From the digital shelf to your shopper's door

As growth in digital grocery sales continues, grocers and retailers must ensure they are revising their digital marketing strategies to attract consumers to the digital shelf.

June 25, 2019

Sam's Club serves up alcohol delivery

The club retailer and Instacart have also expanded their partnership to provide same-day grocery delivery from all 589 store locations.

By Lauren Manning • June 25, 2019

7-Eleven adds location-based delivery option

The convenience store's latest in-app feature allows consumers to order hot and fresh food from a public place like a park or a beach.

By Julie Littman • June 24, 2019

Report: Private label could be the new online 'challenger brand'

Driven by key categories like household and baby products, dollar share for CPG store brands sold online more than doubled over the past two years, Nielsen found.

By Krishna Thakker • June 24, 2019

Food Lion enters grocery pickup

Starting today, the banner will offer the curbside service in as little as one hour to shoppers in select stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

By Lauren Manning • June 24, 2019

Grocery jackpot? AmazonFresh bets on Las Vegas

The grocery delivery service launched in Sin City nearly two years after the company pulled back from multiple markets across the U.S. 

By Jessica Dumont • June 24, 2019

H Mart expands same-day delivery nationwide

The popular Asian-American grocer sees a big opportunity in e-commerce, having also recently partnered with Walmart's Jet.com.

By Lauren Manning • June 21, 2019

Walmart tests autonomous delivery vans for 'middle mile'

"Milk runs," or routes between business locations, are routine and require little decision-making on the part of a driver.

By Emma Cosgrove • June 20, 2019

Urban shoppers drive growth in online grocery

People living in densely populated city centers prefer delivery over fighting crowded supermarkets, according to a new report from Acosta.

By Lauren Manning • June 20, 2019

Gen X shifts to grocery shopping online

According to FMI's latest report, the demographic saw the largest e-commerce increase among generations, but millennials are still the biggest buyers of groceries online. 

By Jennifer Sweeney • June 19, 2019

Deliv to hire drivers as employees in California

The shift comes amid legal battles and regulations in the state over independent contractor pay and benefits.

By Krishna Thakker • June 19, 2019

Kroger is testing 30-minute delivery

Currently available at two Cincinnati-area stores, Kroger Rush offers a limited assortment of products, including produce, beverages and heat-and-eat meals.

By Jeff Wells • June 18, 2019

Walmart introduces unlimited grocery delivery plan

The $98-per-year price tag matches similar membership offers from competitors Instacart and Shipt.

By Jeff Wells • Updated June 17, 2019

Checkout lines will disappear, small formats will rise in coming decade, report predicts

Growth in online grocery, in-store technology and competition from alternative models will shape the industry's future, but a CBRE study states brick-and-mortar will remain central to the customer experience.

By Jessica Dumont • June 14, 2019

Walmart nixes Jet's lead exec role

As the retail giant shifts its online focus to Walmart.com, it plans to transition leadership of the Jet brand to another e-commerce executive.

By Ben Unglesbee • June 13, 2019

Target expands same-day delivery options

Shoppers in the 47 states where the service is offered no longer need to have a $99-per-year Shipt membership.

By Emma Cosgrove • June 13, 2019

Amazon Restaurants to close US operations

The online retailer is leaving the competitive restaurant delivery segment after only four years.

By Julie Littman • June 11, 2019

Jet adds dietary preferences for shoppers

The company is the first U.S. retail partner for U.K. technology company Spoon Guru, which uses artificial intelligence and tags to personalize the shopping experience.

By Krishna Thakker • June 11, 2019

Stop & Shop rolls out same-day grocery pickup

The grocer will offer the service at 20 New England locations, with plans to expand to all 175 stores by the end of the year.

By Jennifer Sweeney • June 7, 2019

Walmart begins in-home delivery in 3 cities

The company launched the membership program Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh; and Vero Beach, Florida, for an introductory price of $19.95 a month. 

By Jeff Wells • Updated Oct. 15, 2019

Schnucks adds rewards to online shopping

The Midwest grocery chain has also expanded its curbside pickup service to 30 stores in Missouri and Indiana. 

By Jessica Dumont • June 5, 2019

Former Ahold CEO joins Deliv's board of directors

James McCann serves as an advisor and investor to several other grocery tech platforms, including Jyve and Takeoff Technologies.

By Lauren Manning • June 4, 2019

The last yard: The final logistics frontier

The last yard takes an item not just to the porch or the shipping dock, but to the refrigerator, the sales floor or a specific spot on the manufacturing plant line where it will be used.

By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • June 3, 2019

Walmart's grocery delivery outranks Amazon, survey says

The companies continue to compete closely for online grocery customers, but shoppers ranked Walmart's delivery best in a survey from Citi.

By Jennifer Sweeney • May 31, 2019

Peapod links up with food writer Mark Bittman

The partnership includes shoppable recipes from Bittman's new cookbook and a Vietnamese-inspired meal kit.

By Lauren Manning • May 29, 2019