Publix

LAKELAND, Fla. -As part of a chainwide POS system rollout, Publix Super Markets, Inc. has selected new multifunction printers from Epson, Long Beach, Calif.

LAKELAND, Fla. ¿ Publix Super Markets is continuing its foray into open systems with plans to install more than 16,000 HP rp5000 point-of-sale devices and 2,000 HP ProLiant servers, to support company's growing retail operations.

ATLANTA - Aldi, Inc., the Germany-based grocer known for its limited-assortment discount stores, is opening two more stores in the Atlanta market this week, bringing its total in that area to 11.

STAFF REPORT - Aid from every corner of the food industry has been pouting in to areas of Florida stricken by Hurricane Charley.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Crispers, LLC, a quick-serve restaurant chain that is financially backed by Publix Super Markets, Inc., based here, will begin expanding its presence in the Jacksonville, Fla. area with five new stores by mid-2005. Crispers, which currently operates 23 locations in Central Florida, has said in the past that it plans to open additional locations in that region as well as in South Florida.

LAKELAND, Fla. - Publix posted a 10 percent sales increase in its second-quarter sales, with approximately $4.5 billion vs. $4.1 billion for the same period last year, while same-store sales at the supermarket chain increased 4.9 percent in the second quarter.

The c-store segment continues to improve its portable fresh food lineup -- and reputation -- and supermarkets can ill afford to ignore their cross-channel competitors' bid to boost business from the inside out.

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