Malaysia: This grocery delivery platform lets you enjoy farm-fresh goods in an instant
Gogopasar claims to be Malaysia’s only end-to-end online grocery platform. Gogopasar, a grocery delivery platform, says that the groceries are here to stay, delivered to you directly from the farm. Gogopasar, founded in September 2019, is now a subsidiary of FGV Integrated Farming Holdings Sdn Bhd, under FGV Holdings. Now, FGV Holdings also has business components which include fresh produce, cash crops, rice paddy, animal feed, livestock, and dairy farming. Customers won’t need to worry that their supermarket may not stock the vegetable or grocery they want at the stores, because Gogopasar will be able to source it directly from the farm itself.
Source: therakyatpost.com
South Africa retailer Pick n Pay to cut $187mln in costs in three years
South African grocery and clothing retailer Pick n Pay aims to cut costs by 3bln rand ($187mln) in the next three years and grow its market share by 3% under a new strategy, CEO Pieter Boone said.
Source: reuters.com
JD Worldwide launches Fresh Supermarket for imported merchandise
JD Worldwide, JD’s cross-border e-commerce business, recently launched its Fresh Supermarket, offering customers fresh products from overseas including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the United States and more.
Source: jdcorporateblog.com
One in four Britons skip meals due to inflation, survey shows
The cost-of-living squeeze in Britain has led to two in three people in the country turning off their heating, almost half are driving less or changing supermarkets and just over a quarter say they have skipped meals, a survey showed. Among people on lower incomes, one in three people say they have missed meals recently because of the surge in inflation, polling firm Ipsos said.
Source: reuters.com
Italy: Unicoop Firenze opens ‘autism friendly’ supermarket
Italian regional cooperative Unicoop Firenze has opened a new Coop.Fi supermarket in Florence, which has been developed as an 'autism-friendly' store. The first initiative of this kind in Italy is the result of a partnership with Autismo Firenze, an association of families with autistic children. The 800-square-metre store offers consumers a simple and orderly shopping route, starting from an area dedicated to fruit and vegetables, followed by packaged products, a bakery, an area dedicated to dairy products, a butcher’s and a fishmonger’s.
Source: esmmagazine.com
China: JD.com announces first quarter 2022 results
JD.com, Inc., a leading supply chain-based technology and service provider, announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. First Quarter 2022 Highlights: Net revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were RMB239.7bln (US$37.8bln), an increase of 18.0% from the first quarter of 2021. Net service revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were RMB35.2bln (US$5.6bln), an increase of 26.3% from the first quarter of 2021.
Source: globenewswire.com
UK food price inflation could hit 10% this year - M&S chairman
Food price inflation in Britain could hit 10% this year, the chairman of upmarket retailer Marks & Spencer said. “It wouldn’t be surprising to see food price inflation over the course of the year running towards 8-10%”, Archie Norman told BBC radio. “But we don’t know that yet because it runs through the year, some has gone through now but quite a lot’s still to come,” he said.
Source: reuters.com
Wegmans, Publix, Harps make Newsweek’s America’s Best Retailers list
Wegmans Food Markets, Publix Super Markets and Harps Food Stores garnered the top ratings for supermarkets in Newsweek’s 2022 America’s Best Retailers list. Wegmans ranked first in the supermarket category with a score of 92.25, followed in the top five by Publix at 91.67, Harps at 89.62, Sprouts Farmers Market at 88.38 and Whole Foods Market at 87.67, according to this year’s Newsweek Best Retailers list.
Source: supermarketnews.com
US: GrubMarket releases standalone mobile ordering apps for food wholesalers and distributors
GrubMarket, a prominent software technology enabler for the food supply chain industry, announced the release of custom mobile ordering apps, further extending its eCommerce offerings for suppliers. The apps can function as standalone products or integrate with GrubMarket's innovative and proprietary WholesaleWare software platform, which offers an end-to-end solution for food wholesalers and distributors to manage their entire business digitally. Integrations with other commercial software systems are also available.
Source: prnewswire.com
Strong U.S. retail sales, manufacturing output boost economic outlook
U.S. retail sales rose strongly in April as consumers bought more motor vehicles amid an improvement in supply and increased spending at restaurants, providing a powerful boost to the economy at the start of the second quarter. The broad rise in retail sales reported by the Commerce Department suggested demand was holding strong despite headwinds from high inflation, souring consumer sentiment and rising interest rates.
Source: reuters.com
Amazon’s Alexa app feature gives customers option to scan their shopping receipts for cashback rewards
The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has introduced “Alexa Shopping List Savings”, which puts rebate offers from brands and manufacturers directly into consumers’ hands through the Alexa app, its mobile companion app for Echo device owners. The company says the offers will be displayed in the Alexa Shopping List section within the app and then can be used across retail stores nationwide to help customers save money.
Source: techcrunch.com
Kowalski’s Markets unveils updated online experience
Twin Cities area grocer Kowalski’s Markets has partnered with e-grocery specialist Mercatus to launch an enhanced online grocery experience. Toronto-based Mercatus said that Kowalski’s now offers expanded shopping list functionality and a curated recipe database. The recipe page also sports a new look and feel, led by a step-by-step instructional format designed to make recipes easier to follow.
Source: supermarketnews.com