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Analysis & FeaturesBuyer’s Guide: How AI is transforming in-store operations
AI applications have already taken hold across grocery retail, monitoring stock levels, boosting service and cutting shrinkage. Which tech is working best?
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NewsBirds Eye solar-powered refrigerated lorries to hit the road
By adopting Sunswap’s refrigeration system, Birds Eye would eliminate about 24 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually from its supply chain, the company said
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NewsSoftware company born out of departed quick-commerce player Jiffy secures $3m funding
Cloud Retail’s client base spans the UK, Europe, and the MENA region, including customers such as Carrefour and Circle K
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NewsMiddle East meal delivery player Calo launches in UK, absorbs two local brands
Calo delivered more than 10 million meals last year across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar
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NewsTech backers claim supermarket support for digital solution to Wales DRS deadlock
A compromise deal suggested would see all UK products packaged in glass due to be in scope for the Welsh DRS carry a unique digital code
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NewsAsda sent thousands of complaints over ‘Orwellian’ facial recognition trial
Big Brother Watch dubbed the supermarket’s use of facial recognition tech ‘deeply disproportionate and chilling’
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NewsScotmid sales grow 1.1% to £429.4m following investment in food to go and tech
The Scottish co-operative society, which owns 182 food stores, said it had continued to roll out its Scotmid Kitchen food to go offer and bring in new products to ‘support sales growth’
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NewsM&S apologises to customers over ‘cyber incident’
M&S said it had been managing the incident ‘over the last few days’
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NewsAsda tech team shake-up sees CIO and tech VP depart
Both were responsible for managing Asda’s ‘Project Future’ – dubbed Europe’s largest systems implementation programme
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Comment & OpinionVertical farming isn’t dead, it’s just evolving
Pricing pressure and variable demand has caused vertical farms to struggle, despite their sustainability benefits
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NewsCompleat Food Group rolls out bee listening tech to boost biodiversity
The company has partnered with Agrisound to roll out its ‘Polly’ listening devices to provide real-time data on pollinator activity
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NewsBooths has less shrinkage and ‘faster’ service since ditching self-checkouts
MD Nigel Murray told The Grocer a reduction in theft had been a ‘happy consequence’ of the decision to remove self-checkouts from all but two of its stores
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NewsUK AI tool promises real-time shopper footfall and spending insights
Yellow Sub AI has launched a software-based alternative to physical footfall sensors and cameras
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NewsWaitrose trialling electronic shelf labels in ‘open heart surgery’ tech upgrade
‘We are almost committing open heart surgery on some of our systems,’ Waitrose retail director Tina Mitchell told The Grocer
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NewsBooker launches comms channel with WhatsApp
Booker’s channel is used to highlight new products, promotions and services, share industry insight and tips, and provide ‘timely and relevant’ updates to retailers
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NewsChina’s biggest retailer JD.com test-launches UK grocery site Joybuy
JD.com has commenced a major recruitment drive for ‘category superstars’ ahead of a full launch later this year
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NewsWaitrose to track and trace single-use plastic packaging with Polytag
Waitrose will track plastic waste using an online portal which provides ‘live barcode-level lifecycle data’ on packaging
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NewsCollapse of vertical farm Jones Food Company was ‘inevitable’, group warns
The Lydney, Gloucestershire-based business was placed into administration on 7 April, with 61 staff made redundant
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Promotional FeaturesHow brands and retailers can win with data
There’s no shortage of data swirling around in UK food and drink, but putting it to good use is a different matter entirely. So, how can brands and retailers take the data they have and put it to work?
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Comment & OpinionThe Secret Genius of Modern Life: Hannah Fry peers into the fridge
It’s hard to overestimate just how significant the invention of refrigeration has been on the food supply chain, grocery shopping and our daily lives