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Fresh Connect Expands ‘Food as Medicine’ Platform With Cards, Companion App

Fresh Connect, a technology platform that helps health plans and providers connect patients with nutritious food, has expanded its offerings to include four specialized nutrition benefit cards and a new companion mobile app. The upgrades aim to make it easier for healthcare organizations to address diet‑related chronic conditions through targeted grocery benefits. The Fresh Connect […]

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DoorDash, Dollar Tree Partner For On‑Demand Delivery From 9K Stores

DoorDash and Dollar Tree have formed a new partnership to offer on‑demand delivery from Dollar Tree’s full U.S. store footprint, giving shoppers access to more than 10,000 products across 9,000 stores in 48 states. The partnership allows customers to order affordable essentials, pantry staples, household supplies, party décor, balloons, craft items, and seasonal merchandise through […]

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Food City Parent K-VA-T Selects Homesome For Digital Commerce Platform

K‑VA‑T Food Stores Inc., parent company of Food City, has selected Homesome to power its digital commerce transformation. K‑VA‑T will deploy Homesome’s full platform suite across its 140 Food City locations, delivering a retailer‑branded, end‑to‑end digital experience to customers across Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. Homesome’s enterprise, fulfillment and AI platforms give Food City […]

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AWG CFO Koch Joins Breez AI Board; Stukus Named VP Sales

Breez AI has added Gary Koch, CEO of Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG), to its board of directors and named David Stukus as VP of sales and customer success. The leadership additions come as Breez AI accelerates growth across retailers, prepares to deploy its next‑generation artificial intelligence platform and unlocks new monetization capabilities for independent grocers. […]

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The Raley’s Companies Launches In-Store RMN With Grocery TV

The Raley’s Companies has launched an in-store retail media network with Grocery TV at more than 200 stores – spanning the Raley’s, Bel Air, Nob Hill, Bashas’, Food City and AJ’s Fine Foods banners – in California, Nevada and Arizona. The partnership extends West Sacramento, California-based grocer’s retail media strategy into the physical store environment, connecting […]

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Harps Food Stores, NationsBenefits Partner On OTC Flex Cards

NationsBenefits has announced a new retail network integration with Harps Food Stores, an employee-owned supermarket chain with stores in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Through the integration, eligible health plan members can use their NationsBenefits Mastercard Prepaid Flex Cards at more than 160 Harps locations to buy approved food-as-medicine items, OTC […]

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Instacart Expands Fulfillment Pro With New Picking, Delivery Tools

Instacart is expanding Fulfillment Pro, its end-to-end order fulfillment platform, with two major updates – new delivery management software for retailer-owned fleets and enhanced enterprise-grade picking capabilities for store teams. The updates build on fulfillment infrastructure used by more than 50,000 retail associates to deliver more than 45 million orders in 2025. They represent Instacart’s […]

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Instacart Expands Ads Manager To Retailers With New Self-Serve Tools

Instacart announced it has extended Instacart Ads Manager to retailers, enabling them to activate campaigns within the scaled, self-serve advertising platform. The company is opening the same high-intent reach, optimization and closed-loop measurement infrastructure that supports brand campaigns to retailers. At the same time, it is building new tools designed for their goals, from driving […]