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Vallarta Supermarkets is expanding the features and capabilities of its back-office software applications to accommodate its growing business.

Independent grocers may be aware of the upcoming GS1 DataBar “sunrise date” of January 2014, but many say they won’t be ready for it, according to a study conducted by the National Grocers Association (NGA).

Community-based independent Ring Bros. Marketplace will celebrate its’ 8th Annual Spring Festival of Food and Wine on Saturday, May 15, from 12-3 p.m.

Save Mart Supermarkets, which owns and operates more than 240 grocery stores in California and Nevada, said it has significantly reduced IT overhead using new systems that were developed to manage, monitor and secure all of its desktops, laptops, point-of-sale (POS) lanes and handheld devices.

To help ladies look and feel their best, Braza Corp., a Lee, Mass.-based manufacturer of women’s fashion solutions and problem-solving accessories, offers a line of fashion fixers called Supportables.

As the mercury rises, the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) is preparing for a sizzling selling season with its annual Summer Favorites Ice Cream & Novelties Promotion, which this year will feature two brand-new initiatives.

Thanks in no small part to its supermarket subsidiary, Harris Teeter, Ruddick Corp. posted a consolidated sales increase of 6.1 percent to $1.07 billion, from $1.01 billion in the year-ago period, for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 ended March 28, 2010.

Nash Finch Co.’s first quarter earnings beat analysts’ expectations and sent its stock up last Friday by more than 5 percent.