AI in Grocery Retail and FMCG – Page 17
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NewsUK firm to develop Coop Sweden grocery AI assistant
Warwickshire AI firm EBI.AI has been selected to develop the virtual shopping assistant
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WhitepapersHow to maintain availability during stockpiling
How are retailers making their supply chains more agile, flexible, efficient and fit for the new digital age?
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Comment & OpinionChina’s huge Singles’ Day event shows value of direct digital communications
The use of digital provides a performance marketing element to big events that can be used to measure effectiveness, says Tim Mason
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Analysis & FeaturesCan blockchain join the dots at last in grocery?
Could blockchain technology enable the food industry to keep track of food in the supply chain and thereby champion its provenance?
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NewsMedia Bites 26 Oct: Amazon, Impossible Foods, Coca Cola
Amazon’s investment in expanding its one-day delivery service triggered the first fall in quarterly oprating profits in over two years, spooking investors and wiping $80bn from the retailer’s market cap.
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NewsWinnow targets $1bn food waste reduction following £9m fundraise
The technology startup last week raised more than £9m in a funding round
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NewsTesco to trial checkout-free Amazon Go-style store at Welwyn HQ
Tesco has also made an equity investment in Trigo, the provider of the technology
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NewsCity snapshot: Farmdrop promotes CFO Herrin to CEO to deliver on ‘huge opportunities’
Local farm-to-consumer food delivery service Farmdrop has promoted CFO Eleanor Herrin to the role of chief executive officer. Plus, a look ahead to the rest of the week’s events and all the rest of latest news from the City
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NewsMedia Bites 17 September: Aldi, Asda, Meat Substitutes
Aldi has revealed plans to more than double the number of outlets within London’s M25 thanks to smaller-format shops proving more successful than it had expected
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NewsCity snapshot: UK shop closures surge to record levels
Heightened restructuring activity has seen the half-year net reduction in stores on Britain’s high streets hit record levels according to research by the Local Data Company and PwC.
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NewsMedia Bites 27 Aug: Asda/Walmart, Grenade, Melton Mowbray
Asda has told suppliers it is putting the development of new products on the back-burner as US owner Walmart looks to slash costs and considers a stock market float.
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NewsFarmdrop adds £5m to total raised as it expands across UK
Farmdrop has issued just over £5m worth of new shares as it continues its nationwide expansion
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NewsCoca-Cola to trial delivery robots at Alton Towers
Coke said the technology could be scaled up to be used in larger delivery vehicles
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NewsFive food businesses join Made Smarter digital technology programme
Bell Mount Farming, Blends Holdings, Bells of Lazonby, Lancashire Farm Dairies, and Len Wright Salads are the latest companies to participate
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NewsNeil Nugent joins Firestorm to back AI food trends predictor project
Firestorm is also planning to pilot a consumer-facing shopping app before Christmas
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Comment & OpinionAI pie shows hive mind has a future in flavour
Artificial intelligence is revolutionising grocery, from produce picking in fields to delivering groceries via robot
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NewsGousto to expand automation and AI as it secures further £30m cash injection
Meal kit delivery business Gousto has secured further £30m in funding to expand automation and grow its technology team.
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NewsMedia Bites 2 July: Pret A Manger, Sainsbury’s, Thorntons
Pret A Manger chief executive Clive Schlee will step down in September to be replaced by Pano Christou, chief operating officer
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NewsMedia Bites 11 June: Ocado, Sainsbury's/Asda, Amazon
Ocado is getting in early into what may become a profitable niche of the global food supply chain with its £17m plans to roll out vertical farms near its existing warehouses.
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Jon Faiman deliver on Waitrose's £1bn online sales promise?
Tension over the M&S divorce is mounting as Ocado co-founder sets up rival tech firm to help