SN Logistics Archives
Spartan Uses Web-Based Carrier Scheduling at Two DCs
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores has successfully deployed the Retalix Dock Scheduling software application at its distribution centers here and in Plymouth, Mich. ...
Viral Email Spreading False Claims About Barcodes
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — A viral email sent across the United States is creating consumer confusion about the content of barcodes and potentially harming American businesses, according to GS1 US, the standards organization based here. ...
Loblaw to Implement Supply Chain Systems
TORONTO — Loblaw here has signed a license agreement to leverage supply chain systems from JDA Software, Scottsdale, Ariz. ...
Welcome Named President of Reusable Packaging Association
WASHINGTON — The Reusable Packaging Association yesterday announced the appointment of Jerry Welcome as president. ...
Cargo Traffic Expected to Slump 7.1% in ’08: NRF
WASHINGTON — Cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports fell again in October, and 2008 is now expected to be the slowest year since 2004 because of the downturn in the economy, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation here and IHS Global Insight. ...
Hy-Vee to Expand in New Warehouse
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee here this week broke ground on a new 230,000-square-foot warehouse in Cherokee, Iowa, for dry grocery and general merchandise, the company said....
Wal-Mart Schedules Supplier Conference in China
BEIJING — Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., is scheduled to convene a conference here today with many of its leading global suppliers, plus Chinese officials and non-government organizations, to outline "a series of aggressive goals and expectations to build a more environmentally and socially responsible global supply chain," the company said yesterday....
Distributors Focus on Fuel Conservation in Transportation: FMI Report
ARLINGTON, Va. — Wholesalers and self-distributing retailers are taking aggressive measures to reduce fuel consumption while transporting food from distribution centers to stores throughout North America, according to the Food Marketing Institute’s just-released “Transportation Benchmarks 2008” report....
Most Independents Pleased With Wholesalers: FMI Report
ARLINGTON, Va. — Sixty percent of independent retailers have had a long relationship with their primary grocery wholesaler, averaging 19 years, and would “absolutely” recommend this company to others, according to the Food Marketing Institute’s just-released “Independent Operator Insights Into Wholesaler Relations and Services” report....
C&S Layoffs in Wake of Big Y Defection: Report
KEENE, N.H. — C&S Wholesale Grocers here is laying off around 250 workers related to the loss of Big Y Supermarkets as a customer, reports said....
Big Y Doubles Storage at Mass. DC
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Big Y Foods here announced yesterday that it has just completed the expansion of its Big Y Distribution Center in Chicopee, Mass....
Stater Bros. Launches Perishables DC
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Stater Bros. Markets here accepted a load of apples yesterday at its new refrigerated distribution facility here — the first delivery into the 860,000-square-foot facility — as it prepares to launch full distribution of perishables from the new DC next week....
Associated Food Stores Expands Use of Warehouse Management System
SALT LAKE CITY — Associated Food Stores is replacing two legacy warehouse management systems in Montana with the Retalix Triceps solution, and is expanding its use of the system at its headquarters distribution center here....
Target Debuts First Fresh DC
As Target Corp. begins opening its own food distribution facilities, it expects gross margins to benefit even though expenses will go...
Winn-Dixie Joins Topco Co-op
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores here on Wednesday said it has become a member of Topco Associates for procurement of its corporate-brand products, effective immediately....
