Efficient, tech-driven supply chain management drives HelloFresh’s success

During the pandemic, consumers shopping habits changed dramatically toward online channels, pressing companies like HelloFresh to rethink their supply chain operations.

“With the shutting of borders and homes and schools, everyone’s coming home and staying home, and we were a lucky recipient of that in some ways,” said Matt Cicinelli, vice president of operations and technology at HelloFresh. “We were set up to be a business of one size, not knowing COVID was coming, and we quickly transitioned...

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Walmart reigns in grocery delivery wars, but Instacart is pushing hard

Walmart leads Instacart in online grocery delivery sales

January was the peak sales month for online grocery sales, reaching $9.3 billion during the month, according to a Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey conducted Jan. 28-31. Sales in February started to fall, dropping 14% to $8 billion, and have remained on a slow decline since, as more Americans began leaving their homes. Sales fell 24% from January through June, according to Bloomberg Second Measure.

But for some companies, online grocery sales and delivery remain red-hot, and...

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