Michigan grocer boosts customer satisfaction, revenue with Toshiba self-checkout system

April 19, 2019

Value Center, a Michigan grocer, is enhancing the customer experience as well as boosting revenues following the deployment of Toshiba Global Commerce…

Giant Eagle boosting customer satisfaction with digital inventory, audit tool

April 16, 2019

Giant Eagle is launching a pilot program with Simbe Robotics featuring an autonomous shelf auditing and inventory analytics solution in the quest to boost…

Amazon Go stores will start taking cash

April 10, 2019

Amazon's Go stores, which let shoppers buy without a cashier checkout experience, will reportedly begin accepting cash.

Fast checkout top of mind for grocery consumers

April 8, 2019

When it comes to the retail grocery experience, consumers want a fast checkout and many believe grocers haven't moved into the modern age and need to do more…

Is simplicity the winning recipe in the grocery wars race?

Joanna Komvopoulos, senior brand strategist at Siegel+Gale, shares insight on how retailers are winning through simple pricing strategies, intuitive in-store…

Wellness water brand tapping AR mirrors for in-store demos, customer engagement

March 26, 2019

In a quest to better understand the customer, Flow Alkaline Spring Water will deploy augmented reality mirrors, using Memomi technology, in the grocery…

Georgia Kroger stores home to vehicle renewal kiosks

March 18, 2019

Gwinnett County, Georgia, has added four more self-service vehicle renewal kiosks in Kroger stores where residents can renew tags and receive decals, bringing…

Ohio Kroger Marketplaces welcome pizza outlet

March 11, 2019

The 27-unit Rapid Fired Pizza chain has partnered with The Kroger Co. to put pizza outlets in Ohio Kroger Marketplaces, a news release said. The grocery…

Amazon going big into grocery, claims report

March 1, 2019

Amazon is reportedly planning on becoming the next national chain grocery and will open its first location in Los Angeles by year's end.

An insider's view of Walmart's digital transformation

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Jeremy King, Walmart's executive vice president and chief technology officer, offered insight during the NRF show on how the company formulates its technology…

Kroger debuts mobile pay app, rewards debit card

February 13, 2019

Kroger is officially announcing Kroger Pay, a smartphone app that combines loyalty card and payment information and will speed checkout at the point of sale.

5 technologies primed to transform the grocery shopping experience

Rupal Shah, head of shopper research at research specialists, Simpson Carpenter, explains why the grocery shopping experience is on the brink of big change…

NRF Big Show Report: Amazon Go competitors offer up alternative cashierless approaches

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The NRF Big Show in New York City debuted a host of cashierless checkout technologies hoping to capitalize on the interest generated by Amazon Go.

Autonomous stores coming fast, but is Amazon Go on first?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

In many people's eyes, one of the most disruptive retail developments has been the late 2016 launch of Amazon Go, but some observers have questioned its…

NRF Big Show Report: Kroger, Starbucks and the journey to intelligent retail

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Starbucks and Kroger are striving to develop intelligent retail operations to meet their unique customer base expectations and have way more in common than…

Coinstar kiosks at Safeway, Albertsons to sell bitcoin

January 21, 2019

Bitcoin users can now buy bitcoin at select Coinstar kiosks in Safeway and Albertsons stores in California, Texas and Washington, according to geekwire.com.

Kroger teams up with Microsoft on connected grocery initiative

January 8, 2019

Kroger is piloting a connected grocery store in a partnership with Microsoft using connected sensors and the Azure cloud.

Kroger taps MoneyGram for bill payment services

December 19, 2018

MoneyGram has announced an agreement with Kroger to provide bill payment services inside the grocery chain's 1,900 Money Service locations, which include…

Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh hospital team up on video conference kiosks

December 19, 2018

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is partnering with supermarket Giant Eagle to providing video conferencing kiosks in supermarket pharmacies…

Kroger launching food section in Walgreens stores

December 14, 2018

Kroger plans to put food departments, offering 2,300 items — everything from meal kits to frozen food items — in 13 Walgreen’s stores by early 2019.