grocery

A store that sells food and household supplies. A grocery store or grocer's shop is a retail shop that primarily sells food. A grocer is a bulk seller of food. Grocery stores also offer non-perishable foods that are packaged in bottles, boxes, and cans; some also have bakeries, butchers, delis, and fresh produce.

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Retailers Simplify Loyalty Programs to Increase Consumer Frequency
Retailers Simplify Loyalty Programs to Increase Consumer Frequency
April 05, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Consumers want loyalty rewards, but not if it means having to work their way through a complicated digital interface. Retailers including Albertsons and PetSmart are updating their programs to...

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Forage Adds In-Store EBT Processing, Creating Omnichannel Solution
Forage Adds In-Store EBT Processing, Creating Omnichannel Solution
April 05, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Forage now provides retailers with an omnichannel Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) processing solution. The payment processor has expanded into in-store EBT processing, a service that joins...

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Grocers Scale Back Direct Fulfillment in Shift to Third-Party Delivery
Grocers Scale Back Direct Fulfillment in Shift to Third-Party Delivery
April 04, 2024  |  eCommerce

As grocers look for ways to make the economics of eCommerce work in their favor, some key players are finding that in-house delivery fulfillment may...

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Shoppers Grow Cautious and Creative as Food Prices Climb
Shoppers Grow Cautious and Creative as Food Prices Climb
April 04, 2024  |  Economy

How far will $100 go at the supermarket? Not as far as in 2019. While food inflation has slowed in recent months, costs continue to climb at...

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Amazon’s Retail Dominance Kept in Check by Walmart’s Food Sales
Amazon’s Retail Dominance Kept in Check by Walmart’s Food Sales
April 03, 2024  |  Retail

Since 2019, PYMNTS Intelligence has closely tracked the battle between the U.S.’s two top retailers, Walmart and Amazon, and each quarter we share our findings...

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Amazon Fresh to Replace ‘Just Walk Out’ With Smart Carts
Amazon Fresh to Replace ‘Just Walk Out’ With Smart Carts
April 02, 2024  |  Amazon

As it redesigns its Amazon Fresh stores, Amazon is removing its Just Walk Out technology. That technology will be replaced by the company’s smart shopping...

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Instacart Taps Third-Party Integrations to Grow Its Presence in Consumers’ Lives
Instacart Taps Third-Party Integrations to Grow Its Presence in Consumers’ Lives
March 29, 2024  |  Technology

Instacart is taking a tip from eCommerce giants such as Amazon, expanding its reach into more parts of consumers’ day-to-day routines with its new Instacart Developer Platform (IDP). The...

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New Report: To Compete, Small Businesses Must Sharpen Use of Digital Shopping Features
New Report: To Compete, Small Businesses Must Sharpen Use of Digital Shopping Features
March 28, 2024  |  VISA

Consumers increasingly want digital innovation no matter where they shop. Industry giants typically hold an edge in providing more digital shopping features because of their...

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Retailers Expand Smart Cart Adoption to Boost Self-Checkout and Lower Theft
Retailers Expand Smart Cart Adoption to Boost Self-Checkout and Lower Theft
March 26, 2024  |  Retail

Across continents, more retailers are adopting smart carts to lower their labor costs without driving up shrink. Instacart and Associated Wholesale Growers (AWG) shared Monday (March 25) that...

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