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News & Press

10.2008
Panel: Shoppers Still Look for Convenience

Reflecting on some of the insights offered by the consumer discussion, (the consumer panel) agreed that today's leading supermarkets don't just offer their customers a place to find ingredients, they offer a place to find ideas and solutions... View Article


09.2008
You've Come a Long Way, Kiosk

"The fact that retailers are showing renewed interest in these little way stations isn't surprising, They're flexible merchandisers that pack a marketing punch...they serve as an important customer intercept capable of influencing purchase decisions."... View Article


09.2008
Schnucks Rolls Out Recipe Kiosks to 27 Stores

"Schnuck Markets here, which runs 103 supermarkets, has rolled out ShoptoCook Recipe Solutions Center kiosks to 27 stores following a pilot in one store last year."... View Article


08.2008
Brookshire Grocery Co. Deploys Recipe Kiosks in 10 Stores

"We see customers printing out recipes and we're translating that to products being sold in the store...Chances are that when they print out a recipe, they don't have all of the ingredients."
According to ShoptoCook data logs, more than 6,000 shoppers have used the kiosks in the first month of operation...  View Article


06.2008
Marketing deal on ShoptoCook menu
ShoptoCook Inc. has entered into a media content agreement
with The Reader's Digest Association...

ShoptoCook's touch-screen activated kiosks will include recipes, shopping lists, food preparation tips and other suggestions from the food properties of RDA, which include "Every Day with Rachael Ray," "Taste of Home"... View Article


05.2008
Fresh Department Recipe Offering Delights Retailers

The METTLER TOLEDO Meal Planner proved its value in its first week... View Article


05.2008
Hass Avocado Board Teams Up with Chefs

The Mexican Hass Avocado Importer Association and ShoptoCook Inc. are teaming up to offer free recipes from popular chefs to customers.
With 899 freestanding interactive kiosks in 211 retail locations in target markets, the promotion will offer shoppers a selection of themes and recipe ideas using Hass avocados...   View Article


04.2008
BRANDED INTERACTIVE MEAL SOLUTIONS OFFERED TO CONSUMERS THROUGH KIOSKS AT POINT OF SALE

The Reader's Digest Association (RDA) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with ShoptoCook™ to be the exclusive media content provider and integrated sales resource for this in-store, interactive service offering instant meal solutions to consumers at the point of purchase.... View Release

01.2008
NRF: The Digital Consumer Takes Center Stage

By Nikki Baird, Managing Partner 1/22/2008... View Article


01.2008
In-Store Meal Ideas Just Got a Lot Easier

"Meal Planner drives shoppers back to the center store for sales of related recipe ingredients"...  View Article

01.2008
ShoptoCook Builds Loyalty One Customer at a Time

ShoptoCook, together with METTLER TOLEDO, has developed the METTLER TOLEDO Meal Planner...  View Article

01.2008
Supermarket of the future?

"We spent two years surveying customers in the U.S. and Europe, asking them what they wanted in a grocery store"...  View Article

12.2007
Harvest Markets Pilots Recipe/Meal Planning Kiosk

"We installed the recipe center because we thought our customers would relate well to it, and we have had a very good response from them,"...  View Article

12.2007
No Shopper Media In Tesco's Fresh & Easy

Harvest Foods is enjoying early success with a meal-planning kiosk in its 19,000 sq. ft. store in Bedford, N.H...  View Article

11.2007
Kiosks Assist Thanksgiving Shoppers

"The seasonal buttons are very popular. It is a key part of what we offer."... 
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11.2007
Harvest Markets Pilots Meal Solutions Kiosk

Harvest stages wine samplings in its stores every Thursday and Friday evening, and the kiosk's wine and food pairing application quickly became a shopper favorite...  View Article

10.2007
MAKE IT EASY

62 million recipes have been browsed in the last year, with the simple-to-prepare Meals in Minutes getting a large share of hits...  View Article

08.2007
What's To Eat?

Ever gone to the supermarket to buy groceries for dinner and have no idea what you want to eat? Thanks to ShoptoCook that dilemma could be a thing of the past... 
View Article

08.2007
One Millionth Bloom Shopper Uses Kiosk

The one millionth shopper has stocked up on grocery tips provided by a unique information kiosk in Bloom supermarkets...  View Article

07.2007
Study: Recipe Kiosks Drive Potato Sales

By catching customers' attention with interesting recipes whose main ingredient was potatoes, the month-long project sent sales up 5% across the whole potato category...  View Article

07.2007
Bloom Marks Millionth Kiosk Interaction

"The millionth customer documented using the kiosk validates how accepted and valuable a tool it is."...  View Article

05.2007
Recipe Kiosks Drive Center Store Sales at Independents

"The ShoptoCook Recipe Center really helps promote the center store."... 
View Article

05.2007
Build Brands by Engaging Shoppers Through "Discoverable Media"

A sophisticated way to build brands in supermarkets is emerging by engaging the shopper with "Discoverable Media." ...  View Article

04.2007
Schnucks, Unified Western Test Kiosks

"We had more customers using the kiosk, more than we even expected...I want to get these into our other four stores as soon as possible - the sooner the better."... 
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03.2007
A report from Piper Jaffray entitled "The User Revolution: The New Advertising Ecosystems and the Rise of the Internet as a Mass Medium". This report relates to internet search and discusses how consumers are taking control of their media exposure.


