Senior financial executives of global food and beverage companies expect to achieve improved financial performance in 2011
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Meijer Customers Can Order Online, Pick Up at Store
Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer has introduced a program that allows shoppers to place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped—at no cost—directly to their local Meijer store for pickup. The online program, called “Order-to-Store,” will include thousands of items found on ordertostore.meijer.com, including furniture and home products, sporting goods, kitchen appliances, […]
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U.S. Retailers Lose More Than $37B a Year to Retail Theft
Retailers lost more than $37 billion to theft last year, according to an annual survey conducted by the University of Florida with a funding grant from security systems integrator ADT Commercial. The National Retail Security Survey (NRSS) preliminary results show an increase in theft by nearly $4 billion, from $33.5 billion in 2009 to $37.1 […]
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Hy-Vee Partners With Curtis Stone
Iowa-based Hy-Vee has teamed with celebrity chef Curtis Stone to develop a series of recipes designed to bring families together for meals that are easy, affordable and fun. Stone, a native of Australian trained in London, is the host of Top Chef Masters on Bravo and appears as an investor/mentor on NBC’s “America’s Next Great […]
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FMI Starts Online Petition Supporting Swipe Fee Reform
by Lorrie Griffith/editor On the one-year anniversary of the Durbin Amendment in May, hometown businesses and their customers across America are still facing the financial difficulties of the ongoing battle against interchange swipe fees, according to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). To keep focus on this important issue, FMI has launched an online petition for […]
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AccuCode, N.G.A. Partner on PCI Compliance Solutions
Colorado-based AccuCode Inc. has partnered with the National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) and launched a new service offering called AO:Compliance to help solve the problem for retailers of becoming compliant to the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). AccuCode’s AO:Compliance is an industry first PCI compliance solution offering that is designed to help retail […]
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Sweetwater is 27th Largest Craft Brewer in the Country
SweetWater Brewing Co. keeps climbing up the ranking of America’s biggest craft beer companies. The Atlanta-based brewer, which recently discussed plans to expand its production capacity, moved up one slot to No. 27 in the Brewers Association’s list of the 50 largest independent U.S. brewers. Last year, the company was the 28th-largest craft brewery in […]
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Peco Pallet Crossing Borders — Shipping to Mexico
Peco Pallet is now shipping its signature red wood block pallets to manufacturers and retailers in Mexico. In December, the company registered “Peco Pallet México” as a legal entity and an authorized importer of record. This enables its customers to easily transport goods on Peco pallets across the U.S. border to and from Mexico. David […]