ST. LOUIS -- Schnuck Markets here has reportedly begun using a new utility-management program that aggregates its stores' utility bills and interfaces with the chain's accounts payable system.Streamlining the billing...
ST. LOUIS -- Save-A-Lot here, a division of Supervalu, Minneapolis, will be consolidating storage of all its dry grocery and perishables into a new distribution facility in Winchester, Ky., in early 1998.The 396,000...
TOORONGA, Australia -- Coles Myer here will launch its first ever on-line home-shopping and grocery-delivery service in a trial site, most likely Melbourne or Sydney, Australia, in early 1998.Jon Wood, managing...
PLYMOUTH, Minn. -- A Cub Foods store here, a franchise of Cub Foods, owned by Supervalu, Minneapolis, is saving 40 hours a week in labor by using a motorized cart to retrieve shopping carts scattered around its...
PHILADELPHIA -- Activity-based costing, the basis of Spartan Stores' Cost Plus program, has helped the wholesaler cut average store delivery times by more than 20 minutes, as well as improve delivery scheduling.Work...
LOS ANGELES -- Certified Grocers of California here has begun a pilot program with one of its retailer customers involving consignment sales in two stores.The retailer, whom Certified declined to identify, will begin...
PHILADELPHIA -- Fleming Cos., Oklahoma City, will launch a marketing campaign designed to raise the level of urgency among independent retailers about the looming year-2000 issue. The campaign is scheduled to kick off...
PHILADELPHIA -- Hannaford Bros., Scarborough, Maine has reduced receiving time 15% to 20% and improved inventory turns 30% to 60% since implementing a consolidated ordering program.In addition, by creating clusters of...
SAN ANTONIO -- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. here will install a combination desiccant-based dehumidification/air conditioning system to control the humidity and the temperature at its new store in Monterrey, Mexico, opening...
WESTWOOD, Mass. -- ShopLink here began expanding its home-shopping service in the Boston market this month, and is exploring adding another Northeast market in early 1998. ShopLink is also expanding its offerings, to...
