Category: Grocery

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Food Deserts and Big Data

In a developed country like the United States, most people assume that nearly everyone has access to markets where they can purchase healthy foods to eat. The fact of the matter, however,

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Carrefour’s Global Presence

Most people in the United States are familiar with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, but few of them know anything about Carrefour, the world’s second largest retailer. Carrefour was founded in 1959

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Supermarket Wars

In a post entitled Walmart and the Food Supply Chain, I discussed how Walmart had triggered a price war between supermarket chains as competitors try to keep customers walking through their doors.

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Walmart and the Food Supply Chain

Selling groceries is big business. Supermarket News reports, “The 75 largest food retailers and wholesalers in the U.S. and Canada combined to produce $893.08 billion in revenues in 2008, up 7.6% over

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