Technology and Logistics Archive
Retailers Spend Millions in Back Rooms for Shoppers
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The average 100-store food retailer spends $4 million annually addressing shoppers who ask the question, “Do you have any of this in the back room?”...
Food Lion Deploys DC Yard Management System
SALISBURY, N.C. - Food Lion has deployed the Retalix Yard Management system at its 1.8-million-square-foot headquarters distribution center here, Dallas-based Retalix announced yesterday. ...
Uniform Recall Process Expected in the Second Half of ’08
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — A joint Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association initiative aimed at improving and bringing consistency to product recalls expects to deploy a uniform industrywide process “sometime over the second half of the year,” said Beverly A. Grant, chief channel officer, US CBD Grocery Channel, Procter & Gamble. ...
Raley’s Test Shows Filter Cuts Truck Emissions
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Raley’s here recently completed a test of a new exhaust filter system that enables older delivery trucks to achieve emissions levels that are less than those of new trucks and well below new emissions standards....
Lawsuits Pile Up vs. Hannaford
PORTLAND, Maine — At least a half-dozen federal class-action lawsuits have been filed here in the last week against Hannaford Bros. in the wake of the theft of its customers’ credit and debit card numbers....
Haggen Replaces Legacy Pricing System
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Haggen, a 33-store regional grocer based here, has selected Retalix HQ from Dallas-based Retalix to replace its legacy pricing system....
Supervalu Dives Into GreenChill Partnership
FRANKLIN, Va. — Minneapolis-based Supervalu is announcing today that all of its 12 retail banners will be participating in the Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership....
Green Hills Switches From Biometrics Back to Cards
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Green Hills, a one-store independent here, began converting its SmartShop targeted discount program last week from a biometric, finger-scan-based system to one that uses cards, said Lisa Piron, director of MIS. ...
Ahold USA Gets Help for Oracle Retail Deployment
NEW YORK — Capgemini here and Enabler Wipro yesterday announced a multi-year consulting and systems integration project with Ahold USA, Braintree, Mass....
Hannaford Defends Timing of Data Breach Disclosure
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Some observers believe Hannaford Bros. here waited too long to inform consumers of the security breach that exposed 4.2 million credit and debit cards to fraudulent misuse and led to about 1,800 cases of fraud so far. ...
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