Unlike its packaged-goods counterparts, organic as well as conventional produce has long suffered from the absence of a bar-coding and scanning mechanism, putting it at a disadvantage at many points in the supply...
While the potential of RFID (radio frequency identification) remains enormous, food retailers -- Wal-Mart Stores notwithstanding -- are generally taking a cautious approach to the much-ballyhooed technology.That's...
While the potential of RFID (radio frequency identification) remains enormous, food retailers -- Wal-Mart Stores notwithstanding -- are generally taking a cautious approach to the much-ballyhooed technology.That's...
CHICAGO -- Led by UCCnet, retailers and manufacturers in food retailing and other sectors have been developing a process by which trading partners can be assured that their information on products is in sync, thereby...
This week marks another turning point for technology in the food retailing and CPG industries as EPCglobal U.S. convenes its first major conference at the Baltimore Convention Center. It's a good time to look at where...
LITTLEFIELD, Texas -- Lowe's Food Stores here plans to become one of the first wholesaler-supported independents to go live with an item management system hosted via the Internet by a third-party provider.Lowe's...
Like Wal-Mart Stores on the retail side, Procter & Gamble has often driven change from the CPG side of the food distribution industry. About a decade ago, P&G and other leading manufacturers set in motion a change in...
LITTLEFIELD, Texas -- Lowe's Food Stores here plans to become one of the first wholesaler-supported independents to go live with an item management system hosted via the Internet by a third-party provider.Lowe's...
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets here plans to replace its traditional IBM-based point-of-sale system in its 800-plus stores in the next year with more than 16,000 PC-based POS terminals from Hewlett-Packard (HP...
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets here plans to replace its traditional IBM-based point-of-sale system in its 800-plus stores in the next year with more than 16,000 PC-based POS terminals from Hewlett-Packard (HP...