Giant Eagle adds Grabango checkout free tech to more stores
US retailer Giant Eagle is working with Grabango on the installation of autonomous shopping technology at four more of its GetGo Cafe+Market convenience stores in the Pittsburgh area.
This builds on its initial deployment of Grabango's tech at a single GetGo location last year.
“As we continue doubling down on creating the best in-store experience for customers, we remain drawn to Grabango because of their commitment to delivering an optimised, safe and easy experience for our loyal Giant Eagle and GetGo shoppers,” says Rug Phatak, Senior Director of Marketing at GetGo.
“Following early adoption success and shopper enthusiasm, we’re excited to roll-out Grabango’s checkout-free solution to more customers throughout the Pennsylvania area.”
Funding round
Earlier this year, Grabango closed a $39 million Series B raise.
Led by Commerce Ventures with participation from Founders Fund, Unilever Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, and WIND Ventures, this brought the startup’s total capital raised to $71 million.
“We evaluated nearly every company in the space and chose Grabango because they had the most robust technology, an approach that works in complex retail environments, and an incredible team. This combination is why they continue to pull away as the market leader,” said Matt Nichols, Partner at Commerce Ventures.
“Incredibly, the $5.7 trillion grocery market had been left behind as tech innovation focused on other sectors. Grabango delivers a new level of convenience for shoppers and will transform the economics of grocery and convenience stores across the world.”
