BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Fairway Foods here is installing onboard computer systems in 22 tractors at its Northfield division beginning next week. This will be the first time the wholesaler has employed an onboard system...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hy-Vee Food Stores here will begin testing stationary self-checkout units in two stores in the first half of 1998.Ron Waldbillig, assistant vice president of management information systems at...
With supermarkets focusing on high-margin areas such as fresh foods, lighting has become an important tool for enhancing product presentation and reinventing the store atmosphere."If you're just lighting boxed grocery...
MAUMEE, Ohio -- Seaway Food Town here is testing noncorrosive produce display case mirrors at one store in a suburb of Toledo, Ohio.Approximately 24 feet of mirrors were installed in the produce department. An average...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here is detecting problem areas in equipment maintenance more quickly, using a new maintenance software system with strong tracking and reporting capabilities.By analyzing reports...
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. -- Following the successful launch of a frequent-shopper program at its Boulder, Colo., store, Leevers Supermarkets here will expand the program to its Loveland, Colo., unit this month.The 13-store...
ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Cash Wise Foods, a division of Coborn's here, has begun using a second battery-powered unit that pushes shopping carts from the parking lot back to the customer entrance, at its store in Waite Park...
Retailers seeking greater productivity and accuracy in their materials-handling operations are increasingly relying on radio frequency technology installed on forklifts and other warehouse equipment.Not only does RF...
Supermarkets are taking different routes to maintaining clean floors. Some are outsourcing all or part of their floor care, citing cost savings and the desire to offload labor headaches. But advocates of in-house...
EASTON, Pa. -- Within weeks of launching its frequent-shopper card program, Laneco here, a division of Supervalu, Minneapolis, is analyzing customer data and mailing its first targeted promotion to shoppers."Customer...