Partnership enables more direct access to
same-day delivery and AI-powered smart carts to
AWG
member companies across 3,500 locations in 32 states
SAN FRANCISCO and KANSAS CITY, Kan., March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Instacart (Nasdaq:
CART), the leading grocery technology company in North America, and Associated Wholesale
Grocers, Inc. (AWG), the nation's largest cooperative food
wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, announced an
expanded partnership to offer e-commerce and same-day delivery
solutions, including Caper Carts, Instacart's AI-powered smart
carts, to member retailers. With more than 800 AWG member retailer locations currently using
Instacart, this extended collaboration simplifies access for an
additional 2,300 member retailer locations to join Instacart's
technology suite.
Instacart and AWG are working closely together to help retailers
set up an online shopping and delivery service to meet their
customers' needs. Once the grocer is live on the Instacart App,
customers can visit the Instacart website or download the mobile
app, enter their city, select their store, and start adding items
to their Instacart grocery cart. An Instacart shopper will pick and
deliver the order within the customer's chosen time frame—whether
on the same day or scheduled up to two weeks in advance.
In addition to offering same-day delivery, Instacart also equips
retailers with in-store technology solutions like Caper Carts,
which use computer vision and AI to automatically identify items as
they are placed in the cart. AWG members will deploy these smart
carts to transform the traditional checkout experience, allowing
customers to bag items as they shop and make payments from anywhere
in the store. Customers will also be able to link their loyalty
account to the carts, gaining access to personalized promotions and
savings as they shop.
"Our joint effort with AWG is more than a partnership; it's a
dedicated effort to empower independently owned grocers to navigate
the digital landscape," said Nick
Nickitas, General Manager, Local Independent Grocery at
Instacart and Founder of Rosie. "Through this collaboration, AWG's
retailers now have access to convenient, cost-effective solutions
that allow them to easily bring their stores to their customers'
doors. We're excited about what we can achieve together."
"We've witnessed the tremendous value Instacart brings to
many of our local independent grocers, making innovation, growth,
and deeper customer engagement possible. That's why we're
partnering to streamline access to the technology and service our
retail partners need to grow via a proven e-commerce offering,"
said Shelly Moore, Chief Information
Officer of AWG. "By partnering with Instacart, we're making it even
easier for our member retailers to bring the convenience of
e-commerce to life and ultimately drive business growth."
"As an AWG member retailer, we've been incredibly proud to
expand our online business through the Instacart platform," said
Tim Cosens at McKeever's Price
Chopper. "We understand first-hand the impact that e-commerce and
same-day delivery powered by Instacart can drive for our business.
As we look ahead to the next chapter, we view Instacart as an
integral technology partner and look forward to implementing even
more of their omnichannel solutions, like their AI-driven smart
shopping carts."
"At Town & Country Supermarkets, our goal is to make
shopping easy for everyone. Our partnership with Instacart
continues to boost our omnichannel strategy by offering same-day
delivery to our customers, helping us meet their needs in
innovative ways," said Joe Polizzi,
President and CEO, at Town & Country Supermarkets. "We're
excited about the future and eager to see how this partnership will
continue to evolve and benefit our customers."
For further information, please contact:
- Instacart:
https://www.instacart.com/company/retailer-platform/retailer-inquiries
- AWG: corporate.communications@awginc.com
ABOUT INSTACART
Instacart, the leading grocery
technology company in North
America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how
people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national,
regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping,
delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across
North America on the Instacart
Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to
get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for
approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking,
packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The
Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade
technology products and services to power their e-commerce
experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores,
provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart
Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging
brands – partner with the company to connect directly with
consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart
Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition
security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the
role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more
information, visit www.instacart.com/company, and to start
shopping, visit www.instacart.com.
ABOUT ASSOCIATED WHOLESALE GROCERS, INC.
Associated
Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the nation's largest cooperative
food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, serving 1,100
member companies and more than 3,500 locations throughout 32 states
from 9 wholesale divisions. Consolidated sales for AWG in 2022 were
$12.3 billion. In addition to its
cooperative wholesale operations, the company also operates
subsidiary companies that provide certain real estate and
supermarket development services, health and beauty care, general
merchandise, pharmaceutical products, specialty foods, and natural
and organic products. For more information, visit AWGinc.com.
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