Buford welcomed the new grocery store on Thursday, January 6, 2022, and an opening in Marietta is planned for Thursday, January 20, 2022. Source: whatnowatlanta.comUS: Trigo tests frictionless stores for Wakefern Food Corp., largest U.S. supermarket Co-OpTrigo, 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., announced an agreement to pilot an autonomous supermarket making use of Trigo's AI-based frictionless checkout technology. Source: prnewswire.comUS: Safeway launches online SNAP purchasing & expands food insecurity initiativesNational supermarket chain Safeway has announced several initiatives aimed at addressing food insecurity. Launching this month, Safeway is now accepting food stamp dollars for online purchases for home delivery or pickup. The on-demand grocery delivery platform has offered ready-made meals since January 2020 but says the option was not as visible or prominent in its app, which is why it’s launching the new hub.

Source: Forbes January 14, 2022 13:29 UTC