Retail - Supermarkets & Grocery Stores News
Microsoft building cashierless check-out tech
June 19, 2018
Microsoft is reportedly aiming to take on Amazon when it comes to cashierless retail by developing its own platform and in talks with Walmart on the initiative.
read nowHello Fresh goes retail in a big way
June 5, 2018
HelloFresh is now available at 581 supermarket locations, within Giant Food and Stop and Shop, and plans to continue such retail partnerships during the year.
read nowAmazon expands Prime program to additional Whole Foods Market locations
June 4, 2018
Amazon Prime members now have more Whole Foods Market locations to access savings options.
read nowKroger gets into meal kit business with Home Chef acquisition
May 31, 2018
Kroger isn't about to sit idle as meal kit services expand and is spending about $700 million for Home Chef to make sure it's in the game.
read nowAmazon's Whole Foods grocery delivery service hits a few more markets
May 17, 2018
Denver, Sacramento and San Diego Amazon Prime members can now enjoy free two-hour delivery, on orders more than $35, from Whole Foods Market.
read nowIndia ripe market for Amazon grocery, household product sales
May 14, 2018
Grocery items and household products will likely account for over half of Amazon's India business in the next five years and are already the largest category…
read nowWalmart, DoorDash team up on grocery delivery
May 8, 2018
Walmart and DoorDash are teaming up to expand Walmart's online grocery delivery service, beginning with the Atlanta metro market.
read nowPickup towers coming to Long Island Walmart stores
May 1, 2018
Two Long Island, New York-based Walmart stores are among the 500 nationwide getting the retailer’s newest delivery option — automated pickup towers.
read nowMeijer hops on scan-and-pay bandwagon
April 23, 2018
Meijer is the latest supermarket chain to jump on the shop-and-scan bandwagon and will roll out the technology to all its stores by the end of the summer…
read nowTarget launches drive-up pickup service
April 23, 2018
Target is offering customers a new way to grab what they need from the retailer with its new "Drive Up" service available in Florida, Texas and throughout the…
read nowSupervalu exploring sale, claims report
April 10, 2018
Grocery wholesaler Supervalu might be in the process of putting itself up for sale, according to a Bloomberg report, which did not cite a source except to note…
read nowAmazon prepping Whole Foods pick-up service, claims report
April 2, 2018
Amazon is reportedly getting a product pick-up service strategy in place for its Whole Foods Market locations, according to a Motley Fool report.
read nowBlue Apron prepping in-store meal kit strategy
March 30, 2018
Meal kit maker Blue Apron is looking to expand outside of the direct-to-consumer subscription strategy and make its meal kits available in stores sometime this…
read nowAmazon launching Whole Foods Market delivery service
February 8, 2018
Amazon Prime members living near a Whole Foods Market will be able to tap free 2-hour delivery as long as they're buying $35 in goods from the supermarket…
read nowBoxed.com may be focus of a bidding war
January 26, 2018
The Boxed.com start-up, which has been dubbed "Costco for millennials," is getting potential funding attention from some big names, including General Mills…
read nowAmazon Go store now open to the public
January 22, 2018
Amazon is opening its cashierless Amazon Go store to consumers in Seattle today, following a 14-month trial with company employees, according to The Seattle…
read nowAldi reaches out to vegan, vegetarian consumers
January 16, 2018
Aldi, a German-based grocery chain, is aiming to offer up a line of vegan and vegetarian items in U.S. stores under the brand name of Earth Grown, according to…
read nowSprouts extends home delivery with Instacart partnership
January 9, 2018
Healthy grocer Sprouts Farmers Market will soon be providing home delivery in all of its major markets via a partnership with Instacart.
read nowJD.com debuts first store in new high-tech supermarket chain
January 8, 2018
Chinese ecommerce player JD.com is opening the first of what will be a chain of high-tech supermarkets in Beijing.
read nowKroger advancing self-checkout strategy
December 29, 2017
Supermarket chain Kroger is set to expand its self-checkout service to 400 stores in 2018, according to a report from the Cincinnati Business Courier.
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