Rewe Group

Marks & Spencer is using artificial intelligence to ensure sustainable animal welfare at all dairy farms supplying its M&S milk range. The technology utilises cameras already installed in barns and complements the AI-powered monitoring solution provided by CattleEye. The British retail company claims to be the first retailer using AI to monitor animal welfare across its entire milk supply chain.…

Rewe Digital has expanded the use of Camunda’s software platform to include business-critical processes in the retail group’s merchandise management and logistics operations in Germany. This solution enables the Rewe Group to coordinate orders, invoices and logistics processes with suppliers and partners across various IT systems. In future, Rewe Group’s IT subsidiary also intends to use the platform to integrate…

Rewe Group’s Centre of Excellence for Agriculture has launched an AI research project to analyse animal welfare, in collaboration with stakeholders from academia and the industry. Advisory board member Max Esser-Geneschen initiated the project, which aims to investigate the potential of camera and sensor technology in livestock farming under real-world conditions.

Waitrose is currently rolling out electronic shelf labels from the Korean supplier SoluM. The British supermarket operator of the John Lewis Partnership has now equipped more than 200 of its about 420 stores with the technology.

A few months after implementing the new Auto Store system, Toom shows itself satisfied with the automation of the small parts warehouse at the Rodgau fulfilment centre. According to the DIY store operator, the system has been running smoothly since going live in March.

Rewe is launching a new pickup service called Drive&Go in Euskirchen, Germany. Shoppers can collect their online orders without leaving their cars. The service is part of a pilot project in the Rewe Region West and aims to make shopping more convenient for customers’ daily lives.

Kaufland is rolling out self-checkouts from Itab throughout Germany. Outside of Germany, the retailer is also working with 4POS in addition to Itab as supplier of these devices. All German locations of Schwarz Group's full range discounter are to be equipped with self-service terminals by the beginning of 2029.

While many full-range retailers are phasing out scanless technology, Rewe has surprisingly opened a new store. This is already the retailer’s seventh test store to feature Trigo technology. At the 650-square-metre supermarket in Hanover, which is equipped with cameras and weighing technology, customers can shop without scanning products

The highly acclaimed mini-stores, which Tegut operated largely unmanned under the name Teo, will be transferred to Edeka headquarters along with their operating company Smart Retail Solutions. It is very likely that Edeka Group will further optimise and expand this format in order to be able to offer food in structurally weak areas throughout Germany and to operate 24-hour convenience…

The companies 4POS (Switzerland) and Pan Oston (Netherlands), which joint forces Pan Oston Holding, supplied more self-checkouts to retailers in German-speaking countries in 2024 than all other suppliers combined, according to Datos Insights. Diebold Nixdorf ranked second among suppliers of self-checkouts, followed by Swedish shopfitting and checkout giant Itab, which secured third place.