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Southern California retailer Vallarta Supermarkets has partnered with Sezzle, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform. The Pay-in-4 collaboration provides grocery shoppers with convenient and responsible ways to manage their everyday purchases. As consumers seek alternatives to high-interest credit cards, solutions like Sezzle can offer an interest-free option for spreading out payments. Recent data from Adobe shows that grocery purchases via BNPL have surged by 40% since last year, outpacing all other product categories. According to Sezzle, its shoppers in particular see the benefit of interest-free financing for essential goods – with 61% using BNPL to buy groceries in the past three months.  | Progressive Grocer https://lnkd.in/gz3Zb3ET #retail #supermarkets #grocery #retailer #shoppers #food

While grocery delivery sales may have lost momentum in recent months, several food retailers have moved ahead with efforts to expand their e-commerce operations. Read more about how grocers are approaching delivery as the market evolves via Grocery Dive:

BIGGER online grocery baskets. Look at Tesco's average online order size. £95. Larger basket sizes make online grocery profitable. The fact that I've had to argue this point repeatly over the last 2 years is crazy. Bigger full baskets or medium sized top up shops are much better in e-com than small convenience baskets. For any businesses struggling with profitability, this should be the No.1 topic of conversation.

🚚 The speedy grocery #delivery market has become increasingly crowded since the #pandemic, with consolidation, streamlining and even exits... Grocery Gazette looks at the status of the biggest delivery players here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eTmKpbpC

Are shopper’s priorities changing? Aldi’s recent success suggests so. The supermarket sells a total of just 2,000 products. In the past, this has reigned Alid to a ‘top-up’ shop but it seems this is changing. “In the last 12 months, we’ve welcomed 1.1 million new customers and … we’ve also seen existing customers consolidating their shop with Aldi.” Getting all these extra customers through the door suggests that priorities are changing. Discount prices are more appealing than ever. And, with the cost of living crisis still ongoing- is it any wonder? https://lnkd.in/eRssyeFs #Economy #Strategy #Business

I have since I joined StrongPoint had the strongest belief that the StrongPoint E-commmerce solution suite for grocery retailers offers something out-of-the-ordinary in the global market today. The news that Sainsbury have chosen StrongPoint Order Picking solution only serves to further cement my belief that our solutions really offers something extraordinary. With a suite of solutions that not only addresses the ever increasing demands from the consumer for omni-channel, flexible and fast e-grocery delivery but also supports to increase labour efficiency - a key challenge today for many retailers - it would seem that StrongPoint is getting very close to the holy grail of E-commerce. For the record, StrongPoint’s solutions have already proven to be the game changer that turned e-grocery into a profitable business for the first of our customers - something that many grocery retailers still dream about. I can not wait to continue this exciting journey of e-grocery globally.

Although there are two general modes of shopping, i.e., in-store and online, it's worth remembering that people can receive online orders in one of three typical ways, e.g., Pickup, Delivery, and Ship-to-Home. In fact, people can use any combination of them during the month, depending on their need state and usage occasion. With that said, Sept. '23 set a new high-water mark for Pickup as nearly 6 in 10 MAUs used a service to receive one or more eGrocery orders. And, as you can see, the market segment of Pickup-only users is comprised of almost one-third of all eGrocery MAUs. Pickup's dominant position, which has continued to grow as Brick Meets Click's monthly report highlights, is driven by two core value components. First is COST, i.e., Pickup is much less expensive than Delivery after accounting for all the explicit and incremental costs, e.g., fees + charges + tip. Second is CONVENIENCE, i.e., Pickup offers the customer more control and flexibility. Pickup's dominance is even more impressive when recognizing that most of the financial incentives, e.g., save $50 on orders over $100, remain focused on Delivery - not Pickup. Otherwise, as the Venn diagram illustrates, the online grocery market largely consists of three different and mostly distinct segments. And, this is across all retail formats, e.g., Supermarkets, Mass, Hard Discounters. Now, we'll refresh a comparable view of how customers engage a retailer's service with a focus on U.S. regional grocers as part of Brick Meets Click eGrocery benchmarking initiative, thanks to the continued support of Mercatus Technologies Inc. #egrocery #grocery #groceryretail #onlinegrocery #grocerydelivery #curbside

https://lnkd.in/gmYAeV2F Amazon Kroger Walmart Grocery stores have been a focus by government and other groups due to high food costs and the profits achieved by different grocery store chains. This article is interesting as it is now discussion discounting that may lead to grocery store price war. Giant Tiger Whole Foods Market Metro Inc. Sobeys Loblaw Companies Limited   Here is one of my blogs on grocery stores and profits - Blog – Sector – Grocery – Grocers recorded a $300M margin hit on their digital business in 2022, report say - https://lnkd.in/gdYy5jtY

Great article from the customer’s perspective about the convenience of curbside pickup in grocery. Hear first hand from patrons who visit Flybuy partner, @ Giant Eagle and how a positive experience at the curb shapes their long-term purchasing behavior and loyalty. Check out the full article here:  https://lnkd.in/dHjNHWsM #RetailInnovation #CurbsidePickup #CustomerExperience

🛒 Looking to save money on your grocery shopping? Check out this interesting article on The Sun about the UK's cheapest supermarket for a basket of 65 items. It's a great read and you might be surprised by the results! #GrocerySavings #SmartShopping #BudgetFriendly https://ift.tt/98nIwtR