Blue Bell Ice Cream has rolled out a redesigned website created for the company by its advertising agency, Houston-based Richards/Carlberg. Blue Bell hopes that consumers looking for information about the company and its products will find the new site easier to navigate. The site also has a new look. Working with Blue Bell’s in-house marketing […]
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Guest Column: An Easier Way To Tackle Power Outages
by John Lerch/ director of sales, Axiom Energy No matter how reliable and resilient our electrical grid is, the power will go out from time to time. While immediately our minds are brought to the severe outages caused by natural disasters, even outages lasting a few hours long can result in significant losses for some […]
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Dumac Combines Restaurant, Grocery POS Capabilities In One System
Dumac Business Systems Inc., a point-of-sale (POS) hardware, software and services company, has released a new module for its RORCv6 POS solution that supports the growing trend of grocerants—supermarkets offering in-store eateries. This suite of features, which includes both a kitchen display system and kiosk application, will enable grocers to manage grocery and in-store restaurant […]
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Peapod Expands Delivery For Giant Shoppers With New Wareroom
Peapod, in partnership with Giant Food Stores, plans to open a new wareroom adjacent to a Giant store in North Coventry, Pennsylvania. The investment comes as Peapod has experienced double-digit growth in the region for the last three consecutive years. Peapod anticipates the new wareroom will enable it to serve up to 25 percent more shoppers […]
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Top Six Trends For Independent Grocers In 2018
by Adam Abbene/ Sales Manager, BRdata Software Solutions In today’s hyper-competitive grocery market, independent grocers need to utilize every tool and technology available to optimize every aspect of their operation. In the months ahead, that means independent grocers will rely more than ever on cloud-based systems to enhance and complement their capabilities in customer service, inventory […]
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Brookshire Bros. Brings Online Ordering To East Texas With Rosie
Brookshire Brothers, a 121-store retailer with locations throughout Texas and Louisiana, is joining the network of independent retailers who have selected Rosie to bring online shopping to their customers. Brookshire Brothers Anywhere Powered by Rosie is initially launching with curbside pickup and delivery at two locations in the retailer’s home market of Lufkin, Texas, on Feb. 19. “Our […]
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Doorganics Grocery Delivery Company Expanding Into Second Facility
Doorganics, a Grand Rapids-based organic grocery delivery company servicing the state of Michigan, is expanding “to accommodate the growing interest in organic and local food, and food delivery services.” The company will open a second facility early this summer. Doorganics deliveries start with a customizable produce box full of local and organic fruits and veggies. Customers can […]
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Grocery Software To Prevent Expired Food Gets Big Upgrade
Pinpoint Software has upgraded its expiration date management solution for grocery stores called Date Check Pro. The upgrade enhances reporting and increases savings in labor and expired shrink, the company says. Since its initial launch in 2011, stores have identified more than 4 million items that have been sold prior to expiring or donated to […]