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Study: Consumers name Giant Food, ShopRite as favorite grocers
May 24, 2012
Giant Food is consumers' favorite grocer, followed closely by ShopRite and then Walmart, according to a new consumer study by Market Force Information, a…
read nowResearch reveals behaviors of cost-conscious grocery shoppers
May 15, 2012
A new research report sponsored by MaxPoint Interactive revealed the changing behavior among cost-conscious grocery shoppers as they move through the path to…
read nowPostea teams with NCR to deliver '21st-Century post office'
May 14, 2012
Postea Inc., a technology provider for the postal, mailing and logistics industry, and NCR Corp. are partnering to "bring the post office into the 21st…
read nowCanadian grocer launches apparel line to compete with Walmart, Target
April 2, 2012
Loblaw's Joe Fresh, Canada's biggest grocer, opened a flagship store last week on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, but instead of meat and produce, it's selling…
read nowSupermarkets changing strategies to compete with ecommerce
March 5, 2012
Large supermarkets are changing strategies as customers begin to shop online instead of going to hypermarkets.
read nowTennessee mulling self-checkout beer ban
February 28, 2012
According to WBIR TV-10 in Knoxville, Tenn., the Tennessee legislature is considering a ban on beer sales at self-checkout terminals:
read nowSainsbury's using QR codes
February 27, 2012
Sainsbury's launched today a new initiative to help show customers the difference that buying Fairtrade products makes to the lives of farmers and growers in…
read nowUdi's Food using ShelfX self-checkout
February 13, 2012
ShelfX, a provider of a self-checkout and inventory management solution, announced today that Udi's Food will integrate the system to shorten customer…
read nowFloral retailers gearing up for Valentine's Day
February 10, 2012
Valentine's Day flowers symbolize more than love; they represent prosperity for the retail industry. And business is looking good not only for American…
read nowWalmart unveils 'Great For You' icon
February 7, 2012
A year after pledging to develop a front-of-pack label that would give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food, Walmart Stores has unveiled the…
read nowConsumer Reports rates Costco as top major retail chain
February 7, 2012
Costco pleased shoppers better than any other retailer, according to a Consumer Reports survey of more than 26,000 readers, who told the organization about…
read nowSainsbury's signs up for NCR's predictive services for POS and self-checkout
January 17, 2012
NCR Corp. recently announced that U.K.-based supermarket chain Sainsbury's has entered into a five-year managed service agreement which will see Sainsbury's…
read nowWincor Nixdorf 360 Scan Portal speeds consumers through the checkout line
January 15, 2012
Wincor Nixdorf Inc., one of the world's leading providers of total IT solutions for the retail industry, has introduced its 360 Scan Portal, a fully automatic…
read nowKroger automated c-store hits college campus
January 12, 2012
A new robotic c-store, owned by Kroger, is running 24 hours a day at Ohio Northern University, according to a story in Vending Market Watch.
read nowPublix discontinuing grocery service
January 9, 2012
Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix Super Markets Inc. is discontinuing its pilot program featuring curbside grocery service later this month, according to…
read nowBig Y selects AisleBuyer mobile shopping platform
November 7, 2011
Big Y Foods, Inc. and AisleBuyer LLC have announced a partnership to provide Big Y's customers with a mobile application for iPhone and Android devices that…
read nowCalifornia bans self-service alcohol sales
October 16, 2011
According to the Los Angeles Times, California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill that prohibits the sale of alcohol via self-service or…
read nowTarget: We will sell only sustainable, traceable seafood by 2015
October 12, 2011
Target Corp. today announced it is committed to selling only sustainable and traceable seafood in its stores by 2015. This initiative will be achieved through…
read nowEuropean hypermarket Auchan adopts RFID to track produce
October 4, 2011
Orange Business Services is providing Auchan Group, the 12th largest food retail group in the world, a real-time tracking solution to monitor the complete…
read nowTesco stores add to fleet of NCR self-checkout systems
September 19, 2011
Tesco customers throughout Central and Eastern Europe can now scan, bag and pay for goods themselves.
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