Grocers are already seeing supply chain challenges impact their ability to meet demand this holiday season. Lakeland, Florida-based supermarket chain Publix, which operates 1,289 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, confirmed to Jacksonville, Florida’s First Coast News on Friday...
Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Kroger leverages its partnership with Ocado to expand to new markets, and Publix launches 30-minute convenience delivery with Instacart. Plus, Domino’s rethinks its off-premises mix in response to labor challenges. New Tracker: Restaurant Mobile and Loyalty Make a...
Instacart and the supermarket chain Publix have joined forces on Publix’s virtual convenience offering, which lets customers choose products from Publix and have them delivered by Instacart. Announced on Thursday (Nov. 4), Publix Quick Picks is a new storefront available across Publix’s seven-state footprint, allowing...
Amazon is going big, literally, with its “Just Walk Out” cashierless checkout system. The chain has opened its largest-yet Amazon Fresh grocery store with the technology, the Chicago Sun Times reported Thursday (Nov. 4). The store, located in Westmont, Illinois, is 35,000 square feet, and...
July 14, 2020
As the United States experiences a coin shortage due to the pandemic, some brick-and-mortar retailers are forcing consumers to tell cashiers to “keep the change.” Kroger is the largest chain so far to do so, temporarily refusing to give coins out as change. Customers can either round up their bills to the nearest dollar and […]
February 24, 2020
The mobile order-ahead market continues to expand its footprint, growing by 23 percent over the past four years and now accounting for more than 3.1 billion restaurant visits and $26.8...
November 04, 2021
Instacart and the supermarket chain Publix have joined forces on Publix’s virtual convenience offering, which lets customers choose products from Publix and have them delivered by Instacart. Announced on Thursday (Nov. 4), Publix Quick Picks is a new storefront available across Publix’s seven-state footprint, allowing customers to shop for groceries, household items, meals and snacks, […]
April 29, 2021
Instacart is expanding its EBT SNAP payment integration to three more merchants — Publix, The Save Mart Companies and Price Chopper/Market 32 — bringing the total to 1,500-plus stores in...
November 15, 2020
Retailers around the country are reinstating measures intended to counter the spread of COVID-19, CNBC reported. At Walmart stores, employees have resumed keeping track of how many shoppers are in...
July 16, 2020
Instacart and Publix are teaming up to provide home delivery of the grocery chain’s popular submarine sandwiches as part of a new Digital Deli offering. The subs are part of...
