Category: FMCG products

January 18, 2022

Amazon was ranked as the US’ top grocer last year for the second year running, in a survey conducted by the Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index. The index is a nationwide study of the roughly $1 trillion US grocery market. Amazon […]

January 14, 2022

Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy revealed that the company’s one-hour grocery delivery service, Whoosh, will be available from at least 600 stores by the end of next year. Whoosh, which offers faster grocery delivery than its conventional home delivery service, […]

January 14, 2022

As many have said, data is everything and everything is data. Amazon and H-E-B held onto their spots as the No. 1 and No. 2 U.S. grocery retailers on the dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI) this year. In a shakeup, […]

January 5, 2022

Walmart is hiring a further 3,000 delivery drivers as it seeks to expand its InHome Delivery service. Specially trained employees will be given the task of entering shoppers’ homes before placing groceries in the fridge, while wearing body cameras. They […]

December 14, 2021

Amazon has plans to launch a new grocery delivery service in the US next year, similar to sector giant Instacart next year, according to a report by The Information. Customers in the UK already have access to the service, whereby […]

December 2, 2021

Any U.S. consumers who pay attention to their grocery receipts have undoubtedly noticed the increase in prices over the past year. One of the groups being hit hardest by the spike in grocery prices, though, consists of people who spend […]

November 30, 2021

Leading UK manufacturers and retailers have reduced plastic by 10 per cent over the past few years, a new report has revealed. In addition, members of the “UK plastics pact”, made up of major supermarkets, manufacturers and producers have almost […]

November 18, 2021

Grocery stores and hotels might at first glance seem to have little in common. But for Ryan Draude, the similarities are crystal clear. Just as hotels offer rewards to people who regularly stay with them and take steps to recognize […]

November 17, 2021

Amazon.com is launching new curbside-recyclable insulated packaging that the company says does away with the need to use bubble bags or plastic liners. Stephenie Landry, vice president, Amazon Grocery, writing on the company’s blog, claims that the new packaging will […]

November 16, 2021

Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech makes “every other grocery store obsolete,” according to ex-Amazon executive Brittain Ladd. Ladd described Amazon Fresh’s arrival onto the high street as the grocery sector’s “Pearl Harbour moment”. The ecommerce giant has just opened a […]

October 29, 2021

According to a recent Pitney Bowes BOXpoll survey, 54 percent of U.S. consumers believe grocery delivery within an hour is important to them, well above other categories. That’s good news for the wide range of “ultra-fast” or “rapid” delivery upstarts […]

October 15, 2021

No one could have predicted the grocery e-commerce boom brought on by customer demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon, grocery stores all over the country were offering online shopping to customers staying home to protect themselves and their loved ones. […]

September 30, 2021

Deliveroo has announced it is launching its own rapid grocery delivery service, “Hop”, to take on its rivals Gorillas, Getir and Weezy. The service will rely on a dark store model in partnership with retailer Morrisons and will aim to […]

September 29, 2021

Retailers of food and grocery products struggled to meet consumer demand for delivery, buy online and pickup in store (BOPIS) and other options last year as the novel coronavirus pandemic hit. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies at the same time […]

September 27, 2021

Whole Foods and parent company Amazon are making it clear that they’re done subsidizing the extra costs that come with grocery delivery. Although Prime shoppers responded emphatically to free delivery on large orders from Whole Foods stores during the pandemic, […]

September 27, 2021

New York City has passed legislation that will set a minimum pay for food delivery couriers in a landmark law for the on-demand delivery market. The move is likely to have big implications for the models of delivery apps including […]

September 22, 2021

Coming on the heels of Kroger and Instacart’s virtual convenience store rollout, Robomart is betting other grocery retailers are angling to join the instant-needs delivery trend. The startup, which launched commercially this summer in West Hollywood, California, is offering a […]

September 15, 2021

Kroger has announced it is partnering with one of the US’ biggest grocery delivery brands, Instacart, to offer 30 minute delivery for its customers. The Kroger Delivery Now service, will give access to 25,000 products and is being made available […]

August 26, 2021

Americans are dealing with an ongoing obesity crisis and surveys continually show the majority want to lose weight. Can grocers help now that they offer increased online access? Researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) recently […]

August 16, 2021

GoPuff recently announced it was acquiring UK rapid grocery delivery startup Dija, but fresh consolidation is expected as the industry continues to rake in investment. Dija has only been operational for eight months marking an exceptional success story in what […]