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Deliveroo partners with SMG to boost retail media offering to brands and advertisers
Deliveroo says the SMG partnership will ’offer enhanced user targeting, better campaign insights and new formats to advertisers’
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THG Ingenuity heralds revenue-boosting power of AI recommendations
A ‘Foundation Finder’, used by online beauty retailer Lookfantastic, has seen 96% of customers purchase a new product
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Deliveroo integrates first restaurant loyalty scheme into its app
Wagamama’s ‘Soul Club’ loyalty scheme members linking their account to the app can now earn points when they order from the outlet via Deliveroo
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Sainsbury’s and Royal Mail launch new parcel locker partnership
Sainsbury’s is the first supermarket to partner with Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services (IDS), which launched a new parcel locker network last year
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Southern Co-op saves 3.1 million meals from going to waste with markdown tech
It amounted to 3,083 tonnes of food being prevented from entering landfill
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Analysis & Features
Will Zoe’s new food risk scale calm UPF debate or create confusion?
Zoe’s new risk scale underlines that not all processed food is bad for us. But as it prepares to spread the word, some question its usefulness
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Interviews
JW Filshill’s Simon Hannah on AI, tech and staff mental health
As Scottish wholesaler JW Filshill turns 150, its CEO is looking to an AI-filled future but without losing sight of its heritage
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M&S chairman: online grocery is ‘a desert of profit’
‘There’s been more wealth destroyed by people trying to develop food online businesses than any other industry I can think of,’ said M&S chairman Archie Norman.
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Ant-inspired ‘hairy gripper’ boost for robotic picking in Ocado and Amazon backed research
In tests with 30 different household objects, the addition of ‘hairs’ increased the prototype gripper’s grasp success rate from 64% to 90%
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Analysis & Features
Buyer’s Guide: How ‘agri-AI’ technology is changing farming
The latest ‘agri-AI’ tools can monitor animal welfare and crop health. But how much of a difference does the tech make, and how does it help buyers?
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Home Office praise for Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats on illegal working ‘beyond absurd’ group claims
‘The elephant in the room is why platforms would even want to allow substitute when people with the right to work could just sign up directly,’ Worker Info Exchange said
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Co-op launches retail media tool that target shoppers based on ‘convenience missions’
‘Co-op Compass’ offers brands the ability to target Co-op customers based on their recent purchases
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Wilko extends Deliveroo partnership to 212 stores
The boosted range of 14,000 products will be price matched to in-store prices
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Food delivery companies face ‘tough new laws’ on illegal couriers
Businesses failing to carry out checks could face fines of up to £60,000 per worker and director disqualifications as part of the effort to ‘clamp down on illegal working’
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Asda launches new face recognition technology to target shoplifters
Asda stressed that it did not expect store staff to put themselves at risk by confronting potentially violent criminals
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FSA given £1.4m funding to open innovation hub for novel foods
‘There is growing interest in the potential of new technologies to increase the UK’s food security’ said FSA chair Susan Jebb
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Morrisons shoppers can now earn More loyalty points on Deliveroo
Move offers ‘even more value and flexibility to our loyalty card holders’, the supermarket says
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Coca-Cola revives ‘Share a Coke’ campaign with digital personalisation
Shoppers who can’t find their own name in store will be able to personalise a can online
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Analysis & Features
Picking nightmare: how to ease c-store quick commerce pressure
As demand for quick commerce grows, the constant presence and pressure of riders in c-stores is leaving staff in tears. Can the retailers and aggregators fix the problem?
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Amazon closes Richmond Fresh store after just three years
The closure takes Amazon’s UK grocery store count down to 19