Food Lion Raises $500,000 for Hunger
SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion customers and associates raised more than $500,000 through its latest "Hunger Has A Cure" Campaign, which supports Feeding America's network of local food banks.
EMV Chip Cards Seen Lowering Retailer Costs
Beginning this October, retailers who process most of their Visa card transactions from payment terminals capable of handling EMV chip-based cards will be able to avoid having a PCI data-security audit on an annual basis — and eventually pay lower interchange fees as well.
SN Whole Health: Trash to Cash
Recycling catches on as a way to reduce solid waste costs. A large part of the effort is simply pointing out feasible alternatives to dumping unclaimed food stuffs — namely donating the edible part to food banks and recycling the inedible part into compost or energy, or offering it to farmers as animal feed.
DataBar-Only Coupons on the Rise
A recent Sunday freestanding insert from SmartSource contained a “marked uptick” in the number of manufacturer coupons bearing the GS1 DataBar as the sole bar code, noted Alan Williams, vice president of application development for Ahold USA, Landover, Md.
Data Sync Organizations to Merge
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — GS1 US and GS1 Germany, two of the largest member organizations of the GS1 System that oversees bar-code and other commercial standards, announced they have signed a letter of intent to combine their 1SYNC (GS1 US) and SA2 Worldsync (GS1 Germany) data synchronization subsidiaries.
Ahold USA’s Mobile Shopping System Takes Off
QUINCY, Mass. – For sheer determination alone, Ahold USA deserves a lot of credit. While numerous other food retailers were testing and discarding handheld devices that let shoppers scan and bag their groceries throughout the store, Ahold USA’s Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover division kept plugging away.
Truck Cameras Improve Driver Behaviors
MINNEAPOLIS — Supervalu here saved almost $66,000 on repair, liability and workers’ compensation costs in the trucking operation at one of its distribution centers during the first year of a pilot for an onboard camera system.
Wal-Mart Reports Sustainability Progress
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — At its 2012 Sustainability Milestone Meeting here this month, Wal-Mart Stores executives defended the company against charges that it has failed to meet its sustainability goals, and pointed out areas where it is making progress.
Catalina Acquires Ahold USA’s Mobile Provider
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Catalina Marketing Corp., which supplies targeted coupon printing machines at the checkouts of thousands of supermarkets, announced that is has completed its acquisition of11-year-old Modiv Media, Quincy, Mass., known for providing the Scan It! scan-and-bag handheld and mobile app system used by Ahold USA's Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover division.
