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NCR, Unified Grocers announce strategic relationship

June 9, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio — Unified Grocers Inc., a U.S. cooperative grocery wholesaler, has teamed with NCR Corp. to support and promote the NCR Advanced Checkout Solution (ACS) POS software solution to its approximately 3,000 independently owned retail grocery customers in the western United States.

"This relationship provides Unified with a consistent and reliable POS solution that can be extended to all of its retail customers," said John Saccomanno, director, NCR Food, Drug and Petroleum Industry Marketing. "By using ACS, Unified's customers will benefit from a POS software solution that helps drive maximum operational efficiencies and enhances consumers' shopping experiences."

Joining Unified and NCR in the strategic relationship are NCR RealPartners SNCR and Team Business. These NCR resellers will facilitate the execution of the program, as well as the delivery and support of the ACS solution to Unified's retail customers.

ACS is designed to enhance customer service and help retailers improve labor productivity, retain profitable customers, and quickly adapt to changing business environments. Offering superior promotional flexibility, ACS can be customized for larger retailers or packaged for smaller retail formats, such as independent merchants, making the software a strategic choice for Unified and its customers.

"This program enables our independent grocer customers to realize the same benefits from their NCR Advanced Checkout Solution POS deployment as large North American food chains," said Mike Brown, general manager, Retail Technology, Unified Grocers. "Also, through this relationship, Unified's retail customers will be able to leverage NCR's expertise and industry leadership in self-service technology, including the NCR FastLane self-checkout solution, to improve service levels and better manage operational costs."