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BJ’s Wholesale Club to Power Up Shelf-Scanning Robots at All Locations

Retail TouchPoints

BJ’s Wholesale Club has entered a partnership with Simbe to roll out the solution provider’s automated business intelligence robot, Tally, to all 237 stores. BJ’s will use this real-time data to enable faster restocking, help associates and shoppers to quickly locate products and improve inventory tracking.

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Save A Lot Completes Transition to Wholesaler with Sale of 18 Stores

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Save A Lot has relicensed its 18 remaining corporate-owned supermarkets, completing its strategy of shifting ownership and operations of all locations to independent licensed ownership. The time was right for us to step fully into our role as a licensed wholesaler and put all operations in the hands of our dedicated retailers.”

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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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How the World Cup could be a nightmare for Britain’s supermarkets

Inside Retail

The winter World Cup has added a new level of uncertainty to the Christmas trading outlook of Britain’s supermarkets: How do you persuade cash-strapped shoppers to buy yule logs and luxury biscuits at the same time as beer and pizza? 1 restricting the location in stores of foods high in fat, salt, or sugar. Running between Nov.

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How online supermarket Send can fulfil bold promise of 15-minute delivery

Inside Retail

An exclusively online supermarket is rolling out across metro Sydney and Melbourne this month to capitalise on the demand for quick and convenient grocery delivery. Adams is aiming to establish thirty locations by the turn of the new year, starting with densely populated markets before looking into expanding beyond metropolitan areas.

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US Foods Continues Expansion of Warehouse-Style CHEF’STOREs

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Foodservice distributor US Foods is continuing to expand its warehouse supermarket concept CHEF’STORE with four new locations in California, Montana and North Carolina. both scheduled to open this fall — join 15 existing locations in that state. The new additions will bring the total number of CHEF’STOREs to 87 across 13 states.

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Why it’s good to be a mall operator in the Philippines right now

Inside Retail

A number of these cities are located on former military bases that have been gradually restored to life thanks to partnerships between the company and Philippines government. The food part of the retail business encompasses more than 2000 stores under the Savemore, SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket, Waltermart and Alphamart banners.