Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2024

supermarket with cashier-free checkout technology powered by computer vision. ALDIgo, using technology from Grabango , tracks which items shoppers put in their carts; customers can then pay with a credit or debit card or the Grabango app at cashierless pay stations or they can use traditional manned lanes.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Not-for-profit store operator Community Enterprise Queensland (CEQ) is the sole grocery and retail provider for many remote communities located across northern Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands. In the locations where we operate, it could cost $30,000 and involve two different trips on a helicopter.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 27, 2024

M&S has named Morrisons retail operations boss Jayne Wall as its new director of central store operations. Wall, who said last month she would be leaving the supermarket after over a decade, will take up her new role at the high-street giant in August.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. To put it simply, there is no escaping the subject of sustainability in retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Albertsons has completed its rollout of an inventory management platform specifically designed for the rapidly changing nature of fresh products, deploying the solution across its more than 2,000 supermarkets in just seven months’ time. In addition, it helps to ensure our customers have access to fresher products when shopping with us.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Amazon is removing its cashierless Just Walk Out (JWO) technology from its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and will not deploy the solution in new locations scheduled to open later this year, according to multiple media reports. The company already had moved the JWO unit out of its retail group and into its AWS cloud computing division.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

DoorDash , best known for restaurant deliveries, is expanding further into the supermarket vertical through partnerships with Meijer , Fresh Thyme and Smart & Final , with plans to add Hy-Vee and Gristedes / D’Agostino “in the coming weeks,” wrote Mike Goldblatt, Head of Grocery and Convenience Partnerships at DoorDash in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Stop & Shop has enhanced its in-store googly-eyed Marty robots to alert store associates when items need restocking, as well as detecting, in real time, when items are misplaced. Stop & Shop parent company Ahold Delhaize debuted the robots, which are manufactured by Badger Technologies , in January 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

California-based Vallarta Supermarkets is piloting autonomous robots in five locations in Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles and San Bernadino counties to support employees by identifying in-store hazards. The retailer will test inventory management technology in a sixth store.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The supermarket giant will invest $500 million to lower prices on “day one” following the transaction’s close, and also plans to invest $1.3 billion to improve Albertsons’ brick-and-mortar stores. We know this model works because we’ve been doing it successfully for many years.”

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

With retailers removing best-before dates to reduce food waste, UK consumers still want supermarkets to offer discounts on goods nearing expiry, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Aldi has completely eliminated plastic shopping bags from its 2,300+ U.S. stores, a move that the company estimates will prevent nearly 9 million pounds of plastic from going into circulation each year. stores by 2035, building on the supermarket retailer’s use of environmentally friendly refrigerants in more than 600 stores. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Price Chopper/Market 32 has expanded its partnership with fresh grocery platform Invafresh , which already helps the 131-store supermarket chain prevent 20 tons of food from being wasted each week. Supermarket retailer Weis Markets also began working with Invafresh in August 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2023

parent company of the Loblaws supermarket chain, will invest $2 billion Canadian (approximately $1.49 billion ) to improve its network of 2,500 stores in 2023. These capital investments will include 38 new and/or relocated stores and conversions or renovations to nearly 600 more. Loblaw Companies Ltd.,

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Value supermarket retailer Grocery Outlet will acquire United Grocery Outlet , a 40 -store chain with a similar business model, to gain a presence in the Southeast. operates more than 460 stores in nine Western and Mid-Atlantic states. Grocery Outlet, based in Emeryville, Calif.,

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

“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 Our partnership with Instacart means that we don’t have to spend additional effort maintaining operations.”

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The third store, GIANT Heirloom Market in the Fashion District, is due to open December 16. The first store opened at Columbus Boulevard and the second in Doylestown, Pa. At the opening of the 46,000-square-foot Columbus Boulevard store on December 6, GIANT, part of Ahold Delhaize USA, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The stores had been open for less than two years: the Glendale location opened in May 2022 , although the concept had been reported on as early as January 2022. However, by August 2023 , Amazon Fresh expanded its delivery services to non-Prime members and unveiled a new store format, and new store openings appear to be in the works.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Powered by Instacart , Aldi will offer nearly 2,000 of its most-shopped items for delivery in as fast as 30 minutes. The Aldi Express service is now available from more than 2,100 Aldi supermarket locations across the U.S. “We

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

With retailers facing continued supply chain disruption – from the long shadow of covid-19 to Russia’s war on Ukraine and climate change – shoppers are reporting increased levels of out-of-stock products, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Here are some examples covering the spectrum of diversification, from a continuist perspective to more disruptive cases: In July 2021, John Lewis revealed plans to become a private landlord by building 10,000 new homes over the next 10 years on land currently used as car parks and above Waitrose supermarkets across the UK.

