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Digitized Discounting

Food shopping apps include price reductions for deal seekers

Implications - Social media tools have made today's consumer highly aware of the best price points, and in response, food shopping apps are placing an emphasis on discounts. Aside from the grocery sector, attention to savings is industry-spanning, as brands seek to offer competitive products in markets catering to informed, digitally savvy shoppers.
Workshop Question - How would your brand go about making cost-savings as accessible and automated as possible?
Trend Themes
1. Digitization of Discounts - Food shopping apps placing an emphasis on discounts as customers become increasingly price-aware.
2. Paperless Coupons and Cashbacks - Apps like Milk and The Snap by Groupon allowing users to connect to their rewards card to save money and cashback on their purchases.
3. Perishing Produce Platforms - Online food discount platforms like BuyMeBy, offering discounted expiring food, reducing waste in the grocery industry.
Industry Implications
1. Retail Industry - Retail Industry can update advertising strategies with digitization of discounts.
2. Food and Grocery Industry - Food and Grocery Industry can use perishing produce platforms to reduce food waste.
3. Technology Industry - Technology industry can develop innovative paperless coupon and cashback systems to make purchases more convenient.
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Date Range:
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Featured Examples

Discounted Ingredient Apps
Discounted Ingredient Apps
A Dutch App Tracks Supermarket Deals and Offers Inexpensive Recipes
A food app based out of the Netherlands uses supermarket deals to create recipes for users. The Koken met aanbiedingen app uses daily discounts at grocery stores to offer budget-friendly family... MORE
Coupon Cashing Apps
Coupon Cashing Apps
The Checkout 51 App Takes Couponing into the Digital Age
Checkout 51 is a clever app that will take much of the hassle out of the cut-and-collect couponing system of the past. The grocery shopping and saving app makes it easy for individuals to collect... MORE
Discount Grocery Apps
Discount Grocery Apps
The Snap by Groupon App Helps You Find Deals on Groceries
As well as being able to snag special deals on events and activities through certain companies, the Snap by Groupon app is making it extremely easy to save money while you shop for groceries. The... MORE
Grocery Smartwatch Apps
Grocery Smartwatch Apps
Metro's Grocery Store App Updates the Shopping Experience with Wearables
Rather than shopping with a paper list, or checking off items using a phone, Metro’s new grocery store app for the Apple Watch makes it possible to check off boxes of purchased items as they&#... MORE
Paperless Coupon Apps
Paperless Coupon Apps
'Milk' is a Handy App That Helps You Save at the Grocery Store
If you like to save money, but are not fond of constantly clipping coupons, Milk is a coupon app that will save you from having to break out the scissors. The app saves you money at the grocery store,... MORE
Perishing Produce Platforms
Perishing Produce Platforms
BuyMeBy Reduces Waste By Offering Online Discounts For Expiring Food
These online discounts are supposed to help grocery stores decrease their waste. BuyMeBy is a platform that automates the process of putting expiring food products on sale. Springwise describes this... MORE

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