Chris O'Leary

CHICAGO -- The Independent Grocers Alliance here was set to push for a 25% increase in participation in a "members-only" section of its World Wide Web home page at a company conference last week.IGA also used the...

A few trailblazing retailers are pushing to surmount what may be the greatest obstacle to continuous replenishment's growth -- inefficient vendor promotions.Retailers including Schnuck Markets, St. Louis; Wegmans Food...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas retailers are hoping a government-funded survey set to be released this month will recommend a way to move Women, Infants and Children benefits to an electronic benefits transfer program.The...

WESTBURY, N.Y. -- King Kullen here will begin rolling out chainwide this month automated labor scheduling software following tests in three stores, which reported reductions in preparation time and improvements in...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. here will expand its use of employee management teams to its newest warehouse while accepting that the program may not achieve all the ambitious goals the retailer originally had...

NEW YORK -- Retailers are challenging the wisdom of changing all refrigerant systems to carbon-free coolants and insist that a short-term strategy centered on interim gases remains the industry's best course.Many...

Distribution is rapidly moving from a process based on what one wholesaler described as "pens and whiteout" to a seamless science with a foundation in information technology.Three large wholesalers interviewed by SN...

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper Supermarkets here will equip its main grocery warehouse later this month with a new inventory management system designed to greatly reduce store order lead times and out-of-stocks...