When tech (not dinosaurs) ruled the earth

Chloe Riley is the Executive Editor of Supermarket News, which delivers the ultimate in competitive business intelligence, news and information for executives in the food retail and grocery industry. A graduate of the School of Journalism at Columbia College Chicago, Chloe previously served as a Digital Strategist at SEO firm Profound Strategy, Associate Editor at B2B hospitality mag HOTELS Magazine, as well as CEO of her own digital strategy company, Chlowe.

What doesn’t tech touch within grocery? That’s something our new editor Tim Inklebarger and I have been asking each other lately. And the answer? Basically nothing! Or rather, tech is basically integrated into almost everything grocery related these days.  

From retail media networks to digital shelf tags to AI-powered shopping carts…it’s a tech eat tech world…and we’re just living in it. And increasingly reaping the benefits of it. 

In our feature this month, Tim breaks down the highlights of what’s new in grocery tech so far this year. Some techie nuggets to look forward to? Amazon is getting into AI-powered smart carts, with the bill charged directly to your Amazon account (how thoughtful of them). In other tech news: In January, Sam’s Club deployed new computer vision tech that checks customers’ receipts against their baskets. And drone delivery is quietly creeping our lives one small delivery at a time.

Be sure to check out Tim’s grocery tech story here. And embrace the technology.