The User Revolution... View Article
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    • 03.2007
    Touchscreen Tips - Supermarket News Special Report

    Beurskens regards this kiosks as providing shoppers "expert advice on every perishable and wine stock keeping unit at a fraction of the cost of an employee."...  View Article

    1.24.2007
    Guacamole for Super Bowl...

    Food Lion's Bloom Promotes Guacamole for Super Bowl... View Article

    1.09.2007 CPG Matters article on Digital media...

    Why 2007 Will Become The Year of Shopper Media... View Article

    11.10.2006 ShoptoCook™ Enhances Recipe Center With Digital 360 Technology

    CPG Matters reports on Digital 360 Technology... View Article

    10.16.2006 New Recipe for Success

    Brandweek.com reports on a New Recipe for Success... View Article

    10.01.2006 Bloom kiosks are multitaskers

    Grocery Headquarters magazine reports on Bloom kiosks....  View Article

    09.2006
    Help for desperate cooks

    "In just seven seconds, customers can have a complete meal plan in hand."...  View Article

    7.24.2006 Hannaford Tests In-Store Recipe Kiosks

    Supermarket News reports on ShoptoCook's pilot at Hannaford Bros.... View Article

    7.10.2006 A Kick from Kiosks

    Grocery Headquarters magazine reports on self-service installations... View Article

    6.27.2006 Food Lion Opens Three New Bloom Units in S.C.

    ShoptoCook™ is proud to be part of Bloom's hassle-free shopping experience... View Article

    6.15.2006 What Marketers Need to Know About the New Breed of Kiosks

    CPG Matters reports on new breed of in-store kiosks... View Article

    5.7.2006 Recipe-For-$ales Platform Enhancements

    ShoptoCook™ enhances Recipe-For-$ales Platform with interface to third-party applications... View Press Release

    4.2006 Stepping up Grocery Tools

    RIS NEWS reports on new hardware and software focus on customer-centric strategies... View Article

    4.24.2006 The GoCook Center Adds Training Videos

    ShoptoCook™ promotes meal-planning kiosk as training tool using instructional videos... View Press Release

    1.31.2006 Using Technology to Improve the Customer Experience

    Dave Couch presented on Spartan Stores three month kiosk trial at the 2006 Marketechnics show... View Presentation

    1.31.2006 ShoptoCook™ featured in Grocery Headquarters Magazine

    Interactive technology enables grocers to leverage sales opportunities in their perishable perimeter...  View Article

    1.30.2006 ShoptoCook™ Enhances Recipe-For-$ales Platform with Interface to Digital Screen for Video Clips

    The new technology enables plasma screens near the GoCook Center meal-planning kiosk to show related advertising and instructional video clips that correspond to recipes selected by shoppers...  View Press Release

    10.25.2005 Giant/Carlisle Advances In Pittsburgh Market With New Connellsville Martin's

    Martin's will make it convenient for its new customers to find meal ideas with Recipe Solutions...  View Article

    8.02.2005 Tops Markets Launches "Recipe Solutions"

    Interactive in-store computer kiosks offer menu ideas to meet customer's needs...  View Press Release

    5.01.2005 What's New in Retail Technology?

    Tom Murphy of Peak Tech Consulting, Inc. spoke at the FMI Financial Executive Conference...  
    View Presentation

    04.16.2005
    Shopper Behavior, Acting on Impulse

    48% of shoppers spend most of their time in the fruits and vegetables section... View Article

    2.14.2005 Leveraging Technology to Improve the Customer Experience

    Doug Miller, Director of Store Systems, and Susie McIntosh-Hinson, Concept Creator - IT of Food Lion's Bloom Stores spoke at the 2005 Marketechnics...  View Presentation

    11.14.2004 Recipes on the run - Giant Food in Carroll Twp. has nifty meat dept. kiosk

    If you spend most of your grocery shopping time mulling over what cut of meat to buy for dinner, Giant Food Stores is installing machines that could bring your days of clueless cooking to an end...  View Article

    9.1.2004 Tech Savvy

    Food Lion's Bloom features cutting-edge technology to enhance the shopping experience...  View Article
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