Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

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Several greeting card companies are developing high-quality designs and merchandising tools to help supermarkets jump-start sales and increase profits.

In the aftermath of Fleming's implosion, a new order of wholesaling has arisen for large national retailers and regional players and co-ops alike.

PLOVER, Wis. - A steering committee representing independent food brokers has met to officially form a new division of the National Association for Retail Marketing Services (NARMS).

LONDON - British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, better known as the Naked Chef, has agreed to be the face of supermarket chain Sainsbury's for another year.

CHICAGO - Littlefield, Texas-based Lowe's Food Stores, Inc. has selected StoreNext Retail Technologies, LLC's Connected Services as its preferred hosting solution. Initially, Lowe's will use StoreNext's Connected Item Hosting and Connected Direct Store Delivery (C-DSD) applications. The announcement was made at the 2004 FMI Show here.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart and eight product manufacturers have begun testing electronic product codes, or EPCs, at certain supercenters and one regional distribution center in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.

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