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grocery comparison shopping site mySupermarket is today bringing its service the U.S. Operating something like a Kayak for grocery and drugstore products, the new U.S. version of mySupermarket lets shoppers find the best prices across top stores, including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Costco, Walgreens, Diapers.com, Soap.com, and Drugstore.com.

"A new report confirms the significant and growing influence of the Internet and social media in the shopping decisions of U.S. moms. In preparing to go shopping, mothers are 43% more likely to go online to gather coupons and 38% more likely to look at store Web sites than food shoppers as a whole, according to Packaged Facts' "Moms as Food Shoppers: Grocery Store and Supercenter Patterns and Trends" report.  Further, moms are nearly twice as likely as food shoppers overall to have used social media to plan their most recent grocery shopping trip (20% versus 11%). And in addition to consulting blogs prior to shopping, they are increasingly using mobile apps to ensure that they're getting the best deals while shopping. "

Italy's Milk, Please! has already enabled homeowners to crowdsource last minute groceries when they find they've run out. Now Rosie is a platform for food shopping that learns users' purchase routines to deliver items when they need them.

Shopster that uses the geo-location services in the iPhone (or iPad or iPod touch) to not only keep track of where you frequently buy your groceries, but what you buy at which store. Then it can notify you when you're near those locations and what you might possibly need to run in and grab.

milk please lets users crowdsource groceries you forgot.  send request and people on their way to the store can pick it up for you

Peapod, Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble's Charmin giving smartphone owners in Philadelphia another way to shop for groceries while they commute to work. delivered to a shopper's door

get groceries delivered to you for a small delivery fee.

convergence of tech in grocery stores

korea is making grocery store shopping very convenient.  weekly topic?

another take on the tesco virtual storefronts Through a partnership between P&G and Mall.cz, Prague's four busiest subway stations now include virtual grocery stores that offer shopping by phone for delivery at home.

gives customers a way to scan, tally and bag their own groceries, the mobile app also provides personalized offers based on a shopper's location in the store and purchase history.