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RSS chain groceryIBM and Pay by Touch Make Checking Out at Thriftway Supermarkets a Soft Touch
White Paper In May 2004, Thriftway Supermarkets became the first grocery retailer in the United States to install a payment system using biometrics. This resulted in more convenient checkout experience for customers and lower processing fees for the... [26 Apr 2008]
Shaw's Shops for Enterprise Backup...Chooses HyperTape for High Performance Direct Backup From SCO UNIX
White Paper Considered one of the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking grocery chains, Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is the second largest grocery store chain in New England with 185 stores and sales last year reaching... [10 Apr 2008]
Solution Upgrade Gives Grocery Chain Faster Performance, Real-Time Inventory Control
White Paper One of Argentina's largest grocery chains, Disco S.A.relies on an automatic replenishment system to manage inventory. Originally running on Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Disco upgraded to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and revised procedures to achieve... [05 Sep 2007]
Smart & Final Selects TIBCO's Flexible Integration Solution
White Paper Since 1871, Smart & Final has prospered in the wholesale grocery business through superior service and innovative business processes. Planned projects included an end-to-end replacement of the supply chain system and the deployment of a new pricing... [09 Jun 2007]
Despar Aspiag Enhances Communications With Grid and Service-Oriented Architecture
White Paper Established more than 40 years ago, Despar is a leading Italian food and grocery supermarket chain, formed by 12 different companies. In the Northeast of the country, Despar is represented by Aspiag Service and its more than 500 stores. [16 Mar 2007]
Despar Aspiag Enhances Communications With Grid and Service-Oriented Architecture
White Paper Established more than 40 years ago, Despar is a leading Italian food and grocery supermarket chain, formed by 12 different companies. In the Northeast of the country, Despar is represented by Aspiag Service and its more than 500 stores. [16 Mar 2007]
Grocery Chain Gains Productivity, Information Visibility for Better Inventory Control
White Paper For a hundred years, H-E-B grocery stores have provided people in Texas and Mexico with superior products and service. The H-E-B private-label brand contributes greatly to the grocery store's success. [08 Feb 2007]
Somerfield IT handed to India's TCS
News The move, which will see a mix of onsite and offshore outsourcing, is intended to reduce costs for the UK grocery chain and improve service levels, according to Mike Bell, IT director at Somerfield. Supermarket chain Somerfield has outsourced its... [08 Dec 2006]
FoodFight
White Paper Wal-Mart, now the leading U.S.grocery retailer with nearly 10 percent of the market, plans to increase its presence, as are other massive discounters like Target. Given the industry's razor-thin margins and disjointed systems accumulated through... [10 Nov 2006]
Tesco dominates net shopping with £2m loo rolls
News Tesco has spread its dominance of UK retail into online shopping and now bestrides internet grocery deliveries like a colossus. Earlier this year, Tesco revealed it made £1bn during the last financial year from online grocery sales, which account... [23 Aug 2006]
Fast-Growing Japanese Grocery Chain Protects Business With Trend Micro Worry-Free Security
White Paper To protect its IT infrastructure from viruses, malware, and mixed threat attacks 24/7, Japanese grocery store chain, Nijiya Market, relies on Trend Micro Client Server Messaging Security for Small and Medium Business. [03 Aug 2006]
RFID spills the beans on Samsung Tesco shoppers
News Amongst the growing number of retailers that have taken the RFID route, the US' largest grocery chain Wal-Mart, famously passed a mandate to push its top suppliers to deploy RFID in their supply chain. [04 Jul 2006]
RFID credit card 'not a skimming risk'
News In the US, PayPass is accepted by grocery stores, parking stations, pharmacists, retailers, theatres, petrol stations and fast food restaurants. Channel development manager of the convenience chain, David Anstee, said he had not fielded any... [03 Jul 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Customer service - an oxymoron?
Comment To recap, some months ago, our internet order for groceries from a gigantic supermarket chain went badly awry. After resolving a longstanding dispute with an online grocer, Martin Brampton wonders whether either IT or the business ever spares a... [31 Jan 2006]
Case Study: Hershey Foods Corporation
White Paper Hershey Foods Corporation is the leading North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery and chocolate-related grocery products. Hershey Foods' IT Management was able to align Dell supply chain management and... [06 Oct 2005]
