Helping Local Independent Grocers Streamline Their Catering and Prepared Foods Businesses

FoodStorm

Helping Local Independent Grocers Streamline Their Catering and Prepared Foods Businesses

Over the past few years, FoodStorm - our order management system (OMS) designed specifically to help grocers manage their deli, prepared foods and catering - has seen remarkable growth. And today, we’re excited to share…...

Apr 24, 2024
Read time: 2min
The Next Wave of Optimization: Perimeter Grocery Shopping Experiences

FoodStorm

The Next Wave of Optimization: Perimeter Grocery Shopping Experiences

Discover how you can optimize your perimeter grocery shopping experiences with software that connects your departments and delights your consumers.  Simple, powerful, and digital: The future of perimeter grocery As the grocery landscape evolves, retailers…...

Apr 24, 2024
Read time: 4min
FoodStorm’s new features help retailers prepare for the holidays

FoodStorm

FoodStorm’s new features help retailers prepare for the holidays

The holiday season is just around the corner, and with it comes the annual surge in prepared foods orders that often overwhelms grocers. To tackle this challenge, many retailers have turned to FoodStorm, Instacart’s order…...

Oct 25, 2023
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New Omnichannel and AI Solutions to Help Grocery Thrive

Caper

New Omnichannel and AI Solutions to Help Grocery Thrive

At Instacart, we’ve long believed that the future of grocery – and commerce in general – isn’t online or in-store. It’s both. And now more than ever, it’s being supercharged with AI.  Omnichannel customers are…...

Sep 7, 2023
Read time: 6min
Instacart enables fully custom digital ordering with new FoodStorm features

FoodStorm

Instacart enables fully custom digital ordering with new FoodStorm features

Ordering custom-made items at the grocery store has been a longstanding challenge for both retailers and customers. The reliance on pen and paper, manual tracking of changes, and associated delays have presented difficulties for the…...

Jun 27, 2023
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How the Instacart Platform Supports Independents

Company Updates

How the Instacart Platform Supports Independents

Across the U.S. and Canada, independent grocers face a number of business challenges, including high inflation, increased competition, workforce development issues, fractured supply chains and more. Despite these headwinds, local retailers are innovating and embracing…...

Feb 23, 2023
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Top 2022 Retail Innovations and a Look Forward to The Trends That Will Shape 2023

Instacart Retail

Top 2022 Retail Innovations and a Look Forward to The Trends That Will Shape 2023

The year 2022 helped crystalize what the connected grocery shopping experience looks like — consumers will not abandon shopping in-store, but will increasingly rely on digital shopping.  Online grocery shopping is expected to reach up to…...

Feb 1, 2023
Read time: 5min
The Complete Guide to Driving Growth with Grocery E-Commerce

Instacart Retail

The Complete Guide to Driving Growth with Grocery E-Commerce

In the next five years, some grocery executives believe that e-commerce penetration will increase to as high as 35%. While grocery e-commerce and fulfillment leaders have spent years integrating technology to offer essentials to the…...

Dec 9, 2022
Read time: 6min
4 Online Grocery Technology Methods to Future-Proof Your Operations

Instacart Retail

4 Online Grocery Technology Methods to Future-Proof Your Operations

Fast, scalable grocery fulfillment has become the norm, exponentially accelerated over the past few years by the COVID-19 pandemic and consumers’ increasing need for convenience. Whether in-store shopping or grocery ordering, seamless experiences are the…...

Nov 8, 2022
Read time: 5min
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