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Urban food deserts in major cities: Canadian researchers at the University of Western Ontario have studied the evolution of food deserts in urban areas. Food deserts are areas where people have low or no access to food shops. In other words, they are neighburhoods with low average home incomes and poor access to healthy food. As...; Tags: Supermarket, Food, Food Desert, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Youda Camper (exe): Tired of overcrowded campsites and impolite neighbors? Bulldoze your dream retreat with proper sanitation, supermarkets, and entertainment. As a campsite owner you set the tent fees and manage the overnight flow. Fulfill campers wants and needs by watching the complaint screen. You can make plans to open a supermarket, extra...; Tags: Supermarket, Big Fish Games, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-17
East Coast supermarket chain hit by data breach; 4.2 million account numbers affected: Hannaford Bros., a supermarket chain with stores primarily in the Northeast and Florida, said Monday that it was hit by a data breach that exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers. Overall, 1,800 case of fraud have been reported due to the breach. The company...; Tags: Supermarket, Debit Card, Data Security, Financial Services, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-17
U.K. supermarket to release own-brand software: U.K. supermarket to release own-brand softwareME TOO!THESE BASTARDS WANT THEIR FINGERS IN ALL THE FOOKIN PIES! WANKERS!TescoConsidering that the company has just posted a stonking profit, made from the browsing consumer, I have no doubt that they will sell shedloads of these programmes.Whether the browsing consumer will be able to...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, supermarket, software; Discussion threads 2006-10-03
IBM and Pay by Touch Make Checking Out at Thriftway supermarkets a Soft Touch: In May 2004, Thriftway Supermarkets became the first grocery retailer in the United States to install a payment system using biometrics. Thriftway Supermarkets wanted to provide top level customer service, reduce fraud in electronic payments and save on transaction fees. As a solution Thriftway deployed Biometric payments made through Pay...; Tags: Supermarket, Payment, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance; Case studies 2006-07-01

supermarket: Let your fingers do the paying: Supermarket: Let your fingers do the payingSurreptitious Big Brother SupermarketismSorry, but the only time I expect to be fingerprinted is after I pump some lead into some loser's skull. Until then I can't imagine me willingly allowing big business/government to further profile me more than it already is. Just wait...; Tags: supermarket, Albertson; Discussion threads 2005-02-01
Technology and Creativity Merge for Super Customised Mailers: UK supermarkets operate in an intensely competitive arena where direct mail is a powerful weapon in the daily battle to both retain and gain customers. UK supermarket, Sainsbury's, wanted to increase customer loyalty and drive incremental sales. It engaged with marketing network TEQUILA to devise a suitable customer relationship management...; Tags: Supermarket, Hewlett-Packard Co., Direct Mail, Marketing Research, Marketing; Case studies
TOPS supermarket Uses Linux to Keep Shoppers Shopping: TOPS Supermarket takes pride in being the first supermarket chain in Thailand to centralize its quality control and distribution, and to guarantee that prices charged at the registers match those marked on store shelves. The system's instability proved too costly. TOPS in addition to offering high quality products at the...; Tags: Supermarket, Oracle Corp., TOPS Supermarket, Linux, Databases, Enterprise Software, Application Servers, Storage, Operating Systems, UNIX, Middleware, Software, Data Management, Hardware; Case studies
SAP Helps Franklins Establish New supermarket Supply Chain: Franklins is a leading discount supermarket chain selling packaged groceries and perishables in metropolitan and rural stores throughout New South Wales. It faced the challenge of repairing and restoring retail business and building the brand. The company realised that, if it wanted to be on a level playing field with...; Tags: Supermarket, Supply Chain, SAP AG, Franklins, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies

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supermarket Mania (exe): Show your big business rivals what a little hometown pluck can do as you turn five small time grocery stores into huge successes. All it takes is a sharp eye and a quick wrist, so strap on your apron, grab a cart and play Supermarket Mania today. This version is...; Tags: Alawar Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing; Software downloads 2008-05-07
Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory: Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theoryNiceOK so if I buy a CD and let strangers walk in my house and listen to them I'm infringing on copyright! hahahaha!This judge probablydissented just to get his name in the paper. Because hundreds of other judges have upheld the theory, because it's pretty...; Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Copyright-Infringement, theory, legal theory, RIAA, music; Discussion threads 2008-04-30
Is it Google or China censoring Carrefour?: I guess either way, the answer is ultimately China, but this latest news on Google's censorship in China is a bit strange. Chinese people are very upset with the French due to an attack on a wheelchair bound Olympic torch carrier. The act caused many Chinese people to...; Tags: China, Google Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-04-29
220 mln Internet users in China, making China #1 by number of users: 220 mln Internet users in China, making China #1 by number of users220 mil Chinese usersAnd how many have a legal copy of anything? When I lived there you could buy Windows or Office in the street for about 60 US cents. Within 200 meters of my home there were...; Tags: USD, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
News to know: Apple; Hakia; EclipseCon; ActiveX security: Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology? Jason O'Grady: Apple bumps Airport Express to 802.11n Paul Miller: hakia licenses OntoSem technology to third parties Paula Rooney: Run-time rival for Java, .NET? Dana Gardner: EclipseCon debuts...; Tags: Security, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., ActiveX, Data Centers, Semantic Web, Storage, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-18
One in ten US consumers not prepared to give up packaging for environment: One in ten US consumers not prepared to give up packaging for environmentSuppose it cut down on brick and mortar theftfrom the casual thief using just their hands. It's a horrible amount of wasted plastic, and a horrible way to cut your own hands when trying to release your...; Tags: Memory, environment; Discussion threads 2008-03-04
Gruppo Iper Secures Market Leadership by Ensuring Data Integrity and Accessibility Across the Enterprise: Gruppo Iper is one of Italy's largest and most dynamic supermarket chains, with 300,000 square meters of indoor store space. Gruppo Iper wanted to ensure quality of data to drive informed decisions and support the group's commercial and logistics policies and enable it to effectively monitor trends from a single...; Tags: Leadership, Oracle Corp., Logistics, Gruppo Iper, Supply Chain, Business Operations; Case studies 2008-03-01
Which way is the wind blowing? Into your face: The headwinds are picking up because the economy is slowing down in America. That's what the "experts" tells us. So crude oil was over $100 per barrel Tuesday because of weak dollar, and because the U.S. doesn't control its own energy supply and we're the self-proclaimed rich...; Tags: Food, Energy, Headwind, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-02-19
9% of UK Christmas shoppers went to Amazon in 2007: Throughout the Christmas shopping season, visits in the UK to online retail sites were led by Amazon Sites, which attracted a 9% share of total online retail category visits for the period, according to comScore. Apple had a 6% share, while the Home Retail Group, owner of multi-channel retailers Argos...; Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Retail, NB; Blog posts 2008-01-17
Windows 7 to get new touch features: Windows 7 to get new touch featuresMimicing UIMicrosoft is losing market share to the mac. One large reason many young people are switching is because the user interface of the OSX and Apple applications is much more aesthetically pleasing and cleaner. I know this from talking to many...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Keyboards, keyboard-and-mouse, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-12-12
Drowning in an information sea: Drowning in an information seaNASA studyRemember that the main issue NASA had with releasing that study was that its results are meaningless, as the study failed to eliminate double- or triple- or more reporting of incidents. What's most embarrassing is that so much money was spent on a study with...; Tags: Government, Food & Beverage, information sea, meat, dairy, food, bureaucrat, pyramid, grain; Discussion threads 2007-12-06