All Technology articles – Page 5
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NewsWaitrose to begin estate-wide rollout of inventory management tech
Trust Retail’s tech gives Waitrose staff a more granular and up-to-date view of stock, and replaces processes that previously relied on batch updates
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NewsThai government launches shop on Ocado
Thailand’s Department of International Trade Promotion has launched a page on Ocado dedicated to the ‘Taste of Thailand’ featuring 15 new products from the country
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NewsMajority of Brits are against food delivery robots using pavements, poll finds
The YouGov poll commissioned by Living Streets found 60% of respondents wanted the bots outlawed from pedestrian pavements
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NewsJust Eat grocery chief joins AI startup
Hilbert provides business-to-consumer companies like Walmart with ‘predictive clarity into user behaviour, revenue drivers, and the actions that drive sustainable growth’
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NewsTesco and Uber Eats launch ‘last-minute hosting’ bundle
The ‘Doorbell Drops’ promotion includes own-label and branded products
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NewsOcado’s sustainable aisle almost doubles in range
The expanded aisle now features more than 440 products across 33 different categories
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NewsAmazon launches ‘Amazown label’ campaign to raise awareness of fresh grocery delivery
It is the first time Amazon has ‘allowed their brand name to be usurped in service of an individual product’
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Comment & OpinionSME food innovators need more than R&D tax credits
We need better understanding of the nature of R&D for tax purposes among smaller food companies, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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NewsInfluencer food brand sycophants turn off audiences, research finds
Excessively recommending a food product was found to reduce organic social media view rates significantly
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Category ReportHow can batteries stay relevant as rechargeables gain power?
How can battery suppliers maintain relevance as technology advances? And what opportunities and challenges does the coming year have in store?
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NewsLidl drops electric vehicle charging rates for loyalty members
The discounter has reduced the charging rate from 62p/kWh to 59p/kWh for electric vehicle drivers with Lidl Plus.
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NewsMorrisons expands Instacart partnership to manage aggregator app orders
The supermarket said as a result of the deal, online orders would be fulfilled “faster and more accurately”.
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NewsTHG Ingenuity names new CEO
The new CEO will commence in the role this December, to lead the company through ‘its next phase of growth as a proprietary commerce operating system’ after its demerger from THG last year
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NewsWelsh tech firm launches ‘self-cooling’ beer can with Brains Brewery
Cans of Brains Brewery Bayside Welsh Lager featuring the self-cooling technology will be showcased at this week’s London Packaging Week
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NewsAnthropic releases blueprints for retailers to make own e-commerce AI bots for customers
The blueprints contain ‘the harnesses, patterns, and guardrails’ a retailer’s engineering team needs ‘to get a commerce agent running in days’
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NewsConvenience sector hits the brakes on investment amid rising costs
Inflation is outpacing sales across the sector, according to the ACS
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WebinarsDelivering DRS in 2027: What you need to know with one year to go
In a little over a year’s time the UK’s first ever deposit return scheme (DRS) for drinks containers will go live across the UK. The Welsh Government’s recent decision to appoint Exchange for Change as its scheme operator marks the latest key milestone on the journey towards DRS’s launch across the four home nations in October 2027.
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NewsCook lists meals with major supermarket for first time
A deal with Ocado Retail sees a range of 29 Cook frozen meals on Ocado.com
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NewsMorrisons signs deal with NIQ to better ‘identify growth opportunities and act’
The supermarket will gain access to NIQ’s full suite of “responsive market insights, enhanced product and category intelligence, automated reporting capabilities, and self-service analytics” NIQ said
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NewsKitchen assistant app Remy introduces social media recipe extract-and-shop tool
It’s been launched in response to the fact that “the way households find recipe inspiration has fundamentally changed”, the company said