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Longo’s to Implement Inventory Management System 

TORONTO — Longo Brothers Fruit Markets here, which operates 15 stores and an online grocery service, plans to implement an inventory management system from Tomax, Salt Lake City, in 2008, according to John Charleson, director of IT for Longo’s. ...

Brookshire Grocery Renews Price Optimization License for Third Time 

TYLER, Texas — Brookshire Grocery Co. here has renewed its agreement for DemandTec’s Price and Promotion optimization systems for the third time, DemandTec, San Carlos, Calif., announced yesterday....

Data Driven 

In discussing Safeway's recent financial success, Steve Burd, its chairman, president and chief executive officer, speaks about the chain's adoption of...

Food Lion, Giant Eagle Explain Energy Star Success in SN Webinar 

NEW YORK — Being a leader in energy management “has created a competitive advantage for us over other grocery chains,” said Gina Rye, energy manager, Food Lion, Salisbury, N.C., during an SN-hosted Webinar held yesterday....

Food Lion Sees Less Energy Usage in Refrigeration System Test 

SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion here has observed a 2% to 3% reduction in energy consumption in a low-temperature secondary-loop refrigeration system, in comparison to the energy consumed by a standard DX refrigeration system, said Susan Sollenberger, Food Lion’s director of equipment purchasing, maintenance and energy. ...

Harris Teeter Joins GreenChill; Partnership Officially Launches 

WASHINGTON — Harris Teeter became the latest food retailer to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Refrigeration Partnership, which was officially launched yesterday in a ceremony at EPA headquarters here. ...

Retail Store Builder Gets National Design Appointment 

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Daniel Montano, a senior associate and studio principal with the retail practice of the architecture firm Little here, has been named to the board of directors of the Society of Environmental Graphic Design....

Price Chopper Store Uses Secondary-Coolant Refrigeration System 

MALTA, N.Y. — Price Chopper, Schenectady, N.Y., has implemented a medium-temperature, secondary-coolant refrigeration system at a remodeled store here, Hill Phoenix, Conyers, Ga., announced yesterday....

Major Retailers Join Produce Traceability Initiative  

NEWARK, Del. — Twenty-seven companies, including major food retailers, food-service entities and produce growers, have joined the Produce Traceability Initiative, a new industry program aimed at driving broad adoption of long-overlooked traceability standards and practices throughout the produce supply chain, according to the Produce Marketing Association here. ...

Meijer to Allow Shoppers to Post Videos About Private-Label Products 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer here will leverage a technology platform from Vitrue, Atlanta, to encourage customers to upload their own videos online to engage with the Meijer brand, Vitrue announced yesterday. ...

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