Articles from Local Express

Local Express, a SaaS vertical platform that powers unified, omnichannel e-commerce for grocery and food retailers, today announced the appointment of Edward Kim as Vice President of Sales. In this role, Edward will lead the company’s global sales organization, refine its sales motion, and drive adoption of Local Express’ end-to-end grocery e-commerce and Grocery-ERP platform among independent and regional retailers. Edward reports to CEO and Co-Founder Bagrat Safarian and has a mandate to build a high-performance, scalable team aligned to the company’s rapid growth in online and omnichannel grocery.

HAC, Inc., operator of 74 supermarkets in Oklahoma, is deploying Local Express’s Made-to-Order omnichannel solution at its 36 Homeland and 11 United stores to modernize their prepared foods, catering and food services operations. Homeland shoppers can now place customizable orders for holiday family meals, party trays, vegetable and seafood trays, butcher bundles and more from the convenience of their home or office. The Local Express system also enables the retailer to optimize inventory and labor resources, saving both Homeland and its customers time and money.

Local Express, a leader in ecommerce software solutions specifically designed for grocery stores, supermarkets, and food retailers, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Swiftly, a leading provider of retail technology solutions. This partnership is set to revolutionize the shopping experience by integrating Local Express’s robust ecommerce capabilities with Swiftly’s state-of-the-art Digital Platform.

Supermercados ECONO (ECONO), with 64 stores in 48 municipalities across Puerto Rico, is upgrading its current e-commerce platform (“ECONO ToGo”) with technology from Local Express. Founded in Puerto Rico 52 years ago, ECONO is devoted to continuing its family tradition of exceptional service, which is one of the key reasons they selected the comprehensive digital solution from Local Express.

Terry King, a veteran of the online food business, is now Vice President of Enterprise Sales at Local Express, the provider of the most functional cloud based e-commerce platform for independent retailers. He reports to Local Express CEO Bagrat Safarian.