Technology and Logistics Archive

Stop & Shop Reports Fraud Linked to PIN Pads at Two R.I. Stores 

QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop Supermarkets here has reported on its website that it was notified last week of possible fraudulent activity at other retailers linked to credit and debit cards processed at two of its stores in Rhode Island. ...

Pathmark Hires Firm to Manage Transactional Data 

CARTERET, N.J. -- Pathmark Stores here announced this week that it has retained 1010data, New York, to provide a platform for using data to assist in merchandising, marketing and store operations. ...

Northwest Grocers Taking Price Hosting In-House 

TUKWILA, Wash. -- Northwest Grocers, a consortium of 55 independent grocery retailers, has chosen to provide its own retail price hosting services from its headquarters here using BRdata's Retail Boss back-office software, BRdata, Melville, N.Y., announced this week. ...

C&K Markets Launches Price Optimization System 

BROOKINGS, Ore. -- C&K Markets here is implementing the Revionics Advanced Pricing System (RAPS) for price optimization at all of its 59 stores, including the Ray's Food Place, Shop Smart and Price Less Foods banners, Revionics, Granite Bay, Calif., announced yesterday. ...

Key Food Stores Co-Op Implements Computer-Assisted Ordering 

NEW YORK -- Key Food Stores Co-Op, a Staten Island-based company that has 100-plus individually owned member supermarkets, has completed its implementation of the BRdata Computer-Assisted Ordering (CAO) Module, BRdata, Melville, N.Y., announced last week. ...

FMI Cites Consumer Poll in Urging Congress to Act on Interchange Fees 

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Food Marketing Institute here is urging Congress to act on public concerns about credit card interchange fees revealed in a new Harris Interactive poll of more than 2,200 U.S. adults. ...

16 Hannaford Stores Achieve Energy Star Rank 

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Sixteen stores operated by Hannaford Bros. here have received Energy Star labels for demonstrating superior energy performance, the Environmental Protection Agency said. ...

New York Metro Stores Select New Ad-Design Tool 

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Alpha 1 Marketing here, which acts as virtual headquarters and first line of support for the individually owned New York Metro supermarkets C-Town, Bravo and AIM, has purchased an On Demand Promotions Suite of applications to improve the way they create and produce advertising and other promotional materials. ...

Stop & Shop to Test Audio-Video Channels With Shopping Buddy 

QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop here will be using a number of stores in a test of integrated in-store audio-video channels with the chain's "Shopping Buddy" shopping cart device to deliver synchronized, informative content to shoppers. ...

Costco Installs Solar Power on Roof of California Warehouse 

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. -- Costco Wholesale Corp., Issaquah, Wash., announced the installation of its second solar-powered energy system on the roof of a warehouse here. ...

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