All articles by George Nott
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NewsMagnum billboard ads make ‘crack’ sound on radios of passing motorists
Motorists tuning into Heart via DAB radio have their listening interrupted by the brand’s ‘crack’ when they pass digital billboards
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NewsFoodservice supplier The Menu Partners taps AI for ‘instant’ order processing
The company is an early adopter of the AI-powered ‘Autopilot’ tool from software supplier Choco, which it has dubbed ‘the first AI agent in food distribution’
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Comment & OpinionHas Pepsi jumped the retail media shark with its Morrisons tunnel experience?
Retail media is becoming ever harder, if not impossible, for shoppers to avoid, says The Grocer’s technology editor George Nott
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NewsJust Eat launches drone deliveries in Dublin
It’s planning to roll out the service in other European markets
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NewsUK food and drink sellers take to Chinese marketplace Temu
Tetley and Yorkshire teabags, Candy Kittens sweets, Fanta, Nerds, Tassimo coffee pods and Bounty wafer rolls are among the slew of products being sold via Chinese cut-price marketplace Temu by UK-based resellers
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NewsKnorr skewers takeaways and delivery apps in new campaign
Billboards feature images of ‘half-assembled burgers, busted burritos, and pizza with no cheese’
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NewsNew AI household food waste reduction app Remy acquires rival Kitche to boost user base
Remy – described as an ‘AI-driven, fully automated digital kitchen management app’ – was launched in January
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NewsGovernment-backed research hub launches to ‘reshape the UK’s food system’
The Thriving Food Futures project has been awarded funding by UKRI and the NIHR
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Analysis & FeaturesNew generation of rapid delivery apps compared
Since the demise of Gorillas, Getir, Weezy and the like, a new generation of delivery apps have surfaced to take their place
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Analysis & FeaturesCan rapid delivery services from Tesco and Co-op save our c-stores?
Scoot and Peckish are filling a gap left by the retreat and withdrawal of Getir, Gopuff, Gorillaz
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NewsJob cuts: Ocado to slash headcount of R&D team as it eyes AI productivity gains
The move was ‘absolutely to keep a rein on costs and drive towards being cash flow positive’ CEO Tim Steiner said
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NewsCo-op launches rapid grocery delivery app for independents called Peckish
The retailer is making a £1m investment into Peckish in its first year, and is hoping to sign up more than 1,000 stores in the next 12 months.
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NewsMorrisons, Deliveroo, Wingstop urge government to extend crime bill protections to delivery riders
Proposed shopworker laws fall short by failing to protect delivery riders when they are on a delivery, signatories say
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Analysis & FeaturesFood waste apps say sharing is caring… but do they work?
Apps have helped slash the amount of food surplus going to waste. But do they really offer a ‘win-win-win’, or are they just shifting the problem to consumers?
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NewsEye-tracking tech shows brand recall boost of convenience retail media spend
Convenience store retail media offers twice the visibility, and garners triple the attention and quadruple the brand recall of larger store campaigns, the Co-op study concludes
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NewsMedia Bites 24 February: Buy British, CMA, Just Eat, AI CVs
Hospitals, schools and prisons will be urged to buy more British food, as part of a government push to heal a rift with farmers over changes to inheritance tax, reports The Guardian. Environment secretary Steve Reed, will tell the NFU annual conference on Tuesday the public sector ...
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News‘One bad experience puts aggregator app grocery customers off for good’
A survey of Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Just Eat users found 76% of them had ordered groceries via the apps
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NewsKiuki launches ‘crowdsourced’ grocery marketplace
Kiuki.com says its ambition is to make grocery shopping on the site “faster than anywhere else” for customers
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NewsFood fraud lab launches herb and spice authenticity portal
Belfast-based lab Bia Analytical has launched new food fraud fighting tech