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NRF Applauds Passage of ‘Expiration Date’ Bill  

WASHINGTON — The National Retail Federation here and NRF's National Council of Chain Restaurants division welcomed yesterday’s Senate passage of legislation that would protect retailers and restaurants from lawsuits over credit card expiration dates printed on customers' receipts....

CIO Homa Leaving Hannaford in July 

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — William Homa, Hannaford Bros.' longtime chief information officer, will be leaving the company July 1....

Rouses Selects Price and Promotion Optimization System 

THIBODAUX, La. — Rouses here, which operates 37 stores in Louisiana, has selected a price and promotion optimization solution from Revionics, Sacramento, Calif....

Winn-Dixie to Focus on Sharing Data With CPG Firms  

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores here yesterday announced it is exploring ways to expand its neighborhood merchandising and marketing programs by promoting improved information sharing with CPG vendors. ...

Consumers Can Pay Bills With Cash at Retail Kiosk  

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Ready Credit Corp. here has partnered with CheckFreePay to add a new bill pay feature to its self-service ReadyStation Cash Service Center, allowing consumers to pay over 11,000 bills using cash....

Ridley’s Plans to Deploy Electronic Coupon Clearing 

JEROME, Idaho — Ridley’s Food & Drug, which operates 15 supermarkets in Wyoming and Idaho, plans to implement an electronic coupon clearing (ECC) solution from ScanAps, Los Angeles, beginning in July in one store, ScanAps announced. ...

Spartan to Roll Out Computer-Assisted Ordering for Corporate Stores 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores here plans to begin rolling out a computer-assisted ordering (CAO) system to its corporate stores over the next two months, according to Dave Couch, Spartan’s vice president, information technology....

Price Chopper Refrigeration System Is First in North America 

SARATOGA, N.Y. — Price Chopper Supermarkets, Schenectady, N.Y., has installed a refrigeration system in a remodeled store here that uses a carbon dioxide cascade design for low-temperature refrigeration in the frozen food and ice cream departments, Hill Phoenix announced this week....

D’Agostino to Offer Home Scanning/Ordering System 

LARCHMONT, N.Y. — D’Agostino Supermarkets here has agreed to offer its shoppers the option to use a Wi-Fi-enabled home ordering system from Ikan, Stamford, Conn....

Refrigeration System in New Harris Teeter Store Cuts Refrigerant Use  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Harris Teeter, Matthews, N.C., opened a new store here yesterday that includes the first installation in North America of a medium-temperature secondary refrigeration system that reduces the refrigerant charge by 97% over a standard direct-expansion system, according to Hill Phoenix, Conyers, Ga....

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