Technology and Logistics Archive
GMA Outlines Four Pillars of Food Safety
WASHINGTON — The Grocery Manufacturers Association outlined an imported food safety proposal here yesterday that emphasizes contamination prevention in foods’ country of origin....
Online Retailers Addressing Website Design and Performance: Survey
LAS VEGAS — Online retailers’ top priorities include fixing website design and performance issues, improving the efficiency of online marketing and enhancing cross-channel integration, according to a report that was released yesterday at the Shop.org Annual Summit here....
New Sam’s Club Features Environmental Technology
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., opened its newest Sam’s Club last week here with several environmental systems, including a low-temperature, secondary-loop refrigeration system that uses carbon dioxide as the principal coolant. ...
BJ’s Wholesale Club to Use Qwest for Data Networking
NATICK, Mass. — BJ's Wholesale Club here has completed a multi-year, multimillion-dollar data networking agreement with Qwest Communications International, Denver, Qwest announced yesterday. ...
FMI to Provide Web-Based ‘Sustainability Toolkit’ in January
DENVER — Beginning in January, the Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Va., will be offering retailers a Web-based “Sustainability Toolkit” that will provide “practical tips, advice and strategies” for implementing a sustainability program, said Tom McIntyre, senior manager, resource conservation and environmental stewardship, Supervalu, Minneapolis....
EPA Puts Off Refrigerant Leak Proposal Till Mid-2008
DENVER — The Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, plans to issue a long-expected notice of proposed rulemaking in regard to federal regulations governing refrigeration leak repairs in the late spring or early summer of 2008, according to Julius Banks, the EPA’s national recycling and emissions reduction program manager. ...
Pathmark to Deploy Bottom-of-Basket Scanner in 10 Stores
CARTERET, N.J. — Pathmark Stores here announced yesterday that it will work with Evolution Robotics Retail, Pasadena, Calif., and IBM, Armonk, N.Y., to deploy the LaneHawk Visual Scanning Solution in 10 stores to combat bottom-of-basket (BOB) loss. ...
EPA Urges Feedback from Retailers on Refrigerant Phaseout
DENVER — Julius Banks, national recycling and emissions reduction program manager, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, urged food retailers yesterday to provide more input to the EPA on the phaseout of ozone-depleting R-22 HCFC refrigerant from their store refrigeration systems....
Green Trucking
This summer at least three major food retailers made news for actions designed to lessen the environmental impact of their trucking operations: Safeway,...
Study: Impulse Purchases Drop in Self-Checkout Lanes
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Self-checkout lanes have a dramatic impact on impulse purchases, according to the findings of IHL Consulting Group’s North American Self-Checkout Systems study....
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