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Alpha Modus and Circle The Wagons to Target the $353 Billion Independent Grocery Market

  • Alpha Modus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMOD) entered a strategic consulting & business development agreement with Circle The Wagons, Inc. (CTW) on August 24, 2026, to accelerate ARIA & Alpha Cash adoption in the independent grocery market.
  • Execution begins immediately with initial objectives including two signed ARIA beta agreements for multiple locations, one strategic Alpha Cash reseller alliance, & introductions to at least five qualified distribution prospects.
  • The 12-month program aims to convert beta deployments into paying, multi-year ARIA enterprise customers while establishing eight active Alpha Cash alliance partners.
  • CTW founder Barton Howard leads the partnership; his network covers several thousand U.S. retail & grocery stores, & he serves on the ROFDA Advisory Council representing wholesalers supplying nearly 7,000 independent grocers.
  • Alpha Modus CEO William Alessi stated the platform is ready for deployment, leveraging CTW's channel access to secure recurring revenue through targeted commercialization.
  • Independent grocers account for approximately $353.5 billion of the $920 billion U.S. food-retailing sector & generate $557.5 billion in annual economic activity according to the National Grocers Association.
  • ARIA is an AI-powered retail platform using 12 granted U.S. patents to analyze data from existing store systems like POS, cameras, & Wi-Fi without requiring significant new hardware.
  • Alpha Cash provides mobile & kiosk-based financial services for unbanked or underbanked consumers through grocery stores, wholesalers, & payment processors.
  • CTW will support retailer introductions, beta execution, customer feedback, pricing, case-study development, & the formation of an Alpha Modus industry advisory board.
  • The press release includes forward-looking statements regarding future performance, initiatives, & implementation expectations which may differ from actual results.