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Shipt is planning layoffs, closures of open positions

 By Heather Lalley on Oct. 26, 2023

The reduction in force is necessary to keep the Target-owned delivery platform “competitive and healthy,” a spokesperson said.

Technology

Instacart's big year in healthcare

 By Timothy Inklebarger on Oct. 23, 2023

Instacart Health, which was launched in fall of 2022, has expanded access to customers using SNAP benefits and is working on food-as-medicine initiatives with healthcare organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, Mount Sinai Health Systems and others.  

Retailers

Misfits Market eyes growth after integration of Imperfect Foods

By Timothy Inklebarger on Oct. 19, 2023

Online grocer expanded product roster by as much as 40% via the acquisition and is folding Imperfect’s private-label items into its own Odds and Ends brand.

Amazon

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s your asthma medication!

By Timothy Inklebarger on Oct. 18, 2023

Amazon Prime customers in College Station, Texas, can now receive more than 500 pharmaceutical medications via drone delivery.

Walmart

Walmart opens high-tech fulfillment center in Lancaster, Texas

By Heather Lalley on Oct. 17, 2023

It’s the retail giant’s third of five planned “next-generation” facilities that combine machine learning with skilled workers to process digital orders more efficiently.

Technology

Speed, ease of use and convenience drive DoorDash purchases

By Timothy Inklebarger on Oct. 16, 2023

Impulse buys aren’t just for the checkout lanes at brick-and-mortar stores, according to the report, which showed that 60% of customers shopping online were “somewhat or very likely” to pick up a new product.

Retailers

The Fresh Market ushers in DoorDash delivery

By Russell Redman on Oct. 12, 2023

New service joins specialty grocer’s other on-demand partners Uber Eats and Instacart.

Walmart

Walmart plots 5th high-tech fulfillment center in Stockton, California

By Heather Lalley on Oct. 12, 2023

The retail giant said the “next-generation” facility will rely on a mixture of skilled workers and machine learning to double the number of digital orders it can fulfill in a day.

Technology

Hy-Vee enlists Takeoff Technologies to build micro-fulfillment centers

By Russell Redman on Oct. 12, 2023

Automated MFCs would be located in key metro markets where the Midwestern chain is seeing a surge in online grocery orders.

Technology

Online grocery order rate moves closer to pre-COVID level

By Timothy Inklebarger on Oct. 10, 2023

Pickup’s household penetration increased to 59% of monthly active users—its highest household penetration ever—while delivery and ship-to-home both fell to 39% and 40%, respectively, according to September's Brick Meets Click report.

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