applied technology

Amazon has opened newly constructed Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods stores featuring its Just Walk Out (JWO) service and is...

Smart carts are expensive, costing more than $5,000 each, according to media reports. Smart cart developer Caper AI claims the...

With the tight labor market, cashierless shopping has never been more appealing. “Anytime you have human beings doing something, it...

Computer vision is the technology behind many of the innovative solutions available to grocers today. A type of artificial intelligence,...

Electronic shelf labels (ESLs) that can update pricing in minutes have been available for years. “In the past, the use...

We live in a high-tech world. Consumers today are accustomed to fast, seamless transactions, and they want what they want,...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. –  Ally Robotics – a startup making smart and affordable robotic arms – has launched a campaign to...

This industry segment is all very promising, but how far can vertical farming go? Mike Zelkind, CEO of 80 Acres...

Another recent addition to the vertical farming scene is 80 Acres Farms, a Hamilton, OH-based operation started in 2015 by...

Charleston SC-based Vertical Roots is a company with a novel approach to vertical farming. The firm, which began life in...

Focusing squarely on the technological solutions side, Canadian firm CubicFarm Systems Corporation, from Langley, BC, takes a different approach to...

Fitting into the urban landscape is Bowery Farming, Inc., a New York City-based startup founded in 2015 by Irving Fain....

Establishing its first commercial farm in Ithaca, NY in 2004, Newark, NJ-based AeroFarms can lay claim to being one of...

Vertical growing systems vary widely—from stacked shelves under LED lights to placing plants on rapidly moving platforms—but innovation is rife...

Leafy greens, herbs, broccoli, and strawberries are all staples of any grocery retailer’s produce shelf and a key part of...

Despite the huge number of innovations, the fundamental problems of produce packaging do not seem to have been solved in...

Considering all the innovation in packaging, the question remains: Are these newfangled packages going to be more expensive than their...

Produce industry experts agree that the move toward sustainability will continue. Shannon Boase, director of new market development for CKF...