Halla, a Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced a $1.4 million seed round, led by early stage food industry investor E&A Venture Capital, San Francisco, with participation from multi-stage technology investor SOSV, Princeton, N.J.

Coresight Research, New York, estimates just 2.2% of U.S. food and beverage retail sales were online in 2018, with this number rising to around 2.7% in 2019.

Periscope By McKinsey, New York, announced the findings of a survey conducted of 2,624 consumers in France, Germany, UK and the United States.

Online grocery shopping use varies widely across different consumer segments, according to the “2019 U.S. Supermarket Digital & Social Engagement Study,” presented by the Retail Feedback Group (RFG), Lake Success, N.Y.

U.S. convenience stores experienced a 16th straight year of record in-store sales in 2018, according to new data published in NACS State of the Industry report, presented by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), Alexandria, Va.

Increased mobile/smartphone usage, better website and mobile app interfaces and expansion of crowdsourced business models to shopping and delivery are key factors creating the perfect environment for growth in the online grocery market, according to a report published by Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

E-commerce penetration is expected to at least triple in the next decade, according to new research from Bain & Co., Boston, Mass., and Google, Mountain View, Calif.

Personalization and technology are bringing new life to brick-and-mortar stores, according to a report published by BRP, Boston.

GrubMarket, San Francisco, acquired Chasin Foods, a wholesale distributor of produce, dairy, meats, seafood and provisions.

Stop & Shop, Quincy, Mass., launched driverless grocery vehicles in the Greater Boston area.