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Starship Technologies is expanding its autonomous delivery robots across its hometown of Milton Keynes to celebrate two years of commercial operation.

Starship Technologies autonomous delivery robots expand to UK town centres for first time

March 19, 2020

Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain, News

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Starship Technologies is expanding its autonomous delivery robots across its hometown of Milton Keynes to celebrate two years of commercial operation. Tesco and Co-op have been using Starship Technologies’ delivery…

Tesco and Morrisons are set to rent out hundreds of parking spaces to non-customers via a new partnership with the YourParkingSpace app.

Morrisons and Tesco to rent out their parking spaces to non-customers via app

February 21, 2020

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile, Automotive, News

App, Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Yourparkingspace

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Tesco and Morrisons are set to rent out hundreds of parking spaces to non-customers via a new partnership with the YourParkingSpace app. Morrisons will set aside parking spaces at 446…

Co-op is planning to roll out its same-day delivery service to more than 650 branches by the end of 2020.

Co-op to expand same-day delivery to 650 stores

February 14, 2020

Ben Stevens

Delivery / Supply Chain, Ecommerce, News

Co-op, Delivery, Digital Goodie

Co-op is planning to roll out its same-day delivery service to more than 650 branches by the end of 2020. Following a successful pilot launched in March last year, the…

Co-op has launched a new app giving its 4.6 million members access to weekly personalised offers and the ability to track their member reward balance.

Co-op launches new app dubbed the “future of convenience retailing”

September 25, 2019

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile

App, Co-op

Co-op has launched a new app giving its 4.6 million members access to weekly personalised offers and the ability to track their member reward balance. The Co-op App, dubbed the…

Co-op’s Reading Festival vending machines will text staff when they’re empty

August 16, 2019

Ben Stevens

Automation, News, Sustainable Tech

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The Co-op will install vending machines at Reading Festival over the upcoming bank holiday weekend selling chilled meals to festival-goers. Two vending machines will sell Co-op’s chilled meal deals and…

Retailers in Scotland who install plastic bottle reverse vending machines have been guaranteed that their rates will not rise.

Boots rolls out reverse plastic bottle vending machines

August 8, 2019

Ben Stevens

News, Sustainable Tech

Boots, Co-op, deposit return scheme, DRS, Iceland, Morrisons, Reverse vending machines, Sainsbury's

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Its deposit return scheme (DRS), which is being trialled at stores in Perth and Glasgow, reward customers who deposit plastic, glass and metal drinks containers with Boots Advantage Cards points.…

Co-op latest supermarket to challenge Amazon Go expanding cashierless tech to 30 stores

July 31, 2019

Ben Stevens

Apps / Mobile, News

Amazon Go, Cashierless, Co-op, pay-in-aisle, Sainsbury's, scan-and-go, Tesco

Co-op is dramatically expanding its cashierless payment technology allowing customers to “pay-in-aisle” in stores across the UK from late August. The grocery retailer is expanding the technology into 30 more…

Co-op to sell 100% compostable sandwiches at Glastonbury

June 25, 2019

Ben Stevens

Industry, News

Co-op, compostable, deposit return scheme, Glastonbury

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The Co-op is trialling a stand at Glastonbury festival which sells sandwiches in 100 per cent compostable packaging. Ten types of ready-to-eat sandwiches will be available to buy at the…

Tesco has opened its first ever mainstream cashless store in London’s High Holborn amid the latest major move towards a cash-free economy.

Tesco could soon roll out autonomous delivery robots

June 19, 2019

Ben Stevens

Automation, Delivery / Supply Chain, News

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Tesco has revealed that it could soon roll out autonomous delivery robots in an effort to save costs and boost efficiency. During its Capital Markets Day yesterday, the UK’s largest…

Sainsbury’s to trial reverse plastic bottle vending machines

June 10, 2019

Ben Stevens

Instore, News

Co-op, deposit, Iceland, Morrisons, plastic, Sainsbury's, Vending machine

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Sainsbury’s has become the latest UK supermarket to launch a trial of reverse plastic bottle vending machines in an effort to slash plastic waste. The UK’s second largest supermarket announced…

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Starship Technologies autonomous delivery robots expand to UK town centres for first time

Morrisons and Tesco to rent out their parking spaces to non-customers via app

Co-op to expand same-day delivery to 650 stores

Co-op launches new app dubbed the “future of convenience retailing”

Co-op’s Reading Festival vending machines will text staff when they’re empty

Boots rolls out reverse plastic bottle vending machines

Co-op latest supermarket to challenge Amazon Go expanding cashierless tech to 30 stores

Co-op to sell 100% compostable sandwiches at Glastonbury

Tesco could soon roll out autonomous delivery robots

Sainsbury’s to trial reverse plastic bottle vending machines

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