Grocery Retail Online News

Fry, Inc. Launches Interactive Site For Hannaford Supermarkets

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:24:00 GMT

Fry, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS) and a leading e-commerce solutions provider, today announced the launch of a newly designed web site for Hannaford Supermarkets, a market-leading grocer serving the Northeastern United States.

Delhaize Group Upgrades Fleet Performance Management Tools For Food Supply Chain Optimization

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:29:00 GMT

XATA Corporation has announced that Delhaize Group is leveraging XATANET across its Food Lion, Hannaford and Sweetbay Banners to maximize its fleet performance with one common technology platform. Delhaize America, a leading supermarket operator with more than 1,500 stores in 16 states in the eastern United States is running XATANET on 780 trucks across these three banners.

Target Stores In Tampa Receive Multiple Design Reinventions Ffor Enhanced One-Stop Shopping

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:16:00 GMT

Eight Target stores in the Tampa area have been redesigned to further deliver one-stop shopping convenience for guests. The stores feature an inviting open-market grocery layout, stocked with a selection of fresh produce, fresh meat and baked goods

TNP Strategic Retail Trust Welcomes Two New Tenants At Northgate Plaza In Tucson, Arizona

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:23:00 GMT

TNP Strategic Retail Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), a publicly registered non-traded REIT that invests in grocery and drug-store anchored, multitenant necessity retail properties in the western United States, signed lease agreements with two prominent retailers at Northgate Plaza Shopping Center in Tucson, Arizona

Invatron And SignalDemand Form Strategic Global Alliance

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:53:00 GMT

Invatron and SignalDemand today announced they have formed a strategic global alliance. Through this alliance they will deliver the first promotion and purchasing optimization software solution that meets the unique needs of grocery retailers' fresh divisions

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Firm Contract On Third Party Acquisitions Through Cedar Joint Venture

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:49:00 GMT

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust ("RioCan") (TSX:REI.UN) today announced that it has entered into a firm contract to acquire a portfolio of five grocery anchored and new format retail centres located in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey from Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust ("PREIT") for approximately $134 million

Mistral Equity Partners Acquires Country Pure Foods

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity firm focused on the consumer and media sectors, announced recently that it has acquired Country Pure Foods, LLC ("Country Pure" or the "Company"), a leading independent producer and distributor of premium quality juices in the United States, from affiliates of First Atlantic Capital and DN Partners

ACG Chicago To Host Food Industry Conference

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:16:00 GMT

ACG Chicago will host a Food Industry Conference, "Feasting on Opportunities in the Food Industry," on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at The Standard Club, Chicago. The conference will offer an intensive look at the risks and opportunities facing middle market businesses in the food industry

Columbia Crest Winery Launches Wine And Recipe Pairing Mobile Site

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Columbia Crest Winery, producer of Wine Spectator's No. 1 wine for 2009, today announced the official launch of Cork & Fork, a free wine and recipe pairing mobile site. The site features exclusive recipes from Chef Bobby Flay, wine pairing recommendations, a unique shopping list feature and easy entertaining tips. The site can be accessed by any Internet-enabled phone at corkandforkmobile.com. The content also is available online at columbiacrest.com/entertaining. Cork & Fork presents users

RedPrairie Warehouse Management Solution Now Live In Highest Volume Dot Foods Facility

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:02:00 GMT

RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity solutions provider, announced today that its Warehouse Management solution has gone live in Dot Foods' Mt. Sterling, Ill. distribution center.

Bank Freedom Enters Agreement With MoneyGram To Provide Prepaid Debit Card Holders With More Options For Fast And Affordable Reloading

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:15:00 GMT

Bank Freedom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prepaid Card Holdings, Inc., recently announced they entered into a Prepaid Card Program Manager Loading Agreement with MoneyGram International, a global leader in the payment services industry

Global Axcess Corp Signs Extension With Grocery Store Chain, Adding 28 ATMs

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:05:00 GMT

Global Axcess Corp (OTC Bulletin Board: GAXC; the "Company"), an independent provider of self-service kiosk solutions, today announced that its ATM subsidiary, Nationwide Money Services, has signed an extension of a previously announced contract with a grocery store chain, adding 28 additional ATMs to the initial deployment of 31 ATMs with a full turnkey Global Axcess program

DinoSol Selects Oracle Retail Planning Applications To Help Enhance Inventory Management And Improve Performance

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:51:00 GMT

DinoSol, the Spanish grocery retail group, has selected Oracle Retail planning applications as part of a strategic initiative which the retailer expects will help improve performance and profitability across its four store formats

TopSource LLC Partners With Verisae To Drive Value For Members

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:00:00 GMT

TopSource LLC, one of the largest buying cooperatives for grocers in the United States, recently selected Verisae as its preferred supplier partner in the area of enterprise sustainability. Since 2006, TopSource has provided grocers and other retailers with innovative solutions

Excentus Subsidiary Centego Acquires Assets And Operations Of Metrosplash

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:46:00 GMT

Excentus Corporation ("Excentus") and Metrosplash Systems Group ("Metrosplash") announced today that the assets and operations of Metrosplash have been acquired by Centego II, LLC ("Centego"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Excentus

Shortcuts.com Now Offers Twice As Many Coupons

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Shortcuts.com, a free, online savings site, now offers Printable Coupons, enabling shoppers to conveniently print coupons for many of their favorite grocery brands at home and redeem them at many of their favorite stores nationwide - no matter where they shop

ShopRite Helps Shoppers Save More With Save To Loyalty Card Coupons From Coupons.com

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:54:00 GMT

ShopRite is giving shoppers more ways to save on their grocery bill. ShopRite has launched a Coupons.com "Save to Card" coupon gallery on its website that lets shoppers add money-saving coupons directly to their ShopRite Price Plus Club card

McKesson Named Walmart Supplier Of The Year

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT

McKesson Corporation today announced that it has been named a Walmart supplier of the year for its performance in 2009 for one of the world's largest retailers

Michigan-Based Busch's Grocer Receives Multiple Awards For Food Drive Efforts

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:43:00 GMT

Local grocer Busch's Fresh Food Market was recently honored for its charitable efforts to help raise food and monetary donations for local food rescue programs in the Greater Ann Arbor and Metro Detroit communities

Beacon Enterprise Solutions Expands Relationship With National Grocery Chain

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:29:00 GMT

Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group, Inc.,an emerging global leader in the design, implementation and management of high performance Information Technology Systems (ITS) infrastructure solutions, announced it has been engaged by an existing client, one of the nation's largest retail grocery chains, to perform additional ITS services