce food waste appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Instacart Acquires Ecommerce Platform to Empower Local and Independent Grocers

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Instacart has acquired Rosie , an ecommerce platform serving local and independent grocers, wholesalers and retailers, as Instacart seeks to build on its commitment to smaller businesses in addition to expanding its digital offerings. . Rosie’s tools help grocers develop a strong online presence and guide consumers to local stores.

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Drive-Up Grocer Addie’s Opens First Store, Plans to Expand Across U.S.

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The new supermarket concept Addie’s , a self-described “drive-up grocer,” has opened its first store in Norwood, Mass., The pickup-only store does not allow in-store shopping; instead, the store serves as an onsite warehouse designed solely for stocking, storing and bagging groceries. fueled by $10.1 of all U.S. ”

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Three ways online grocers can win, and retain, customers post-pandemic

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, grocers managed an unprecedented level of online orders for fulfilment via delivery and click-and-collect. The challenges during this time were related mostly to a lack of delivery slots and product and labour shortages, which impacted the ability to fulfil orders in a timely manner (or at all). .

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H-E-B Edges Out Amazon, Walmart as Americans’ Favorite Online Grocer

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H-E-B narrowly defeated second-place Amazon and third-place Amazon Fresh as the top-ranked ecommerce grocer in the U.S., households that had shopped online at least once in the 30 days prior to being surveyed. according to dunnhumby’s inaugural Ecommerce Retailer Preference Index (RPI).

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