Grocery Operations

WASHINGTON -- A retailer can save nearly $2 million each year by automating direct-store-delivery systems and exploiting new technologies, according to a report by the Joint Industry Project on Efficient Consumer Response.DSD programs at Save Mart Supermarkets, Modesto, Calif.; Ralphs Grocery Co., Compton, Calif., and Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, were studied over a 10-month period by Willard Bishop

byChris O'Leary