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Stop & Shop/Giant Food Named Energy Star Leader 

QUINCY, Mass. — Stop & Shop here announced Friday that it has been named, along with sister Ahold USA company Giant Food, Landover, Md., an Energy Star Leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of the superior energy performance of their supermarkets. ...

Fiesta Mart Selects Aisle Signs with CPG Ads 

HOUSTON — Fiesta Mart here has selected the AirShow Aisle Marker Program, from Combustion Media, Dallas, to help shoppers find products in an aisle and to serve as an advertising platform for brands and services, Combustion Media announced yesterday. ...

K-VA-T to Apply Revamped Data Warehouse to Store Programs 

ABINGDON, Va. — K-VA-T Food Stores here is completing a major overhaul of its data warehouse system and is about to apply that system to several new initiatives, including fresh item management and loyalty marketing. ...

EPA Names Whole Foods Green Power Partner of the Year 

AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market here announced yesterday that it was given the Green Power Partner of the Year award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a second consecutive year. ...

Wal-Mart, Edeka Select SAP Technology 

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores has selected SAP’s ERP Financials system, SAP, Walldorf, Germany, announced last week. Wal-Mart plans to implement the system globally in phases, with the first phase expected to be completed in 2010. ...

Hy-Vee to Deploy Back-Office Check Conversion 

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Hy-Vee here will deploy remote check deposit capture with back-office conversion (BOC) across its 224-store chain, using technology from NCR, Dayton, Ohio, NCR announced yesterday. ...

Sobeys to Monitor Temperature-Sensitive Shipments in Western Canada 

STELLARTON, Nova Scotia — Sobeys here has chosen to implement Safefreight Technology's trailer temperature monitoring and fleet management system, Safefrieght, Edmonton, Alberta, announced yesterday. ...

Keeping a Watchful Eye 

Supermarket retailers, vulnerable to theft both from within and without, are turning to a wide variety of technologies to both proactively prevent theft...

Inbound Visibility 

Making an appointment with Penn Traffic has become a lot easier. In the past, transportation carriers hired by Penn Traffic would call up or send a fax...

Subway Launches Mobile Phone Promotion at Seahawks Game 

SEATTLE — The Subway restaurant chain, Milford, Conn., and Modiv Media, Boston, announced Friday that 345 Subway franchises in the Seattle-Tacoma area will be offering mobile promotions and offers to their customers....

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