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Hillphoenix Launches Next Generation Flex Mini CO2 Refrigeration System

Hillphoenix, part of Dover Food Retail and Dover, has launched the Next Generation Flex Mini, a CO2 transcritical refrigeration system designed for food retail and industrial applications. Built around serviceability and energy efficiency in a compact footprint, the Flex Mini platform supports two compressor brand configurations, giving operators flexibility to match existing technical standards or […]

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Barrows Connected Store, QSIC Synchronize In-Store Audio, Video Retail Media

Barrows Connected Store and QSIC announced a strategic partnership designed to unify in-store audio and digital video into a single, data-driven retail media platform. The deal connects Barrows’ ConnectOS-powered in-store digital video network with QSIC’s intelligent audio platform, enabling synchronized multi-sensory campaigns measured against real-world transaction data. The core problem the partnership addresses is straightforward: […]

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Ravyx Promotes Desroches To Chief Technology Officer

Ravyx has promoted Francis Desroches to chief technology officer, overseeing customer outcome initiatives, managing strategic vendor partnerships and expanding collaboration efforts across North America. Desroches has been with the company since 2015, joining when it operated under the SIR Solutions name. During his tenure, he has helped build the company’s operational infrastructure, led development of […]

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Vallarta To Celebrate New Supermarket In Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Vallarta Supermarkets will open a 60,000-square-foot store April 1 at 9040 Foothill Blvd. in Rancho Cucamonga, California, marking the chain’s sixth Inland Empire location and its second store opening of 2026. The Rancho Cucamonga store is the first in the Vallarta network to feature Costa de Oro, a new in-store seafood restaurant concept the company […]

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Amazon, Winn-Dixie Expand Grocery Delivery To Greater Tampa Bay Area

Amazon and The Winn-Dixie Co. expanded their grocery delivery partnership to the Greater Tampa Bay area, adding six counties and dozens of communities to a service that reaches nearly 100 cities and towns across Florida and South Georgia. Customers in Hillsborough, Pasco, North Pinellas, Polk, Manatee and Sarasota counties can order from more than 15,000 […]

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Redner’s Markets, RSA America Launch Unified Digital Platform

Redner’s Markets has launched a new mobile app powered by RSA America‘s unified commerce platform, consolidating loyalty rewards, digital promotions, grocery ordering and fuel savings into a single shopper experience across its 68 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The rollout covers Redner’s Warehouse Markets, Fresh Markets and Quick Stop convenience and fuel locations. The […]

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Brookshire Brothers Promotes 4 Executives In Leadership Restructuring

Lufkin, Texas-based Brookshire Brothers has announced four executive promotions, elevating longtime company veterans into senior leadership roles across operations, finance, accounting and legal services. Clay Oliver moves from CFO to COO, while Jessica Brown steps up from VP of accounting and treasury to CFO. In addition, Stephanie Cole is the new VP of accounting, and Jeff […]

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ECRS Standardizes Third-Party Access To CATAPULT Platform

ECRS has released updated third-party integration and application programming interface (API) guidance, a formal framework defining how retailers and solution providers can connect with its CATAPULT point-of-sale platform through standardized, reusable API endpoints. The documentation is designed to reduce technical friction for integrators while protecting the platform’s stability across high-volume retail environments. Why standardization matters […]