Instacart Appoints Fidji Simo as its New CEO
Grocery delivery company Instacart announced today that it is appointing Fidji Simo as its new CEO effective August 2. Simo has been on Instacart’s board since January of this year. […]
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Valqari Launching Single-Family Drone Mailboxes Later this Year, Targeting $1,500 Price Point
Valqari is looking to launch a retail, single-family version of its drone delivery smart locker later this year, and is working to get the cost of it below $1,500. Valqari […]
Recipe Sharing App Whisk an Early Test Partner for TikTok’s New Jump Program
This week TikTok officially launched its Jump program, a new feature which allows third party apps to integrate with the hugely popular social video app. The new integration allows someone […]
Cooler Screens Expanding its Dynamic Screens to Stores Nationally
Cooler Screens, the company that turns the doors of grocery coolers and freezers into full-motion display screens, is expanding outside of Chicago to more stores across the U.S. AdWeek first […]
Online Grocer Boxed Bulks up by Going Public via SPAC
Boxed, a grocery e-commerce site that specializes in selling bulk items, is going public via special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Announced today, the deal is being done via merger with […]
Kroger’s Drone Delivery Officially Takes Off in Ohio
Kroger launched its first retail drone delivery on Wednesday of this week in Centerville, Ohio. The Dayton Daily News reported that the drone’s maiden voyage dropped off two packages of […]
JustKitchen Raising $20M, Expanding into the U.S., Asia
Vancouver, Canada-headquartered JustKitchen announced this week it is in the process of raising $20 million to expand its network of ghost kitchens and virtual restaurant brands. The company said it […]
A Peek Inside AppHarvest’s 60-Acre High-Tech Greenhouse in Eastern Kentucky
Ag tech company AppHarvest may only be a few years old, but growth for both the operation and its tomato crops moves at a breakneck pace these days. After shipping […]
Report: Instacart Looking to Add Automated Grocery Fulfillment
According to a story out in Bloomberg today, Instacart is looking to create automated fulfillment centers, which would use robots to assemble grocery orders. These fulfillment centers would either be […]
Flytrex Gets Thumbs Up From the FAA for Backyard Drone Delivery in North Carolina
Flytrex, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based drone delivery startup, announced today that it will be expanding its service in Fayetteville, North Carolina, after receiving approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]
Survey: More than One-Third of US Online Grocery Shoppers to Keep E-Commerce Habit Post-Pandemic
One question looming over U.S. grocery retailers is how many of their customers who were pushed into online shopping last year will continue to do so after the pandemic recedes. […]
Survey: Online Grocery Had $8.4B in Sales in April, Down 10 Percent from March
Some of the stats we’re watching closely as our nation slowly comes out of the pandemic are those for online grocery sales. Namely, will the e-commerce curbside pickup and delivery […]
