All Technology articles – Page 16
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NewsAllwyn showcases new lottery kit to retailers at National Convenience Show
Hundreds of existing and potential new National Lottery retailers flocked to Allwyn’s stand at the NEC, Birmingham, to check out and test the new equipment
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NewsBooths to roll out loyalty prices in ‘fundamental’ loyalty reset
Collectively the discounts will equate to around 10% on average, Booths managing director Nigel Murray announced at the Food & Drink Expo in Birmingham this week
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NewsNaked Smoothies launches first ‘train-triggered’ ad campaign
The brand’s latest campaign places an image of a bottle of fruit pieces on platform edge digital screens, which are blended into a smoothie when a train pulls into the station
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NewsFood waste app Remy links to Tesco online baskets to remove ‘biggest barrier to adoption’
Food waste feature launched without Tesco involvement, but ‘builds credibility and momentum in our conversations’ Remy says
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NewsDeliveroo partners with SMG to boost retail media offering to brands and advertisers
Deliveroo says the SMG partnership will ’offer enhanced user targeting, better campaign insights and new formats to advertisers’
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NewsTHG Ingenuity heralds revenue-boosting power of AI recommendations
A ‘Foundation Finder’, used by online beauty retailer Lookfantastic, has seen 96% of customers purchase a new product
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NewsDeliveroo integrates first restaurant loyalty scheme into its app
Wagamama’s ‘Soul Club’ loyalty scheme members linking their account to the app can now earn points when they order from the outlet via Deliveroo
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NewsSainsbury’s and Royal Mail launch new parcel locker partnership
Sainsbury’s is the first supermarket to partner with Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services (IDS), which launched a new parcel locker network last year
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NewsSouthern Co-op saves 3.1 million meals from going to waste with markdown tech
It amounted to 3,083 tonnes of food being prevented from entering landfill
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Zoe’s new food risk scale calm UPF debate or create confusion?
Zoe’s new risk scale underlines that not all processed food is bad for us. But as it prepares to spread the word, some question its usefulness
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InterviewsJW Filshill’s Simon Hannah on AI, tech and staff mental health
As Scottish wholesaler JW Filshill turns 150, its CEO is looking to an AI-filled future but without losing sight of its heritage
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NewsM&S chairman: online grocery is ‘a desert of profit’
‘There’s been more wealth destroyed by people trying to develop food online businesses than any other industry I can think of,’ said M&S chairman Archie Norman.
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NewsAnt-inspired ‘hairy gripper’ boost for robotic picking in Ocado and Amazon backed research
In tests with 30 different household objects, the addition of ‘hairs’ increased the prototype gripper’s grasp success rate from 64% to 90%
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Analysis & FeaturesBuyer’s Guide: How ‘agri-AI’ technology is changing farming
The latest ‘agri-AI’ tools can monitor animal welfare and crop health. But how much of a difference does the tech make, and how does it help buyers?
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NewsHome Office praise for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats on illegal working ‘beyond absurd’ group claims
‘The elephant in the room is why platforms would even want to allow substitute when people with the right to work could just sign up directly,’ Worker Info Exchange said
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NewsCo-op launches retail media tool that target shoppers based on ‘convenience missions’
‘Co-op Compass’ offers brands the ability to target Co-op customers based on their recent purchases
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NewsWilko extends Deliveroo partnership to 212 stores
The boosted range of 14,000 products will be price matched to in-store prices
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NewsFood delivery companies face ‘tough new laws’ on illegal couriers
Businesses failing to carry out checks could face fines of up to £60,000 per worker and director disqualifications as part of the effort to ‘clamp down on illegal working’
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NewsAsda launches new face recognition technology to target shoplifters
Asda stressed that it did not expect store staff to put themselves at risk by confronting potentially violent criminals
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NewsFSA given £1.4m funding to open innovation hub for novel foods
‘There is growing interest in the potential of new technologies to increase the UK’s food security’ said FSA chair Susan Jebb