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Byline: Michael Garry CINCINNATI-BASED KROGER, among the food retailers that have begun scanning the GS1 DataBar (stacked omnidirectional) on produce stickers, said it is seeing some benefits from the technology, [...]

Michael A. Levans, Group Editorial Director Take another look at this month's cover. Anything missing? While there's nothing that resonates more with Modern readers than seeing a peer highlighted on [...]

Blackhawk Marketing Services Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif., unit of Safeway Inc. that distributes prepaid cards, said Tuesday that it has a deal to put its 'Gift Card Mall' displays in [...]

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. said it plans to install consumer demand forecasting technology to improve its ability to forecast inventory for individual stores. The retailer said it will use [...]

How important is technology to Kroger? Like any major American corporation, the Cincinnati-based retail giant, which operates 2,507 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under nearly two dozen banners, [...]

CINCINNATI - Kroger, which has been tailoring shopping offers to consumers through its loyalty card data, is now using the same information to inform decisions about store design. The company, [...]

THE KROGER CO., Cincinnati, OH is working with OATSYSTEMS to deploy a field trial of RFID technology to track and manage case-ready meat products through its supply chain. Using battery-powered [...]

CINCINNATI -- Kroger here has completed the first phase in the deployment of a new Dynamic Picking System (DPS) for piece-pick operations in its Southeastern distribution center. The announcement was [...]

CINCINNATI -- A remodeled Kroger store in Bellevue, Tenn., will feature a new remote pharmacy kiosk located in the parking lot. The kiosk is being installed instead of the pharmacy [...]

Looking back, it all makes sense. Thirty years ago, Americans began to use a little piece of plastic to make in-store purchases. Twenty years ago, personal computers started to make [...]

The University of Cincinnati are teaming up to release a technology platform called Macopay that would link a cell phone to a bank account and allow a person to make payments at participating retailers by sending a text message. Details with regard to the new service and its growth potential are discussed.

Kroger this past fall committed to help customers 'know their numbers' with the installation of self-use health screening kiosks across its entire store base. Assessments on the kiosk include blood [...]

Kroger Co will install an automated checkout system that enables customers to scan and bag their own groceries, then proceed to a cashier to pay. The new system will first be used in the Middletown, KY unit in 1995. In addition, Kroger will install an automated checkout system in its Louisville, KY unit that is completely automated. The Middletown store will have four customer-scanning stations, which will be treated as high-technology express lanes., CINCINNATI - Kroger Co. here has accelerated its testing of customer self-scanning technology and will take a new step this spring when its Louisville, Ky., KMA division installs a totally [...]

Kroger Co is planning to install a client-server system for its category managers and other key personnel that will use Informix Software's database and an IBM RS6000 hardware drive system. By Sep 1994, Kroger should have a risk management program on-line that will allow access to information about personal injury claims and help cut labor costs. By early 1995, Kroger should have a system that will allow category managers search the system for information on products, such as inventory levels, advertising, pricing and merchandising., CINCINNATI - In a move to put the right information into the hands of category managers and other key personnel, Kroger Co. here is implementing a client-server computer platform at [...]

Kroger executive Dan Andrew says that the company's use of electronic data interchange resulted in saving millions of dollars in operating costs. Speaking at a conference sponsored by the Grocery Manufacturers of America, Andrew said Kroger did not manually process business documents anymore since the company introduced EDI. He noted that the resultant paper-free communications between companies, and Kroger's ability to utilize EDI to do such things as changing prices and doing invoicing, all contributed to trimming the company's operating expenses., SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Electronic data interchange is a lot more than just a buzzword at Kroger Co. It is credited with saving the chain millions of dollars in operating expenses, [...]

A Kroger Co. pharmacy in Dearborn, Mich., has added the Language Access Network, which focuses on non-English-speaking customers. Through Kroger, Martti, the network's video interpretation service, is now available to [...]

'At Kroger, I found that I needed one PC support person for every 500 employees and one PC support person for every executive.' This comment from former Kroger Co. VP [...]

CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here will test a computerized shelf display system designed to increase the flexibility and efficiency of item promotions. With the new wireless system, Kroger and participating [...]

INDIANAPOLIS -- Seeking to speed up its weekly newspaper circular production and reduce costs, Kroger Co. has signed up for a comprehensive new software program that will be completely on-line [...]

The Pulse electronic banking network announced that 164 Kroger supermarkets in Texas and Louisiana have begun accepting debit cards for purchases. The move adds a major grocery retailer to Houston-based [...]

CINCINNATI -- Kroger Co. here recently installed 44 MOST point-of-sale terminals at four stores in central Virginia and may expand the payment program in its mid-Atlantic region. The new terminals [...]

Kroger Self-Scsan Seen Faster, More Accurate CHICAGO -- Some 38% of customers who tried Kroger's first do-it-yourself scanner in an Atlanta suburb liked it, and a majority of them perceived [...]

Kroger Uses Data Net For In-Store Services ATLANTA--Kroger Co. is the latest addition to a list of retail chains that are installing multiformat data networks for such varied transmissions as […]