Trading Partners

Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. and vendor-partner Balance Innovations have received the IBM Retail User Group’s 2010 Retail Innovation Award for the grocer’s successful implementation of Balance Innovations’ vbScout self-checkout management solution.

The National Grocers Association (N.G.A.) has appointed Van Sapp, SVP at PepsiCo, Inc. in Chicago, as its newest board member, replacing Ted Herrod, SVP of the grocery channel for PepsiCo.

Last year, Solo Cup Co. introduced Solo Squared, a first-of-its-kind Squared single-use cup.

The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) has further joined forces with First Lady Michelle Obama and the Partnership for a Healthier America by a pledge to reduce 1.5 trillion calories by the end of 2015 — a decrease HWCF member companies plan to keep up in subsequent years.

Kold-Draft’s new T-270 GB Series Ice Crusher is made to operate in conjunction with GB Series Classic Cubers in a single unit that makes and stores half-cubes, full cubes, and crushed ice.

The Center for Advanced Retail Technology at community-based independent Green Hills has formed a strategic agreement with RockTenn Merchandising Displays to showcase RockTenn’s ShopperGauge in-store monitoring system that provides real-time reporting of shelf activity.

The 2010 Sweets & Snacks Expo (formerly the All Candy Expo), which will take place May 25 through May 27 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, has sold out of exhibit space

In what’s being described as a retail food industry first, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market will have the medium-temperature cases in its 159 stores retrofitted with LED lighting by Nualight, Ltd., a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions for retail, and refrigerated case vendor Kysor/Warren.