SN Technology Archives
ShopRite Launches New Internet Tool
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Wakefern Food Corp.’s ShopRite banner has launched a weekly circulars widget....
Smart Cards Are More Secure Payment Form: White Paper
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. — A new white paper from the Smart Card Alliance asserts that microchip-based smart card technology “brings a higher level of security to payment and identity systems worldwide,” said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, in a statement....
Giant Eagle Store Gets Environmental Certification
PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle here announced last week that it received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for a 75,000-square-foot store in northeastern Columbus, Ohio, near New Albany....
Exec Sees More Self-Checkout Sales at Slower Stores
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — At nine stores operated by Balls Food Stores here, between 9% and 19% of sales dollars are processed through self-checkout lanes, depending on the overall sales volume of the store, said Barb Ramsour, director of information systems for the 29-store, dual-banner chain....
Lund Food Expands Data Warehouse Applications
EDINA, Minn. — Lund Food Holdings, which operates 10 Lunds and 11 Byerly’s upscale supermarkets, has expanded and enhanced its enterprise data warehouse from Teradata, Miamisburg, Ohio. ...
Rosauers Selects Price Optimization System
SPOKANE, Wash. — Rosauers Supermarkets here has selected the Revionics Advanced Pricing Systems, from Revionics, Sacramento, Calif., to optimize pricing in its 21 stores. ...
Sheetz to Implement Task Management System
ALTOONA, Pa. — Sheetz, which operates more than 350 convenience stores, plans to implement the Execution Management solution, from Milwaukee-based RedPrairie, so that the company’s headquarters here can direct the preparation and implementation of complex tasks at stores. ...
PCI Group Releases New Version of Card Security Standard
WAKEFIELD, Mass. — The PCI Security Standards Council here, which manages the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), has announced general availability of version 1.2 of the PCI DSS....
Tops Markets Selects Scan-Based-Trading System
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Tops Markets here has selected a scan-based-trading (SBT) solution from Prescient, West Chester, Pa., to allow suppliers to maintain ownership of products until they scan at the POS....
H-E-B Marks Installation of Wind Turbine at Facility
WESLACO, Texas — H.E. Butt Grocery Co., San Antonio, and Wind Energy Corp., Elizabethtown, Ky., this week celebrated the successful installation of a vertical-axis wind turbine at an H-E-B retail support center here....
Schnucks Rolls Out Recipe Kiosks to 27 Stores
ST. LOUIS — Schnuck Markets here, which runs 103 supermarkets, has rolled out ShoptoCook Recipe Solutions Center kiosks to 27 stores following a pilot in one store last year....
Distributed Refrigeration Saves Energy at Aldi Store
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A new environmentally friendly Aldi store here is using an energy-efficient Protocol distributed refrigeration system from Hussmann, Bridgeton, Mo. ...
Aldata Buys Digital Marketing Vendor
ATLANTA — Finnish software supplier Aldata, which has U.S. offices here, has reached an agreement to acquire all the shares of Terraventum Oy, a Finnish software company specializing in digital marketing solutions for the retail and hospitality markets. ...
Outdoor Target Display Changes as Shoppers Walk By
NEW YORK — Target has started showing an interactive storefront display in Manhattan to promote the availability of Converse footwear at Target stores, according to Inwindow Outdoor here, provider of the display. ...
Wegmans Converting to New Fuel-Efficient Trucks
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wegmans Food Markets here said yesterday that it is just starting to receive the first of 101 fuel-efficient trucks that will make up 60% of its next-generation truck fleet....
