Grocery Shopping

Food supply chain company GrubMarket has acquired produce industry trading and software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Procurant. The acquisition will expand GrubMarket’s software portfolio and strengthen its position as an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Food retailer Ahold Delhaize USA has added its Hannaford brand to its proprietary digital and eCommerce platform. With this addition, Ahold Delhaize USA has completed a multi-year rollout of its platform ...

Airbnb is reportedly testing a service that lets guests order groceries from Instacart. The house-sharing company will offer “kitchen stocking” as part of a three-month pilot program starting Jan. 5, Bloomberg ...

The appetite for digital grocery shopping continues to grow. Instacart reported third-quarter 2025 earnings results Monday (Nov. 10) that showed strong gains in orders and transaction volumes, highlighting the durability of ...

The uncertainty surrounding the shutdown has left millions of Americans unsure how they’ll restock their pantries. Food insecurity spikes when government benefits stall, and for millions of households, SNAP dollars ...

Suppose Thanksgiving is America’s annual CFO meeting, one part nostalgia, two parts spreadsheet. In that case, it’s also a perfect mirror for how the digital economy has re-wired the way we ...

Instacart launched artificial intelligence tools aimed at “grocers of all sizes,” according to a Tuesday (Nov. 4) press release. The grocery technology company announced the debut of Instacart’s AI Solutions, a ...

The first inflation data since the start of the October government shutdown offered the clearest signal in weeks on how prices continue to shape household behavior. Headline inflation rose 0.3% in ...

Inflation is pressuring American grocery shoppers, leading many to cut back and trade down. “It’s perturbing and upsetting,” Mark Bookbinder, a 68-year-old engineer who lives in Cincinnati, told The Wall Street ...

Instacart has added new business features to its eCommerce solutions. These features were already available on the company’s app for Instacart Business customers, and are now being rolled out for Storefront and Storefront Pro ...

The first cold front grazes the map, and suddenly the economy smells like a bakery. Baristas are pulling double shifts. Marketers are testing 1,000 shades of orange. And somewhere in a ...

Electronic shelf labels are reportedly raising concerns among some lawmakers. The lawmakers fear that this technology would make it easier for grocery chains to use dynamic pricing, a strategy in which ...

Amazon is merging two of its private-label brands to attract bargain-hunting grocery shoppers. The company launched Amazon Grocery, a new private-label brand combining its Amazon Fresh and Happy Belly brands, according ...

Upshop, a food-retailer-focused software-as-a-service platform, debuted a “unified” operating system for grocers. Upshop 360 embeds artificial intelligence across the entirety of a store’s operational data to provide grocery retailers with an ...

DoorDash is expanding its partnership with grocery chain Kroger to 2,700 new stores. The updated collaboration kicks off Oct. 1 and will cover deliveries of fresh foods, essential items and Kroger’s ...

Uber Technologies reportedly expects to increase its grocery and retail deliveries, with the annual run rate of that segment of its business reaching $12.5 billion in gross bookings by the ...

Amazon is considering shuttering its U.K. “Fresh” stores amid rising online grocery demand. The tech giant said Tuesday (Sept. 23) that it had launched a “consultation” with employees about the proposed closure of the ...

Albertsons Cos. has added a travel booking experience powered by Expedia to the mobile app and website of its “for U” loyalty program. The new “for U Travel” offers Albertsons Cos. ...

Households in the United States are struggling to cover their monthly expenses. Rent, groceries, utilities and childcare are demanding a greater share of the paycheck. In response, consumers are making deliberate ...

In the high-stakes contest for grocery dollars in the United States, Walmart’s familiar supercenter aisles are proving more magnetic than the innovations of Amazon’s online grocery empire. While both retail giants ...

Aldi is reportedly making a $2.2 billion investment in its British grocery business. The two-year project comes as the German supermarket chain is enjoying record sales in the U.K., according to ...

Inflation’s pace quickened in August, and in the key category of food — and specifically grocery prices — the pinch on the household budget has been palpable. Data released on Thursday ...

College-focused social app Fizz is reportedly entering the world of grocery delivery. As TechCrunch reported Wednesday (Sept. 3), it’s part of a new partnership with delivery service Gopuff that lets students ...

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The yardstick of retail success is becoming who can best deliver anticipatory and frictionless commerce, not in isolated channels but as orchestrated services. Amazon and Walmart are at the forefront of ...

Instacart has launched a partnership with wholesale grocery distributor group Merchants Distributors (MDI). This collaboration, announced Thursday (Aug. 28), is designed to offer Instacart’s eCommerce solutions to MDI’s network of independent grocers. Those grocers, the companies said ...

Last week, Amazon announced a major expansion of its same-day grocery delivery. The company said it would now offer perishable groceries in 1,000 U.S. cities, with plans to more than double that number by year-end, ...

Walmart’s eCommerce momentum continues unabated, as price-conscious customers pivot to digital channels for everyday items, notably grocery. The company’s Thursday (Aug. 21) earnings release indicated that eCommerce sales were 26% higher ...

Tariffs are visibly squeezing the budgets of the most financially vulnerable consumers in the United States. Now, new research from PYMNTS Intelligence reveals a more subtle yet pervasive erosion of financial ...

It was supposed to be Mediterranean’s moment as Cava Group entered 2025 with growing momentum. After breaking the $1 billion revenue mark, the fast-casual chain, often likened to “the Chipotle of Mediterranean ...

Amazon has begun adding perishable groceries to its Same-Day Delivery service in the United States. The company now offers this service in more than 1,000 cities and towns and plans to ...

Instacart shoppers are ordering more often — and more carefully — as digital tools reframe how value is presented and perceived on the platform. Total orders rose 17% year over year ...

At grocery stores in Norway, prices can change within a matter of seconds. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (July 28), these supermarkets employ electronic labels that adjust prices multiple times ...

In the race to dominate modern retail’s final frontier of instant convenience, Walmart has done what once seemed improbable: outpace Amazon in the battle for same-day delivery.  New research from the ...

Global trade policy, long an abstract debate, now directly impacts the pocketbooks and grocery carts of consumers in the United States. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Stock Out. The Impact of Tariffs ...

The back-to-the-office movement is proving to be a powerful catalyst for significant shifts in consumer purchasing behavior, impacting everything from daily meal choices to long-term spending patterns. A recent report from ...

A new analysis from PYMNTS reveals that consumer payment behavior is largely driven by entrenched habits and the nature of the purchase, with distinct patterns emerging between everyday transactions and ...

Costco’s total company comparable sales increased 5.8% in June, driven by demand for fresh foods and non-food categories like jewelry, major appliances and gift cards. By region, the retailer’s sales were ...

If you’re reading this from a shaded Adirondack chair, lemonade in hand and the distant sizzle of a grill in your ears, congratulations: you’re living the Fourth of July dream. ...

French supermarket giant Carrefour is accelerating its digital transformation by creating the next generation of connected stores, with artificial intelligence (AI) embedded in its omnichannel retail strategy. “AI technology is at ...