Wakefern Brings CB4 to ShopRite and Price Rite Marketplace Stores to Drive Sales and Meet Demand
CB4 and Wakefern Food Corp. today announced plans to expand CB4 technology to additional stores after a successful rollout in several ShopRite and Price Rite Marketplace stores. The CB4 app uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to increase sales, save time, and allow for better tracking of products. Wakefern is the largest retailer-owned cooperative […]
A Snapshot of Grocery Supply Chain: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
When the pandemic reached the U.S. last winter, consumers rushed grocery aisles, “panic buying” toilet paper and other essentials to last them through quarantine. Restaurants were forced to shutter, leaving people to cook more meals at home as grocers scrambled to adjust supply chains to an abrupt change in consumer appetite. With no clear end […]
RFID in Food Retail: Will Stores Bite?
RFID technology—short for “radio-frequency identification”—is often associated with controlling inventory and reducing theft. It uses electromagnetic fields to identify and track tags that have been attached to different items. RFID in retail means the item might set off an alarm if someone tries to lift it from a store. But it also means the item […]
Local Grocery Chains vs. Big Box Supermarkets: Which is Coming Out of Covid-19 Ahead?
The COVID-19 outbreak pushed no industry (save for healthcare and biotechnology) to evolve as dramatically as the grocery retail industry. Within weeks of the pandemic’s arrival, big box retailers and local grocery chains alike were driven to upend their operations across the board, from stocking to staffing to safety protocols. Behemoths such as Walmart and […]
5 Grocery Industry Trends to Watch in 2021
Nearly one year after the COVID-19 pandemic began ravaging the globe, your local grocery store is likely looking a little different. Few businesses have been affected as dramatically by the virus as the grocery industry. Initially slow to adapt to e-commerce, the grocery industry has shoveled billions of dollars this year into developing online platforms […]
5 Ingredients That Make Kroger a Customer Favorite in the Food Retail Industry
Customer delight on aisle three! The Kroger Co., the Cincinnati-based, largest pure-play supermarket chain in the country, had more than 2,750 stores as of early 2020. Despite its reach, however, the chain has also been known for something else: being a consumer favorite in the food retail industry. As with other large chains, that may […]
Grocery Store Operations: What Shoppers & Front Line Workers Reveal on Reddit
2020 was a year of the ordinary becoming the essential. At the beginning of the year, videoconferencing was a niche tool for connecting remote teams, or staying in touch with relatives across the country; now, it’s the backbone of the business economy. The exercise bike was a rarely used contraption that sat in the corner […]
Can’t Touch This: Contactless is Now a Must-Have for Grocers
One of the biggest ironies of ecommerce had been how willing people are to purchase cars or 60-inch TVs sight unseen, but still prefer to choose their own eggs and apples. Then… the pandemic came along ready to disrupt an industry that was ripe for change. Hello, online grocery. In 2019, Publicis Groupe had predicted […]
CB4 Announces Partnership with Spanish Supermarket Giant Eroski to Streamline Operational Execution
Eroski, One of Spain’s Leading Grocers with 2,000+ Stores, Will Use CB4 AI to Improve Product Buyability and the In-Store Experience for Customers NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CB4 and Eroski are announcing a partnership to improve store execution and customer experience during Covid-19 and beyond. As a leading supermarket chain in Spain, Eroski understands how important […]
Grocery Shopping in the Time of Corona: It’s Awful
Of all the uncertainties the novel coronavirus as brought upon us, one thing is absolute: shopping has changed. Specifically, grocery shopping. In a recent survey we ran, more than 50% of customers across the country said that they were afraid to shop in supermarkets. Give that a minute to really sink in. More than 50% […]
