Retail - Supermarkets & Grocery Stores News
Circle K parent acquires GetGo Café +Markets
August 23, 2024
Alimentation Couche-Tard, the parent company of Circle K, has acquired 270 GetGo Café +Market stores from supermarket retailer Giant Eagle.
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Loblaw piloting ‘no name’ store in Ontario market
August 22, 2024
Loblaw Companies is piloting a new concept — a value-based no name store in three Ontario markets aimed at helping customers save up to 20% on grocery and…
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Costco deploys membership scanners
August 12, 2024
Costco is using membership scanning devices at entrances that require members to scan their card by placing the barcode or QR code against the screen…
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Utah grocery chain deploying Instacart AI smart carts
August 6, 2024
Davis Food & Drug will be replacing most of its traditional shopping carts with Instacart's AI-powered smart carts at its three locations in Utah.
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Stinker Stores taps NCR Voyix to elevate customer experience
August 5, 2024
Stinker Stores has deployed NCR Voyix's Commerce Platform via Edge infrastructure, featuring a virtualized point of sale system, and the technology has boosted…
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Weis Markets taps SymphonyAI for customer engagement, growth
August 1, 2024
Weis Markets, a Mid-Atlantic food retailer, is deploying SymphonyAI's Cinde AI to develop insights that uncover opportunities and for customer engagement.
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MIT designing AI-powered robot that bags groceries
July 29, 2024
MIT researchers are designing a robotic system to tackle bagging groceries.
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Aldi tests food vending machines
July 26, 2024
German grocery chains Aldi and Rewe are testing food vending machines offering fresh produce and staples around the clock, according to a Basic Tutorials…
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Costco increasing membership fees come September
July 11, 2024
Costco will increase its membership fees as of September 1, impacting 52 million members.
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Walmart switches from paper shelf labels to digital screens
June 12, 2024
Walmart will now have digital pricing in its aisles as the mega retailer is switching out paper shelf labels for digital price screens.
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Wawa breaks ground on 1st Ohio store
June 11, 2024
Wawa has broken ground on its first Ohio store. The convenience retail store chain, which operates more than 1,050 locations in eight states and D.C., will…
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Walmart refunds overcharged self-checkout customers
June 7, 2024
Walmart is refunding customers impacted by inaccurate self-checkout transactions, according to a report by The U.S. Sun that cited a Bloomberg report.
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Aldi debuts checkout free grocery option in Chicago
June 6, 2024
Supermarket chain Aldi has launched checkout free grocery, called Aldigo, with Grabango, at one location.
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Cashierless supermarket arrives in Argentina
June 3, 2024
Qu!ck, a new autonomous supermarket concept, has opened in Argentina, offering a cashierless shopping experience. Customers scan groceries using a mobile app…
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Target Q1 earnings reflect digital sales growth
May 24, 2024
Retailer Target saw digital comparable sales growth of 1.4% for its first fiscal quarter of 2024, though comparable sales declined 3.7%.
read nowTops Friendly Markets expands into western New York
May 15, 2024
Tops Friendly Markets, a Northeast Grocery Inc. division, has announced an expansion into Western New York, and the launch of individualized customer…
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Amazon selling smart cart tech to retailers
April 26, 2024
Amazon is selling its smart grocery cart technology as a service offering and the technology is in play at grocery locations.
read nowWisconsin supermarket co-op goes digital with ordering
April 25, 2024
Willy Street Co-op, a group of cooperative supermarkets around Wisconsin's capital, has deployed digital ordering and fulfillment solutions from eGrowcery, a…
read nowVallarta Supermarkets optimizing product spacing, planning with Relex tech
April 23, 2024
Vallarta Supermarkets, a regional U.S.-based grocer, has selected Relex Solutions, a provider of unified supply chain and retail planning solutions, to support…
read nowNorwegian grocer debuts payment terminal fleet
April 11, 2024
Rema 1000, a subsidiary of the Reitan Group, is deploying a fleet of PAX Android A35 payment terminals that will allow the Norwegian grocer chain to accept…
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