Articles Tagged with ''e-commerce''

More than half of U.S. adults claim they really enjoy cooking (53%) and more than a third consider the kitchen to be the most important room in the home (35%), according to “Eating Trends: Cooking & Food Shopping,” a report published by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md. These percentages are up compared to a decade ago.

US Foods Holding Corp., Rosemont, Ill., announced US Foods Direct, the company’s exclusive e-commerce platform.

Wakefern Food Corp., Keasbey, N.J., partnered with Takeoff Technologies, Waltham, Mass., to launch a fulfillment center in Clifton, N.J.

CommonSense Robotics, Israel, released a study that analyzes some of the biggest drivers of e-commerce growth and explores factors that will pose particular challenges for grocery retailers in the future.

The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, and Ocado, UK, broke ground on what is said to be the nation’s first customer fulfillment center (CFC).

Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., announced plans to open what is said to be the first-of-its-kind pickup point located in Lincolnwood, Ill.

DHL Supply Chain, Westerville, Ohio, released its latest research report on the evolution of e-commerce supply chains.

TRUNO, Lubbock, Texas, announced a partnership with MY CLOUD GROCER, Brooklyn, N.Y. This partnership leverages TRUNO’s TruCommerce platform to provide brick-and-mortar grocers the opportunity to compete in the online grocery space.

The percentage of U.S. consumers, ages 18 and above, who shopped online for groceries within a 30-day period, whether for delivery or pick-up in store, increased from 17% in the quarter ending November 2018 to 20%, or about 51 million consumers, in the quarter ending February, according to National Eating Trends Omnichannel Scorecard., produced by the NPD Group, Chicago.