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Acme Opens Environmentally Friendly Store 

MALVERN, Pa. — Acme Markets here, a division of Supervalu, announced the opening tomorrow of what it called the “first environmentally friendly supermarket in the Philadelphia area.”...

About Half of Retailers Offer Frequent Shopper Program: FMI 

ARLINGTON, Va. — A new study from the Food Marketing Institute here found that 48.8% of surveyed retailers have a frequent shopper program and 90% of their customers participate in it. ...

Grower to Deliver Traceable Watermelons to Southeast Stores  

CORDELE, Ga. — Leger & Son, a watermelon grower and distributor with farms in Georgia and Florida, will begin delivering watermelons that can be traced at the individual unit level this month to major food retail chains in the Southeast....

Readers Digest Association to Support ShoptoCook Kiosks  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — ShoptoCook here, which provides interactive meal-solution kiosks in more than 300 grocery stores, has agreed to have the Reader’s Digest Association (RDA) be its exclusive media content provider and integrated sales resource....

Hannaford Bros. to Automate Task Management at Warehouse 

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Hannaford Bros. will begin piloting a task management system in its distribution center here on April 28, according to Ward Malmquist, operations manager for distribution at the facility. ...

Family Dollar to Protect Card Users With Security System 

MATTHEWS, N.C. — Family Dollar Stores here, which operates more than 6,500 stores in 44 states, has selected VeriFone's new card security solution, VeriShield Protect, along with VeriFone MX830 customer-facing payment systems. ...

Former Albertsons Executive Joins Board at Tech Firm 

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Robert J. Dunst, a former chief information officer at Albertsons, was named to the board of directors of Altierre Corp., a provider of retail pricing technologies based here, Altierre said....

Martin's Super Markets to Make Website Interactive 

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Martin's Super Markets here has signed an agreement to have MyWebGrocer, Colchester, Vt., build a comprehensive new online channel (www.martins-supermarkets.com) for the 20-store chain. ...

Mawyer Joins Weis Markets as VP of IT 

SUNBURY, Pa. — Weis Markets here, which operates 155 stores, yesterday said that Bob Mawyer has joined the company as vice president of information technology....

GS1 Group Working on a Standard Performance Scorecard  

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — A group within Brussels-based GS1 called Trading Partner Performance Management (TPPM) is working to develop a standard performance scorecard for the industry, according to Ann Dozier, vice president, strategic industry initiatives, Coca-Cola....

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