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    4 key takeaways from Groceryshop 2024

    The annual show centered on ways grocers can serve shoppers in an era where people have more choices than ever before — and remain sharply focused on saving money.

    By • Oct. 14, 2024
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    The Friday Checkout: Club stores are doing more to stand out

    Sam’s Club is opening a checkout-free store near Dallas while Costco is lowering prices on key items under its Kirkland Signature brand.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Oct. 11, 2024
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    Trendline

    Fresh food innovation

    From new delivery services to technology designed to battle food waste, fresh foods and the ways grocers sell them are rapidly evolving. 

    By Grocery Dive staff
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    Automated-checkout company Grabango shuts down

    The tech company, which made a significant reduction in its workforce last year, was unable to secure the funding it needed to continue operating, a spokesperson said.

    By Brett Dworski , • Oct. 11, 2024
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    How Weis Markets is getting an e-commerce boost with Amazon

    The East Coast grocer was initially skeptical about linking with the online giant, but has reaped benefits including expanding its reach to more metro areas, the company’s CIO said.

    By • Oct. 10, 2024
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    Sam’s Club to open location without checkout stations

    Shoppers at the digitally focused store, due to open next week in Grapevine, Texas, will need to use the retailer’s Scan & Go app to make purchases.

    By • Oct. 8, 2024
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    ‘Healthcare is complicated’: Kroger’s complex journey to link food with health

    The grocery company’s health arm aims to connect people with health, wellness and nutrition solutions while battling legislative and healthcare industry challenges.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    Instacart adds games, personalized coupons to its smart carts

    The new capabilities aim to deliver benefits for brands and retailers while also driving repeated customer use of the technology.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    Ahold Delhaize introduces new in-store audio retail media solution

    The grocery company’s East Coast banners will give CPG partners the ability to create in-store audio ads and strategies through a partnership with Vibenomics.

    By • Oct. 4, 2024
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    Why Whole Foods’ Daily Shops won’t feature Just Walk Out tech

    Display movement is “very restricted” when the tech is in use, a Whole Foods executive said during a store tour of the new format.

    By • Updated Oct. 7, 2024
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    What’s on grocers’ radars as retail media plows ahead

    IAB’s Connected Commerce Summit last month brought together major players to discuss standardization, in-store tech, privacy laws and more.

    By • Oct. 3, 2024
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    5 ways grocers can master shoppable video, connected TV

    Social media platforms like TikTok put consumers in shopping mode 24/7, so retailers need to know how to create engaging content, said Chris Bruderle, IAB's VP of industry insights and content strategy.

    By • Oct. 2, 2024
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    Albertsons testing Afresh’s new forecasting solution

    The grocer is piloting the AI-powered tool across produce, meat, seafood, deli and foodservice for 17 distribution centers.

    By • Oct. 2, 2024
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    Top grocery trade shows in 2025

    From retail industry shows to category-specific events, here’s a look at the key grocery conferences happening next year.

    By Grocery Dive Staff • Updated Oct. 2, 2024
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    ‘Not a banana’: Ahold Delhaize USA, Giant Eagle talk retail media strategies

    Running an advertising arm is very different from selling groceries, grocery executives said during a virtual event hosted by Grocery Dive and Marketing Dive last week.

    By • Sept. 30, 2024
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    Gopuff launches new ad tools aimed at young consumers

    The delivery service has beefed up its platform to help brands connect with Gen Z and millennial consumers whether in-app, in-bag or off-platform.

    By Chris Kelly • Sept. 27, 2024
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    SpartanNash dials up its tech talent efforts

    More than 300 of the company’s workers participated this week in its first IT Training Palooza.

    By • Sept. 27, 2024
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    A closer look at Grocery Outlet’s unique shopping app

    Unlike other retailers’ omnichannel apps, the discount grocer’s one focuses on personalized savings and in-person shopping.

    By • Sept. 26, 2024
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    What to know about privacy laws when collecting personal data on shoppers

    Retailers have moved away from collecting identifiable information from consumers, but need to be aware of requirements for the personal data they do collect, an Albertsons privacy official said at IAB's summit last week.

    By • Sept. 23, 2024
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    The advantages of data-driven freshness for grocery perimeter products

    Grocery sushi shows RFID has freshness advantages.

    Sept. 23, 2024
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    Walmart’s major grocery moves so far in 2024

    From in-store restaurant tie-ups to a new private label, the retailer has ramped up its efforts to stand out as a food destination.

    By • Sept. 19, 2024
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    How Kroger is using standardized metrics to boost its retail media network

    During a conference panel, the grocer shared how IAB’s guidelines have improved accountability as the chain looks to release its own updated measurement model.

    By • Sept. 19, 2024
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    Key takeaways from the industry’s first in-store retail media standardizations

    IAB’s newly published set of definitions and measurement standards aims to improve transparency and consistency.

    By • Sept. 18, 2024
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    The appeal of free money: 8 reasons retailers need a digital coupon strategy

    Despite having thousands of digital coupons available, many consumers are unaware they exist. The solution? A digital coupon strategy.

    Sept. 16, 2024
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    Confusion persists with food traceability rule as compliance date nears

    From reporting metrics to how the FDA investigation process works, several major questions loom for industries impacted by the rule, a new report found.

    By • Sept. 13, 2024
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    What will it take to unlock in-store retail media?

    The technology is advancing rapidly, but without a consistent way to measure the impact of ad campaigns, grocers and CPGs may be left grappling with data, according to experts.

    By • Sept. 12, 2024