Albertsons Cos. has partnered with Picadeli, one of Europe’s leading food tech companies dedicated to disrupting the healthy food industry. Picadeli offers a modular store-in-store salad bar concept with the mission to make fresh, healthy food accessible and affordable to the masses, delivering on convenience and taste at a time when so many fast-food options fall short.
Updated on December 10, 2020 at 8:01 pm
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Clogged aisles at the supermarket aren’t what any of us want these days. A lot of the congestion comes from “order pickers,” a name used by the grocery industry for those who fulfill your online orders. With demand for online delivery growing, some major grocery chains are going high-tech to free up aisle space and lower operating costs.
“The consumer demand continues to build,” said Jewel Hunt, vice president of e-commerce for Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway. “COVID has changed people’s shopping patterns, but it has fast-forwarded digital adoption.”