grocery stores

Online grocery firms merge to form Stor.ai, a Relationshop company

You’ve heard of commerce. You’re probably familiar with e-commerce. But allow Galen Walters, CEO of the newly formed Stor.ai, a Relationshop company, to introduce you to i-commerce.

“The ‘i’ represents the tenets of our enterprise solution: intelligent data, individual engagement and integrated shopping,” Walters explained. “We believe that for regional retailers to compete with WIKA (Walmart, Instacart, Kroger, Amazon), they need a technology solutions partner and unified technology platform...

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DoorDash adds express grocery delivery with Albertsons

DoorDash rolls out express grocery delivery service to compete with Instacart, Uber

Just a few days after DoorDash released its Q4 2021 earnings report, which reflected strong growth in nonrestaurant orders, the company is doubling down on one of its emerging verticals: grocery.

On Thursday, the food delivery platform launched an express grocery delivery service in partnership with massive nationwide grocer Albertsons, through which it will deliver groceries to consumers in over 20 major U.S. cities like Los Angeles, Denver and Seattle in under 30 minutes.

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Amazon is about to shake up grocery delivery

Amazon Fresh Marketplace is coming, and it's ready to shake up grocery delivery

Third-party food delivery services like Uber Eats and DoorDash have become a part of the fabric of the U.S., with well over 100 million users placing orders on the apps last year. But those companies have begun to realize that delivering from restaurants and convenience stores is just the tip of the iceberg.

Grocery delivery has long been seen as the domain of Instacart and Walmart, but more and more food delivery platforms are experimenting with the service. Take, for example, Uber (NYSE: UBER),...

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Instacart acquires smart-tech startup Caper AI for $350 million

Instacart acquires startup Caper AI for $350 million

Instacart was founded in 2012 with a simple mission — to become the Amazon Prime of grocery delivery. In 2021, the company boasts nearly 10 million active users and over 500,000 “shoppers,” Instacart’s term for its delivery drivers. It finally turned in its first profitable month during the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020.

The thing is, though, physical grocery stores haven’t disappeared. Instacart is well aware of this, and it’s charting a path into physical retail with the $350 million...

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What consumers want: Premium products and fresh groceries — The Stockout

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Grocery demand has shifted slightly since the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic; consumers went from in-person purchasing to grocery delivery and now have landed in a hybrid model.

Differing desires stop at the grocery store door because it is clear that consumers still want the freshest goods no matter how those goods make it into the fridge.

In this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel discusses what recent results from major grocery chains say about demand for CPG, and how CPG...

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Online grocery fulfillment in Canada fails to meet expectations (with video)

A white grocery delivery van parked on the street.

Grocery stores in Canada need to invest in robust e-commerce capabilities to prevent a repeat of stock-outs and long delivery delays that disappointed large numbers of customers who opted for virtual shopping at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a food industry expert at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit.

Canadians are hungry to shop online for food and staples, but the grocery sector’s infrastructure significantly lags demand, said Gary Newbury, who spent 30 years...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/online-grocery-fulfillment-in-canada-fails-to-meet-expectations-with-video

FreightWaves 3PL Summit: COVID-19 bruises complacent US food supply chain (with video)

FreightWaves interviews Kenny Lund

The U.S. food supply chain has become so efficient in recent years that grocery stores and their customers do not anticipate the sight of empty shelves. That image, however, was quickly shattered in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic when grocers, large and small, could not receive certain products fast enough to keep store shelves replenished. 

Across the country, television news reports showed surprising videos of panicked shoppers looking for food and sanitization products to no avail. 

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