All Technology articles – Page 2
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NewsJust Eat pilots AI-powered WhatsApp ordering
The company claimed it to be ‘Europe’s first food and retail ordering journey on WhatsApp’
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NewsCrowdshipping platform Shopopop launches in UK
The app allows individuals – or ‘crowdshippers’ – to pick up orders picked and prepared by stores and deliver them along their daily commutes, and earn ‘tips’ for doing so
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NewsFuel theft incidents jump 23% at UK forecourts
Fuel crime prevention platform Forecourt Eye recorded 11,170 theft incidents in March and April, up from 9,089 in January and February
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NewsDunnhumby appoints new CEO
The new hire succeeds Josh Bottomley, who decided to step down after three years.
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NewsMorrisons boosts online operations, renews Clarkson’s Farm sponsorship
New vans are carrying a livery promoting the supermarket’s rapid delivery service Morrisons Now
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NewsTesco retires store picker cash prize app Earnie
The supermarket developed the Earnie Goes Picking app with tech firm Lightfoot but its contract with the Exeter-based company has now ended.
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NewsRetail media tech firm collapses months after major Iceland Foods deal
Stratacache UK owes £12.9m to creditors
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NewsTesco mounts major parcel locker rollout
The supermarket is working with Yeep, Evri and Royal Mail to install and operate parcel lockers outside stores
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Category ReportHow different providers track own label sales
Own label made the headlines in April for its newfound dominance in grocery
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NewsM&S launches vertically farmed salads
The method means leaves can be picked at the ‘perfect’ moment without any contact human hands from seeding to harvest, according to M&S
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: political chaos, pricing and loyalty schemes
This week The Grocer’s coverage, as I’m sure in many other places, has been dominated by the extraordinary political implosion we are witnessing in Westminster
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Analysis & FeaturesGetting personal: the next frontier for supermarket loyalty schemes
AI is turning supermarket loyalty schemes from a ‘blunt instrument’ into a one-to-one marketing tool. But can retailers get the balance right?
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NewsCo-op launches national digital screen advertising proposition
Co-op’s network of more than 1,000 digital advertising screens on the front of its stores makes it the fourth-largest digital screen estate in the UK
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NewsDeliveroo launches Bundles feature, to ‘recreate high street shopping experience’
‘We want to emulate a trip to the shops on your local high street through the ability to order from multiple stores in a single order’
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NewsM&S begins construction of state-of-the-art automated food DC
The £340m M&S is ploughing into the facility is its biggest-ever investment in its food supply chain
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NewsACS welcomes King’s Speech bills backing convenience stores
During the State Opening of Parliament, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the year ahead, 37 bills were published, including five that would affect convenience stores
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NewsOcado launches rewards programme for Smart Pass holders
Customers can choose as many offers as they like from a selection of 15 featured deals that are on offer at any one time
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NewsGousto vows to shield customers from soaring food inflation
It comes as revenue growth at the company hit the top end of forecasts for a 5% to 10% uplift in 2025, helping Gousto achieve a third consecutive year of underlying profitability, according to newly filed accounts
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Comment & OpinionHow significant is John Lewis’s battle over online sales in rent?
And how are landlords and retailers dealing with the sticky issue of online sales in more recent turnover-linked leases?
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NewsSouthern Co-op expands partnership with Snappy Shopper
The society has now rolled out the home delivery service to 140 stores, which represents around 80% of its food estate