Retail - Supermarkets & Grocery Stores News
Albertsons refreshes Select brand, pumps up product offerings
May 24, 2019
Albertsons Companies Inc. is giving its Signature Select brand a big boost, adding more than 300 products and updating the branding this year.
read nowWhole Foods opens fast casual inside West Palm Beach store
April 23, 2019
Bird in the Hand, a fast casual American rotisserie, opened Tuesday inside the Whole Foods Market in West Palm Beach, Florida. The restaurant, owned by Collab…
read nowAlbertsons jumps on IBM Food Trust Network for blockchain tracking
April 22, 2019
Albertsons Companies, a food and drug retailer, is joining the IBM Food Trust network to trace food from farm to shelf using blockchain technology. The…
read nowMichigan 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…
read nowGiant 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…
read nowAmazon 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.
read nowFast 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…
read nowWellness 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…
read nowGeorgia 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…
read nowOhio 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…
read nowAmazon 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.
read nowKroger 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.
read nowCoinstar 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.
read nowKroger 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.
read nowKroger 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…
read nowGiant 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…
read nowKroger 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.
read nowAmazon cashierless store may take flight in airports
December 7, 2018
The Amazon Go cashierless store concept may be moving into airports as the powerhouse omnichannel retailer is reportedly evaluating airport location options.
read nowOnline grocery action sees uptick in fresh food purchases
December 5, 2018
Consumers are increasingly ordering groceries online and more than ever are purchasing fresh food items, according to a study from The Retail Feedback Group.
read nowToys R Us' Geoffrey now a Kroger toys salesperson
December 4, 2018
While Toys R Us is no longer a toy store giant, its well-known mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe, is still going strong and not out of work.
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