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Quebec IGA Earns Canada’s First LEED Certification 

MONTREAL — An IGA store located in Saint-Pascal de Kamouraska, Quebec, has become the first supermarket in Canada to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, Sobeys Quebec here said Thursday....

Big Y Appoints Bailly to New IT Position 

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Big Y Foods here yesterday announced the appointment of Bruce W. Bailly as director of IRT (information resources and technologies) infrastructure....

Coborn’s, K-VA-T, Bi-Lo Start Paperless Coupon Program 

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Coborn’s here has begun testing the EZ-PIC paperless coupon technology with the intension of rolling it out to its 32 stores early next year, Unicous Marketing, Chicago, announced yesterday. ...

California Chain Picks POS System for Varied Formats 

STOCKTON, Calif. — PAQ Inc., a 15-store supermarket chain based here, has deployed an NCR POS software and hardware solution that addresses multiple formats, NCR, Atlanta, announced yesterday. ...

Meijer Asking Some Suppliers to Generate Own Restocking Orders 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer here will now require suppliers participating in a scan-based trading program to generate their own replenishment orders, according to Prescient Applied Intelligence, West Chester, Pa. ...

Stop & Shop Completes Rollout of Portable EasyShop Shopping Device 

QUINCY, Mass. — Stop & Shop here has completed a 90-store rollout of a new portable shopping device for consumers called EasyShop, according to Stop & Shop spokesman Robert Keane. ...

GS1 US Elects Douglas to Replace Wegman as Board Chairman 

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — GS1 US here, the organization responsible for setting bar code, data synchronization, RFID and other standards, announced yesterday the election of J. Alexander M. "Sandy" Douglas, Jr., president of Coca-Cola North America, as chairman of the board of governors. ...

Stop & Shop PIN Thief Sentenced 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Authorities here last week sentenced Michael Stepanian to six years in prison for his part in a scheme to steal customer PIN numbers at area Stop & Shop stores. ...

Publix Joins Database Aimed at Fighting Retail Crime 

WASHINGTON — Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., is one of the latest food retailers to join the Law Enforcement Retail Partnership Network (LERPnet), according to Joseph LaRocca, vice president of loss prevention for the National Retail Federation here. Launched in April by NRF, LERPnet is a national crime database designed to unite law enforcement agencies and retailers in the fight against organized retail crime. ...

Raley’s Selects Price Optimization System 

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Raley’s Supermarkets, which operates more than 130 stores across Northern California and Nevada, has selected KSS Retail as its price optimization solution for regular and promotional pricing, KSS Retail, Florham Park, N.J., announced today. ...

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