AI in Grocery Retail and FMCG
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NewsSainsbury’s upgrades app with AI-powered basket builder
Shoppers can build online baskets by taking photos of handwritten lists or entering prompts like ‘ingredients for a spaghetti bolognese’
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NewsMorrisons trials robot deliveries from four stores with Just Eat and Starship
The supermarket is working with Just Eat on the new service, with robots delivering grocery orders to customers that have been made via the aggregator’s app
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NewsDeliveroo rolling out robot deliveries with Sam Altman-backed firm Coco
Coco’s robots, which have a top speed of 21kph and can carry four 18-inch pizzas at a time, will begin rolling out in Canary Wharf this month
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WhitepapersHow shoppers will be eating, spending and buying in 2027
Get the facts behind the fmcg hype as real-life shoppers reveal which food trends really shape their shop.
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Comment & Opinion‘Undisclosed AI’ is the next trust trigger for brands
As the EU’s AI Transparency Rules come into effect, the real risk isn’t CPG brands using AI, it’s getting caught hiding it, says Angela Tangas, global CEO at Oliver
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Analysis & FeaturesHow rivalries are being set aside for food redistribution
A new ’mission control’ set up to allow supermarkets and suppliers to integrate supply chains, so they can co-operate on routes for surplus food, is allowing trucks from traditionally bitter rivals to literally share the load
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WhitepapersBuilding the future fmcg supply chain
From robotic picking to AI orchestration – find out how the warehouse of the future is making fmcg supply chains more resilient.
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NewsJust Eat launches WhatsApp ordering in UK
Customers can browse menus and build baskets entirely within the messaging app
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NewsOcado selling off robotic grid-pick system ahead of Erith DC closure
The automated picking system comes with close to 100 robots and can be reconfigured to fit the buyer’s own warehouse
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Comment & OpinionWonka’s Golden Ticket: high-concept game show lacks magic
The set design is superb but the game show-cum-social experiment’s tone is all over the place
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NewsMorrisons appoints first chief artificial intelligence officer
The newly created role will establish a central data science and AI function for the supermarket
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NewsIceland Foods to use AI to calculate yellow label markdowns and cut food waste
The technology, from Retail Insight, save store staff time and ‘protect margins’ on products, by ensuring that close to expiry lines are identified more quickly
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NewsTesco, Sainsbury’s and M&S launch ‘game-changing’ AI truck collaboration
Collaboration between retailers and suppliers uses spare capacity in delivery trucks
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NewsSnappy launches AI tool to support retailers’ home delivery growth
The technology has been built to help Snappy Shopper retailers save time and get more value from their home delivery data
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Analysis & FeaturesDTC dairy still delivers in the post-Covid era
Post pandemic, direct-to-consumer orders are broadening – and dairy businesses are making the most of it
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NewsDunnhumby backs UK startup boosting brands’ visibility to AI agents
Azoma measures and improves how AI shopping agents discover, interpret and recommend products for retailers and brands
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NewsSugro UK launches AI-powered loyalty scheme
The scheme is designed to reward independent retailers for completing specific actions set by suppliers
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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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NewsJJ Foodservice launches AI price comparison tool
The AI tool is designed to remove the time and guesswork involved in comparing supplier prices manually