Contactless 2.0 is Here for Restaurants and Grocers
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Albertsons Expanding Use of Micro-Fulfillment with Takeoff
Albertsons is adding more micro-fulfillment centers (MFC) from Takeoff Technologies in an effort to keep up with grocery e-commerce, according to a story in Supermarket News. Takeoff Technologies’ MFCs use […]
Instacart Enters Convenience Category, Now Delivers from 7-Eleven
Good news for those craving a Slurpee, but don’t want to leave their homes: Instacart announced today that it is now offering same-day delivery from national convenience store chain 7-Eleven. […]
Walmart to Launch Its Walmart+ Membership Service on September 15
Walmart today announced it will launch its own membership service, Walmart+, on September 15. The service will be available for $98/year or $12.95/month and include free same-day delivery from Walmart […]
Deliveroo and Waitrose Launch a 30-Minute Grocery Delivery Trial
Following similar recent moves from other third-party delivery services, Deliveroo is expanding its presence in the world of online grocery shopping. At the tail-end of last week, grocery chain Waitrose […]
The Direct to Consumer Boom in Food Tech
We’re running out of synonyms. Since the pandemic hit in earnest, we’ve written about surges, spikes, booms, waves, deluges and just about every other artful synonym we can think of […]
Simbe Robotics CEO: Robots Help Prevent Empty Grocery Store Shelves
Can robots help prevent the empty grocery store shelves that we saw during the initial panic buying stage of this pandemic? Brad Bogolea, Co-Founder and CEO of Simbe Robotics, thinks […]
First Amazon Fresh Grocery Store Opening in Woodland Hills, CA
The first Amazon Fresh grocery store is finally opening in Woodland Hills, CA, the company announced via blog post early this morning. This Amazon Fresh is the first of many […]
Beyond Meat Now Sells Directly to Consumers
Beyond Meat announced today that it has launched a new e-commerce site that allows consumers to buy the company’s plant-based beef and sausage products directly from the company. The store […]
Very Good Butchers Will Soon Bring its Vegan Meats to the U.S.
Very Good Butchers, a Canadian-based vegan meat shop, announced this week that it will be expanding to the U.S. The company began trading in the Canadian Stock Market in June, […]
Order for Me’s Contactless Restaurant Tech Lets You Split the Check — Among Other New Features
If there was an official buzzword of the pandemic-era restaurant, it would be “contactless.” But as is the case with any technology that becomes an overnight trend, there are now […]
Shoppable Recipe Service Northfork Raises $1.1M
Northfork, a Swedish company that enables shoppable recipes online, announced yesterday that it has raised 10 million Swedish Krona (~$1.1 million USD). The round was led by J12 Ventures with […]