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VMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Systems to erase checkout lines are on the grow, as exemplified by these three new installations: • A Pick & Go store in Munich is Germany’s first fully autonomous, cashier-less supermarket. The new supermarket allows customers to walk in, select their items off the shelves and leave without having to pay at checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Good Food Holdings and Instacart will open the first Instacart Platform-powered Connected Store at a Bristol Farms location in Irvine, Calif. The supermarket will utilize the Connected Stores experience to help shoppers move seamlessly between the retailer’s app, website and in-store experience.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 20, 2021

At Coles’ Strategy Day on Thursday, the company said this will account for about 60 per cent of capital expenditure (capex), while 20 per cent will go towards 50 store renewals and 20 new stores. When you look at capex over the past five years, Coles has, relatively, under invested. Omnichannel strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The supermarket retailer will roll out the smart carts at select St. Louis Schnucks stores this fall, with a broader rollout planned for later this year. Select Caper Carts will include a bottom rack for heavy and bulky items. “We

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Mass Relators

MAY 10, 2023

operations, which include the Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Hannaford Bros., at constant exchange rates and up 10.5% at actual exchange rates. in constant currency driven primarily by over 20% growth at Food Lion and The GIANT Company, which both opened four new click-and-collect locations during the quarter.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

With retailers removing best-before dates to reduce food waste, UK consumers still want supermarkets to offer discounts on goods nearing expiry, according to the latest data from Retail Insight , the leading provider of store operations execution software.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Amazon has paused expansion of its Amazon Fresh supermarkets and Amazon Go checkout-free convenience stores, CEO Andy Jassy told investors on an earnings call. We’re working hard at it,” said Jassy. “We It’s a very large market segment, and there’s a lot of frequency in how consumers shop for grocery.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Seventy-five years later, we are still made up of family-owned businesses with deep roots in the communities where our stores operate,” said Colalillo, who also leads his own family business, ShopRite of Hunterdon County, which was founded by his father in 1954 and today includes five ShopRite stores.

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Mike Anthony

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Is this a fad, or a gimmick, or is this the future of supermarket shopping? I visited their newest Asda Refill Station near York to check out how things were looking, and to consider how this might impact shopping behavior. Are refill stations a brilliant niche or the beginning of a new way of shopping?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

For customers, many aspects of a shopping trip impact whether they view it as a success. Traditional methods of manual audits and gap scans are time-intensive and only provide a picture of your availability at that given moment in time. But this challenge isn’t limited to your brick-and-mortar stores. Three in 10 U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2020

Now, retailers are urgently focused on making their shopping experience digital, contactless and pandemic-proof. The city of Shanghai was shut down, life was at a complete standstill and the future was uncertain. This Retail Store Tours China video from March in Shanghai shows the conditions in China at that time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 12, 2020

The offering, which includes a same-day pickup option, will be free to Sam’s Club Plus-level members and will be offered at no cost to all members for a limited time. After setting up an account, members can place their orders via the Sam’s Club app or at samsclub.com, selecting from items marked “Pick up in Club.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The solution provider, which specializes in the use of AI, is currently focused on serving the supermarket vertical with a camera-and-software system that can automatically identify items such as fresh produce without the need for packaging or price stickers. over the past year, which he expects to fuel further adoption. “As

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 8, 2022

the family-owned company that operates the ShopRite of Parsippany and ShopRite of West Caldwell stores in New Jersey, has appointed Mike Jacob vice president of operations. We look forward to working with Mike to provide the best possible shopping experiences at our stores.” . — Sunrise ShopRite Inc.,

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Inside Retail

MARCH 8, 2022

For years, this has led to convenience store operators buying stock at a Countdown or Pak’N Save store where common items can be bought in volume considerably cheaper than from wholesalers). Sadly, the recommendations will not result in any tangible change for consumers at the checkout.

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