Bruno's Renames Atlanta Stores
s here has converted its 16 Atlanta- area stores to the Bruno's name to strengthen its presence there.
Seven of the Atlanta stores had operated as Bruno's Finer Foods, which is a format almost identical to the chain's Alabama-based Bruno's Food & Pharmacy stores except they do not have pharmacies. Nine Atlanta stores operated under the FoodMax name -- a holdover from their origins as warehouse stores.
The new banner simply says "Bruno's."
ECR Seminar Reset for January
WASHINGTON -- A day-and-a-half-long seminar on Efficient Consumer Response has been scheduled for next January. The conference, which will be sponsored by the Joint Industry Executive Committee on ECR, was originally slated for the third quarter of this year. The committee made the change because it believed it would draw a bigger audience in January.
The program will be held shortly before or after Food Marketing Institute's Midwinter Executive Conference, which is scheduled for Jan. 15 to 18 at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resorts, Orlando, Fla. The exact time and place of the ECR meeting have not yet been determined.
Museum Gets Historic Scanner
WASHINGTON -- A Model A scanner has been donated to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History here by Spectra-Physics. The scanner, developed by the Eugene, Ore., manufacturer, was one of the first six scanners installed at a Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. The era of the scanner was born at that store at 8:01 a.m. on June 26, 1974, when a 10-count package of Juicy Fruit gum was passed over the scanner glass. Bernard Finn, curator of the museum's Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, said the Model A is "an historically important artifact.
It is an example of how quickly a new technology -- in this case, a laser -- can be adapted to make a significant impact on social institutions."
Vons VP Wins Girl Scout Award
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Pamela Knous, group vice president of finance for Vons Cos. here, has been selected as the recipient of the 1994 Georgie Award by the Girl Scout Council of Mt. Wilson Vista.
