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Supermarkets
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsInstacart Pushes Into Convenience Store Market With 7-Eleven Deal
Instacart, which has made a name for itself delivering groceries from the big supermarket...
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EarningsAlbertsons’ Online Sales Surge 276 Pct Amid Pandemic
Digital commerce has skyrocketed at Albertsons, as the supermarket giant posted a triple-digit increase...
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DeliveryGrocers Juggle Bottom Line, Food Delivery Costs
Online grocery sales rose to a record $6.6 billion last month, up 65 percent...
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IPOBinDawood Prepares First Middle Eastern IPO Since COVID-19
BinDawood Holding is planning to offer an initial public offering (IPO) of its supermarket...
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RetailKroger, Ocado To Build Regional High-Tech Fulfillment Centers
The Kroger Family of Companies, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, and Ocado Supermarket Co.,...
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The WeekenderPandemic's Digital Shift, Credit Unions, Stimulus Funds Top This Week's...
It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to...
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CoronavirusFrontline Workers Want More Pandemic Hazard Pay
Essential workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are asking for more bonus...
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DeliveryUber Eats Moves Into On-Demand Grocery Delivery
Uber Eats is stepping up moves into online grocery deliveries as the coronavirus continues...
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RetailWhy Regional Supermarkets Need To Change Their Strategy
Toilet paper and bleach may be flying off the shelves right now, but regional...
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Loyalty & RewardsSupermarkets Ramp Up Loyalty Programs
It’s a good time for supermarkets to focus on customer retention. Their supply chain...
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Real EstateCustomer Experience Surpasses Brand, Price
This is the year that customer experience surpasses brand and price as the most...
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RetailBankruptcy Wave Hits Whole Foods Competitors
Big companies. Essential products. Burgeoning delivery options. It would make sense that the supermarket...
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RetailHow Grocery Retail Will Evolve In 2020
Grocers are upping their digital game, and the trends in play now promise to...
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RetailTesco Launches Amazon-Style Subscription Program
Tesco is taking on the competition by adding a subscription option to its Clubcard...
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RidesharingLyft Discounts Trips To Grocery Stores
Grocery stores are undergoing historic transformation thanks to digital technology, transforming from rather staid...
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B2B PaymentsDown Under, Supermarkets Combat Late Payments
In Australia, large supermarket chains are among the firms combatting late payments, and adhering...
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MPOS TrackerHow mPOS Helps Bag More Groceries
Customers expect unified retail experiences as they shop between in-store and online. Retailers and...
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Today In DataToday In Data: The Smart Shopping Cart Of The Future
Retail startup Caper is reinventing the grocery store experience with a shopping cart that...
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RetailGrocers’ In-Store Innovations For Boosting Consumer Spend
For many consumers, trips to the grocery store are a routine part of their...
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BitcoinBitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Payments At The Grocery Store; tZERO To...
Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek is acquiring a “substantial” number of shares in Philippine-based blockchain...
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RetailAhold Launches Automated Supermarkets
Grocery group Ahold Delhaize is set to launch automated warehouses to speed up completion...
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RetailAlbertsons Turns To AI Tech For Grocery Orders
To assemble baskets of products for delivery orders, Albertsons is teaming up with Takeoff...
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DeliveryWalmart, JD.com Invest $500M Into Dada-JD Daojia
Dada-JD Daojia, a grocery and delivery company in China, disclosed Thursday (August 9) that...
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B2B PaymentsSuppliers Reel After Tesco, Carrefour Agree To Combine Procurement Powers
Two supermarket conglomerates are teaming up and combining their leverage to get better payment...
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InnovationAhold Delhaize USA Launches Peapod Digital Labs
Ahold Delhaize USA, the supermarket operator, announced news on Tuesday (May 22) that it...
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RetailExperimental Robot In Supermarket Booted From 'Job'
An experimental run of a robot designed to assist shoppers in a European supermarket...
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ResTechKroger’s Secret Ingredient In 2018: Data
Spend smarter, not harder. That’s the approach Kroger is taking as it endeavors to...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsHy-Vee Kicks Into Hy-Gear With Wahlburgers, OrangeTheory Partnerships
Could the secret to winning the grocery wars lie not in groceries, but in...
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RetailAlibaba To Launch Three Hybrid Hema Supermarket Stores
When two modes of shopping really love each other... Wait, no — scratch that....
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Amazon AcquisitionsUS Lawmaker Calls For Hearings On Amazon’s Whole Foods Bid
Amazon is facing calls from a U.S. lawmaker for Congressional hearings on its $13.7...
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RetailPeapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience
Peapod was one of the earliest Internet startups to offer grocery delivery services, so...
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RetailSoftware Smooths Logistics of eCommerce Grocery Delivery
From Peapod to Instacart and now AmazonFresh, it’s safe to say that the grocery-delivery...
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AmazonAmazon And The Art of (The Grocery) War
Let me tell you a story about the art of the grocery store war,...
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Amazon AcquisitionsIn Stock Market, Amazon Drowns Grocers To Save Whole Foods
Whole Food customers are still deciding whether the news of Amazon’s acquisition of the natural...
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Loyalty & RewardsStarbucks Boosts Rewards Program To Include More Products
Starbucks Corp announced that it is expanding its loyalty rewards program at grocery stores...
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Supermarkets Not Scanning Well With Millennials
Despite the National Retail Federation reporting that grocery stores topped the “hot list” of retailers...
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The Hottest Retailers Right Now Are … Supermarkets?
Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by...
