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Sunflower Deploys Two-Sided Receipt Printer  

BOULDER, Colo. — In support of its sustainability initiatives, Sunflower Farmers Markets here is deploying a two-sided receipt printer from NCR at its checkout lanes as part of a new POS solution. ...

Recall Portal Will Include Enhancements for Fresh Foods 

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — The Product Recall Collaboration Zone, an online industry portal that will allow communication of recall information between manufacturers and retailers, will include enhanced recall capabilities for fresh food products in its initial release, expected in early fall, according to Steve Arens, senior director, GS1 US here....

PRN, Bon Appétit to Air Content on Retail Network  

SAN FRANCISCO — Thomson’s Premier Retail Networks (PRN) here and Bon Appétit magazine, published by Condé Nast Publications, New York, yesterday announced a programming agreement to produce custom content for display on PRN’s Checkout TV network in supermarkets nationwide. ...

Super S Foods Selects Price Optimization System  

SAN ANTONIO — Super S Foods, an operator of 49 grocery stores throughout southern and central Texas, announced the selection of KSS Retail as its provider of price and promotional modeling and optimization. ...

Kings Super Markets Personalizes Website  

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Kings Super Markets here, which operates 26 stores, has revamped its website, www.kingswebsite.com, via a partnership with Grocery Shopping Network, Minneapolis. ...

Coke and Wegmans Complete Test of Collaborative Store Ordering 

ATLANTA — Coca-Cola here and Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, N.Y., have completed a test of collaborative store ordering in eight Wegmans stores that generated higher sales and lower days of supply in the test stores, according to Kraig B. Adams, director, collaborative industry development, for Coca-Cola....

Peapod to Offer Online Shoppers Personal Discounts 

QUINCY, Mass. — Internet grocer Peapod, a division of Ahold USA here, announced this week that its shoppers will earn extra savings instantly on select purchases as the result of a partnership with Concept Shopping, Skokie, Ill....

Food Lion Sharing POS Data With Suppliers 

SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion here has started sharing POS data with suppliers by store, day and stockkeeping unit by using Demand Signal Management, from Retail Solutions, Sunnyvale, Calif. ...

Groups Urge EPA to Revise Food-to-Fuel Mandates 

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency was urged here yesterday to freeze federal food-to-fuel mandates for 2008 and 2009 at the U.S. production levels for 2007, in a letter sent by the Grocery Manufacturers Association, American Beverage Association, Snack Food Association and other industry groups. ...

United Supermarkets Retrofits Cases With LED Lighting  

LUBBOCK, Texas — United Supermarkets here has retrofitted low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in all of its 47 stores with a light-emitting diode (LED) solution from Lumination, Cleveland, a GE Consumer & Industrial business. ...

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