Food Lion Sharing POS Data With Suppliers

SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion here has started sharing POS data with suppliers by store, day and stockkeeping unit by using Demand Signal Management, from Retail Solutions, Sunnyvale, Calif. “We chose Retail Solutions because their offering enables our suppliers to immediately and effectively leverage our data to drive improvements in our joint supply chain,” said Pete Bonneau, vice president of efficiency and productivity for Food Lion, in a statement. Using the system, Food Lion has started sharing not only daily store and item POS and inventory data but also many data points at the warehouse level, including shipment, ordering and receipt data, said Retail Solutions.

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