Technology and Logistics Archive
Wal-Mart Forms Joint-Venture Supply Operation in India
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores here yesterday said it has established a joint venture with an Indian company to develop a wholesale distribution and logistics business in India. ...
Case Packaging Changes Said to Affect Product Safety
BATON ROUGE, La. — To ensure product safety and durability, CPG manufacturers need to improve the quality of some of the case packaging used in the shipment of goods through the supply chain, said Randy Fletcher, vice president, logistics and supply chain management, Associated Grocers here....
Dorothy Lane Biometric Loyalty Program Off to Fast Start
DAYTON, Ohio — Dorothy Lane Market, a three-store independent here, has signed up 3,000 customers to its biometric loyalty and payment program just two weeks after a soft launch on July 18 and a week after the official launch July 25, said Amy Brinkmoeller, director of information services. ...
Cub Deploying Kiosks That Instruct and Offer Coupons
MINNEAPOLIS — Following a 15-store pilot earlier this year, Supervalu here is installing kiosks from Customer-Facing Media at all of its 74 corporate and independent Cub Foods stores, according to Glenn Lindgren, marketing manager, Customer-Facing Media, Edina, Minn. ...
United Natural Foods Employs Solar Power in California Warehouse
DAYVILLE, Conn. — Distributor United Natural Foods here announced this week plans to install a 1.19-megawatt solar power system that will cover 175,000 square feet of rooftop at its 487,000-square-foot distribution facility in Rocklin, Calif....
Heinen’s Adds Shopping Features to Website
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio — Heinen’s Fine Foods here, which operates eight stores in the Cleveland area, has redesigned its website, www.heinens.com, to include a new recipe database and a weekly circular that customers can use to build a shopping list....
Bloom Marks Millionth Kiosk Interaction
SALISBURY, N.C. — The one millionth shopper interaction recently took place at the information kiosks in Bloom stores, a division of Food Lion here, according to Shop to Cook, Buffalo, N.Y., which manages the kiosk network....
Smith Pleads Retailer Case in Interchange Hearing
WASHINGTON — Steven C. Smith, president and chief executive officer of K-VA-T Food Stores, and chairman of Food Marketing Institute testified on interchange rates and other practices of credit card companies in a hearing yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Antitrust Task Force. ...
More Consumers Looking at a Product’s Country of Origin: Survey
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Many U.S. consumers appear to be considering country of origin when making purchasing decisions, on at least some occasions, according to a new poll from Harris Interactive here conducted for The Wall Street Journal Online’s Health Industry Edition. ...
Consumers to Spend $525 Billion at Kiosks This Year: Report
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — North American consumers are on pace to spend over $525 billion at self-checkout lanes, ticketing kiosks and other self-service machines in 2007, an increase from $438 billion in 2006, according to a new research study from IHL Consulting Group here. ...
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