ROME, Ga. -- Piggly Wiggly Stores here plans to launch a web site this summer that will offer home-shopping services to its frequent-shopper members.Once the site is established, the retailer plans tests of both the...
ATLANTA -- Taking the next step toward its goal of rolling out an efficient assortment program to maximize sales, the Atlanta division of Kroger Co. will revamp, by June, the tea category across its 150 stores in the...
Use of electronic data interchange for advance ship notices, direct-store-delivery and electronic funds transfer is on the rise -- a sign that many grocery retailers and wholesalers are leapfrogging beyond basic...
ATLANTA -- Use of advance ship notices has helped Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, N.Y., reduce receiving time by 30 minutes, while taking advantage of UCC-128 technology has cut up to 60 minutes off the grocery...
HUDSONVILLE, Mich. -- Family Fare here recently completed the installation of a new labor-scheduling system in one of its 12 stores to increase customer service.By the third quarter of this year, the rest of its...
With retailers increasingly demanding greater frequency of product deliveries, transportation systems that help plan the most efficient routes and load combinations, as well as onboard computers that track and manage...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penn Traffic Co. here is standardizing and automating the work flow within the advertising department at three divisions by implementing a database publishing system over the next few months.This...
ATLANTA -- By implementing a continuous replenishment program in tandem with activity-based costing practices, Giant Food, Landover, Md., has quantified and saved nearly $1 million in inventory costs in six months'...
MAULDIN, S.C. -- Bi-Lo here has launched a frequent-shopper card program, making it the third chain within the Ahold organization to do so.Bi-Lo's preferred-customer program, which began six weeks ago, follows a...
GILROY, Calif. -- Keeping the front end running optimally and preventing point-of-sale problems before they occur may not be the most glamorous aspect of technology today.But ensuring the success of front-end systems...