Trading Partners

Green Hills’ in-store Center for Advanced Retail Technology (CART) has formed a new partnership with Ikan Technologies, a Stamford, Conn.-based technology vendor that provides a wi-fi-enabled kitchen unit allowing consumers to scan items as they’re discarded, and then generates a shopping list based on what’s thrown away.

The new 32,800-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market, which opened in late June in Culver City, Calif., has installed high-performance heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC) solutions to meet the Phoenix-based grocer’s sustainability objectives — and will be honored by its vendor partners today for this achievement.

The Association of Coupon Professionals (ACP) 2011 Industry Coupon Conference, scheduled for April 12 through April 14, 2011, in Atlanta, and hosted ACP in collaboration with the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), GS1 US, CIC and the Promotion Marketing Association (PMA), will feature information on the newest developments in technology relating to coupons.

In a statement submitted as part of a congressional hearing yesterday, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) continued its campaign to raise awareness of pharmacy’s ability to help patients take their medications correctly, save and improve lives, and reduce health care costs, and highlighted the importance to this effort of technology-based strategies such as electronic prescribing and electronic medication records.

The state of Texas has been cracking down on hundreds of businesses across Texas that have been manufacturing and selling food without a state license.

Consumers require more education about the effectiveness and product claims of organic and natural cosmetics to justify paying a premium price, according to a recent study by Chicago-based market research firm Kairos Consumers.

TopSource, LLC, a buying cooperative for grocers in the United States, has selected Verisae as its preferred supplier partner for enterprise sustainability initiatives of its members.

Citing the need to better explain its aims, as well as trademark purposes, the North American initiative formerly known as “Honest Honey” has now become “True Source Honey.”