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POS Technology Helps Value Center Boost Shopper Engagement

Value Center Marketplace’s efforts to improve efficiency storewide have been effective with new point-of-sale (POS) technology. In 2015, Value Center focused on ways to customize its POS systems to be more comprehensive, open and flexible. This included adopting new technology that could integrate everything from the time clock to new product pricing into a single […]

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Campbell’s Foodservice Offers Video Series To Support Operators

Campbell’s Foodservice, based in Camden, New Jersey, has developed Behind Our Lines, a series of educational and inspirational videos. The initial collection of eight videos introduces professional chefs from Campbell’s culinary team and showcases the versatility of frozen soup with suggestions for different ways to serve the same product.  “Having been an operator, I understand […]

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Giant Eagle Using Autonomous Solution To Take Digital Inventory

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Giant Eagle unveiled a pilot program with Simbe Robotics to deploy Tally, the autonomous, shelf-auditing and inventory analytics solution, in the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Akron areas. Tally is ensuring products are on shelves when and where customers expect them to be, allowing store associates to focus on customers.  In the pilot program, Tally […]

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GMDC Named Association Affiliate Of Retail Analytics Council

Retail industry trade association Global Market Development Center (GMDC) is now an association affiliate of the Retail Analytics Council. GMDC President and CEO Patrick Spear will represent GMDC for all RAC-related activities. “It’s an honor for GMDC to be an association affiliate for the Retail Analytics Council,” Spear said. “This is a significant opportunity for […]

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GMA Report Finds Americans Have Desire To Recycle But Are Confused

A report called Reduce, Reuse, Confuse shows that although Americans are more environmentally concerned than ever, a patchwork system of local policies has confounded consumers and damaged recycling efforts. According to the study from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, 75 percent of Americans say they have changed their behavior in recent years to be more environmentally […]

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Butterfly Equity Buys Bolthouse Farms from Campbell Soup Company

An affiliate of  Butterfly Equity has agreed to purchase Bolthouse Farms from Campbell Soup Co. for $510 million. The agreement is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to be completed by the end of 2019. Butterfly Equity is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector. Bolthouse Farms is Butterfly’s fourth […]

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Zespri Operations Manager Jason Donaldson Dies At 46

Mr. Jason Donaldson, operations manager for the Americas for Zespri North America, died unexpectedly on March 22 while on a business trip overseas. He was 46. “We are devastated by the unexpected passing of a great colleague and friend,” said Ben Hughes, GM-Americas for Orange County, California-based Zespri. “Jason brought a contagious energy and enthusiasm to […]

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AWG Presents Merchandising, Store Manager And Lou Fox Awards

Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) presented 11 Excellence in Merchandising Awards, the Store Manager of the Year Award and its Lou Fox Community Service Award on March 26 in conjunction with its 2019 Innovation Showcase and Annual Meeting held in Overland Park, Kansas. The company is based in Kansas City. The Excellence in Merchandising Award recognizes […]