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Google Pay Adds Grocery Deals
Mobile Applications // April 29, 2021

Google has made its super app, Google Pay, even more super. The company announced Thursday (April 29) that it is building in even more functionality into the digital wallet app. These include the ability to find deals on groceries at both Safeway and Target markets and an...

Albertsons Teams With Tortoise For Robotic Grocery Delivery
Delivery // March 05, 2021

Albertsons, the country’s second-largest grocery store chain, is partnering with automated logistics startup Tortoise to pilot the beta launch of a robotic fleet of Safeway delivery carts in the towns of Tracy and Windsor in Northern California. Albertsons acquired Safeway in a $9.2 billion merger...

Safeway Enters Autonomous Delivery Space With Remote-Controlled Carts
Retail // March 05, 2021

Supermarket chain Safeway will pilot remote-controlled, driverless carts to deliver grocery orders to neighborhood homes, Safeway’s parent company Albertsons Companies announced on Friday (March 5). “Our team is obsessed with trying new and disruptive technologies that can bring more convenience for our customers,” Chris Rupp,...

Bitcoin Daily: Some Safeway Stores To Give Bitcoin As Change; Canadian ICO Consultant CoinLaunch To...
Bitcoin // July 28, 2019

Initial coin offering (ICO) consultant CoinLaunch will pay $50,000 to settle with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). According to the regulator’s website, CoinLaunch was consulted on two ICOs, with both determined to be securities. CoinLaunch reportedly created the tokens, white papers and websites, advised on...

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Albertsons Teams With Tortoise For Robotic Grocery Delivery

March 05, 2021
Albertsons, the country’s second-largest grocery store chain, is partnering with automated logistics startup Tortoise to pilot the beta launch of a robotic fleet of Safeway delivery carts in the towns of Tracy and Windsor in Northern California. Albertsons acquired Safeway in a $9.2 billion merger deal in 2015.  “Our team is obsessed with trying new […]

Bitcoin Daily: Some Safeway Stores To Give Bitcoin As Change; Canadian ICO Consultant CoinLaunch To...

July 28, 2019
Initial coin offering (ICO) consultant CoinLaunch will pay $50,000 to settle with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). According to the regulator’s website, CoinLaunch was consulted on two ICOs, with both...

Western Union Teams With Albertsons For Money Transfer

August 01, 2018
Western Union announced it has partnered with Albertsons to enable consumer access to international and domestic money transfer and money order services, as well as bill payment services at Albertsons’...

Overcharging Customers Costs Target $4M

February 13, 2015
Target will pay almost $4 million to settle accusations that it charged California consumers higher prices than the retailer advertised because of faulty checkout scanners, the San Francisco Chronicle reported....