Category: FMCG products

May 13, 2019

Walmart’s grocery pickup service is experiencing rapid growth with no signs of slowing down. Walmart plans to have 3,100 locations offering grocery pickup by the end of 2019. To explore the usage of this retail technology, Numerator, a market intelligence […]

April 11, 2019

The struggles of mall stalwarts such as Macy’s, Sears and J.C. Penney could spell opportunity for supermarket chains. Just last month, beloved Connecticut chain Stew Leonard’s began renovating an 80,000-square-foot location at New Jersey’s Paramus Park Mall formerly occupied by […]

April 2, 2019

After its acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017, Amazon introduced a sweeping lineup of lower prices on Whole Foods products. From Whole Trade bananas and organic avocados to animal-welfare-rated ground beef and almond butter, grocery staples were discounted by as […]

March 27, 2019

Eight Neighborhood Market stores is a mere fraction of the banner’s total footprint, but the closures are notable for a retailer that is otherwise white-hot when it comes to grocery sales. Walmart Neighborhood Market was first launched in 1998 and […]

March 25, 2019

FreshDirect moved into a new campus last July to help it scale its unique digital experience. RIS’ sister brand Progressive Grocer was invited to FreshDirect’s new Bronx, NY, campus to check out the pure-play e-grocer’s new home. After a tour […]

March 4, 2019

Amazon plans to begin opening “dozens of grocery stores” in several major U.S. cities before the year’s end, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The move would take the e-commerce bohemoth deeper into food […]

February 20, 2019

The Kroger Co. and Ocado announced Central Florida and Mid-Atlantic as the locations for America’s next two customer fulfillment centers (CFC). “Kroger is excited to partner with Ocado—one of the most innovative, advanced companies in the world — to redefine […]

January 29, 2019

The new online grocery pickup outlet would check off a lot of boxes for Ahold Delhaize and its Giant Foods banner. For one, the strategy opens up a new way to repurpose underperforming stores in key regions. It also puts […]

January 21, 2019

Stop & Shop will launch driverless grocery vehicles in the Greater Boston area beginning in Spring 2019. As part of an engagement with San Francisco-based startup Robomart, the vehicles will bring a selection of Stop & Shop produce, as well […]

January 18, 2019

In a rush to keep up with Amazon and the booming business of e-commerce, Walmart has turned to an assortment of last-mile providers to cover various regions of the country. These companies handle the most expensive piece of e-commerce fulfillment […]