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Wakefern expands use of AI, robotic inventory system

- Retail
Simbe Robotics, Inc., the company leveraging AI and robotics to elevate retail with real-time insights into inventory and operations, today announced that Wakefern Food Corp. will expand Simbe’s business intelligence solution to additional ShopRite stores after a successful pilot.

Cub Foods CEO departs for Wakefern

- Retail
Current president Joe Sheridan, who announced his retirement last year, will remain with the company through the end of the calendar year to ensure a successful transition.

Wakefern Food Corp. opens AI store pilot

- Retail
Wakefern's The Pantry is a frictionless store concept featuring Trigo’s technology that allows shoppers to skip the checkout line. The company is testing the concept at its Edison, N.J.-based campus.

NY ShopRite launches ‘Fresh to Table’ in-store experience

- Retail
The ShopRite of Warwick announced the debut of Fresh to Table, an innovative store-within-a-store concept where customers can find fresh, on-trend foods and easy to prepare ingredients and meal solutions in a variety of grab-and-go formats.

Wakefern adds PA chain to its cooperative family

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp. announced today that Pennsylvania-based Gerrity’s Supermarkets, owned by the Fasula Family, has become the 48th member to join its cooperative.

Wakefern to test Tally inventory robots

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S., today announced a pilot with Simbe to deploy the retail technology company’s business intelligence solution, Tally, at stores throughout their trading area.

Wakefern to pilot AI-based frictionless checkout technology

- Retail
Trigo, an Israel-based computer vision company disrupting retail with frictionless checkout technology, and Wakefern Food Corp., the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the U.S., today announced an agreement to pilot an autonomous supermarket making use of Trigo's AI-based frictionless checkout technology.

Boston retailer joins Wakefern, will convert to Price Rite banner

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp. today announced that Madison Foods, a third-generation family grocery business, has joined the Wakefern cooperative with plans to convert three Save A Lot stores to Price Rite Marketplace stores in Massachusetts.

Wakefern Food Corp. announces $18.3 billion in sales

- Retail
Wakefern Food Corp. reported retail sales of $18.3 billion for the 53-week fiscal year ending October 3, 2020, a 9.75% increase from the prior year.