US-grocery retailer Whole Foods market has launched an App to help users “eat and live better”. Called the Whole Foods Market Missions App, it revolves around more than 70 challenges known as ‘missions’, where users engage in a series of steps to earn badges. Users can create a profile to track the badges, like ‘Organic Avenger’ and ‘Local Yokel’, they earn and their favourite tips, which can be shared through Facebook, Twitter or email. “The... ...Read more »

Netherlands firm Albert Heijn has launched an app for its customers to help them create shopping lists by scanning barcodes of products they are running out of using their mobile phone camera. The app, dubbed Appie, also sorts the groceries on the lists according to the walking route in their local Albert Heijn store, the Dutch grocery retailer said. The app also includes features like ‘auto suggest’, ‘recipe finder’ and ‘add to prior purchases’. The Ahold-owned... ...Read more »