All Technology articles – Page 83
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NewsAldi tech partner Aifi launches checkout-free store at Leicester City stadium
Football fans tap their payment card at an entrance gate to the small store, pick up their chosen food and drink items and walk out of the gates on to the concourse
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NewsCity Snapshot: Deliveroo reveals widening losses as Next boss Simon Wolfson steps down from board
Deliveroo has this morning revealed widening losses, slowing growth and the loss of Next boss Simon Wolfson from its board. Plus, Q2 results from Dutch supermarket group Ahold Delhaize.
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NewsKatKin raises £18m for its fresh-cooked cat food concept
Founded by brother-and-sister team Brett and Nikki O’Farrell in 2019, the brand steam cooks 100% human-grade meat, with no fillers, grains or preservatives, which is then frozen before being sent out to customers.
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NewsCo-op and Deliveroo extend partnership for three years and add 110 new stores
It means a total of 1,400 stores will be offering the service to shoppers with a choice of 2,300 products
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NewsLab grown palm oil alternative step closer as Clean Food Group secures seed financing
It is hoped the lab-grown, cellular-based alternative could help reduce the detrimental environmental impact of palm oil production
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NewsAutomation in horticulture review plays up benefits of AI and guided vehicles
The government will consider the report’s recommendations but industry leaders are already calling for them to be put in place
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NewsSouthern Co-op and Facewatch defend use of facial recognition tech following privacy complaint
Big Brother Watch has lodged a complaint with the Information Commissioner
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NewsTesco to launch second ‘checkout-free’ GetGo store – this time with checkouts
Tesco confirmed to The Grocer the second GetGo store was preparing to launch, but it was not able to share an opening date
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NewsTesco gives brands full access to planogram data with new tool
The launch marks the first time Tesco has made its full planogram data consistently available
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NewsBoots trials drone delivery of prescription medicine
The retailer transported medicines from the British Army’s Baker Barracks on Thorney Island near Portsmouth to the helipad at St Mary’s Hospital on the Isle of Wight
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NewsRapid grocer Gorillas launches coffee shop at London dark store
The coffee shop will be operated by social enterprise Change Please and staffed by homeless people who are paid the London living wage and provided full barista training
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Comment & OpinionWhy Sainsbury’s is investing in green technology startups
Sainsbury’s Innovation Investments will invest a minimum of £5m over the next four years in sustainable technologies, says Patrick Dunne, Sainsbury’s property and procurement director
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NewsJisp promotes Esther Lawrence to retail director
Lawrence will be responsible for growing the number of convenience stores on the Jisp platform that trade with its key partners such as Booker, Nisa and Bestway
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NewsSainsbury’s to invest £5m in sustainable tech startups
Sainsbury’s will invest a minimum of £5m over the next four years into the chosen startups
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NewsAmazon hikes Prime membership fee to £8.99 per month
The monthly fee for Prime has increased by nearly 12% and the annual fee by 18%. The subscription had cost £7.99 monthly and £79 a year
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NewsUber Eats unveils new app features for grocery shopping
The “refreshed grocery delivery service” offers new app features for consumers and retailers
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NewsM&S buys its logistics provider Gist to accelerate supply chain transformation
M&S had launched Project Vangarde, a supply chain optimisation programme, in 2020 in order to increase efficiency across its expanding Food business
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NewsUnited Wholesale Scotland rolls out app to help retailers take on the rapid grocers
Yuu, a subsidiary of United Wholesale Scotland, is working with last-mile logistics firm Gophr to establish the service
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NewsI Vape Great to build £7m facility as revenues expected to break £100m
The company recently secured Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) which allows the sale of IVG in the US market
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Comment & OpinionMore delays to DRS are in nobody’s interest. A digital system would change the game
By opening the door for a digital DRS, there is a real possibility delays would not be needed, says Alice Rackley, CEO at Polytag