AI in Grocery Retail and FMCG
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Comment & OpinionHave your insights become ultra-processed?
Just as shoppers question what’s in their food, brands must question what’s behind their data, says Patrick Young, UK MD at PRS In Vivo
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NewsGoogle Cloud invests in Ubacart’s AI loyalty platform
The new Ubamarket platform, called Ubacart, aims to ‘redefine how retailers and brands connect with shoppers’
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NewsSainsbury’s to extend facial recognition tech to 200 stores by Christmas
The supermarket said the effectiveness of the technology in reducing crime was “clear” with 92% of identified and banned offenders not returning to its stores.
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NewsDelivery robots face ‘pavements are for people’ campaign
Delivery robots are putting ‘millions of disabled and vulnerable pedestrians’ at risk, campaigners say.
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Comment & OpinionWhy Asda chose Amazon to ‘transform’ its retail media game
Asda’s chief customer and digital officer tells The Grocer why the supermarket is partnering with Amazon to overhaul its retail media offer
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Comment & OpinionFacial recognition needs human judgement
Retailers rushing to deploy facial recognition must understand that the technology is only as defensible as the decisions surrounding it, says Lauren Wills-Dixon, partner and head of privacy and data protection at Gordons
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NewsAsda brings in Amazon to ‘transform’ retail media offer
Asda is the first UK retailer to deploy Amazon’s Retail Ad service
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NewsSainsbury’s and Nectar360’s Pollen delivering ‘strong’ early results for brands
Speaking with The Grocer, Nectar360 MD said the results show Pollen ‘absolutely delivers’ on its promise to make retail media ‘simpler, faster and more measurable’
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WhitepapersThe future of retail isn’t online or offline. It’s both
The online versus in-store debate is over. UK consumers now move seamlessly between channels, with 80% discovering products online and 83% in-store, while one in five already use AI tools for product recommendations.
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NewsEngland World Cup opener sparks rise in shoplifting and violence across UK stores
In the run up to the Three Lions’ first match on 17 June, shop theft rose by 6% on the daily average
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NewsHelloFresh launches AI-powered social media recipe extraction tool
It allows users to share any video from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or external websites to create a recipe of the content
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Comment & OpinionMarketing Business Lunch: trends, threats and the big debate
Dan Holt opened The Grocer’s Marketing Business Lunch with a stark stat: 80% of brands in the UK could disappear and people would not care
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WhitepapersWhere food and beverage margins really leak: and how to plug them
Margin erosion rarely comes from one big expense. It builds quietly across formulation, packaging, compliance and sourcing. This guide maps where the cost leaks hide – and shows how AI-powered product lifestyle management (PLM) turns them into more profitable products.
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Promotional FeaturesHow food SMEs can innovate to beat rising costs and trade friction
Rising costs, new levies, geopolitical shocks and shifting supply chains are forcing ambitious food and drink SMEs to rethink how they protect margin, fund growth and build resilience.
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NewsNourished owner Rem3dy Health secures £14m for expansion
The round values the health tech company, which is the parent of personalised nutrition brand Nourished, at £84m
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WhitepapersIs AI the future of fleet safety?
Learn the latest on how global logistics leaders are harnessing AI and smarter tech to keep fleets on the road – giving retailers a strategic edge as insurance costs soar
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Promotional FeaturesAI in grocery 2026: five trends driving real margin
The retailers accelerating in 2026 aren’t those with the biggest AI budgets, but those integrating the technology as a unified operating system across their business. Five trends are crystallising the divide between leaders and laggards.
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Comment & OpinionIf an LLM won’t recommend you in a heatwave, do you still exist?
As AI replaces traditional search, fmcg brands face a battle for digital visibility, says Ella Kersey, growth director at Brandwidth
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NewsHospitality operators face growing threat of ‘AI food fraud’, experts warn
Customers are increasingly using AI-generated images and legally framed complaints to secure refunds and compensation
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InterviewsRanjit Boparan: a new hero for net zero
The Chicken King is on a mission to show that higher welfare, net zero, affordability and resilience can go hand in glove. Here’s how