{"id":340,"date":"2011-08-03T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2011\/08\/technology-news-update-2\/"},"modified":"2011-08-03T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T17:56:00","slug":"technology-news-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2011\/08\/technology-news-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology News Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Albertsons LLC<\/span><\/b> grocery chain confirmed that it is removing self-checkout systems from all of its stores because of a \u201cvery high focus on customer service.\u201d It\u2019s important to note that Albertson\u2019s split into two chains a few years ago and <\/span>Supervalu\u2019s Albertsons have not said they are abandoning self-checkout.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Giant Eagle<\/span><\/b> said it is offering a new iPhone app that allows customers to integrate and monitor their Giant Eagle coupons and accounts.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Kroger <\/span><\/b>is now doing a trial in Texas<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> where it has redesigned a store to completely do away with self-checkout.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Roundy\u2019s Supermarkets<\/span><\/b> has deployed Agilence\u2019s Hawkeye POS video auditing solution.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Sinclair Oil Corp.<\/span><\/b> of Salt Lake City<\/st1:city> and Daktronics Inc. of Brookings<\/st1:city>, S.D.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, announced the LED display manufacturer is now the petroleum distributor\u2019s LED signage provider.<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Safeway, WinCo Foods and Wegmans<\/span><\/b> have each selected Sysrepublic’s Secure loss prevention software solution which enables them to identify and catch employee theft and decrease shrink.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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ERJ Dining, LLC<\/span><\/b>., which has signed a multi-year contract with Table Top Media, has completed the first phase of deployment of Ziosk touchscreen devices to its 30 Chili\u2019s locations in St. Louis<\/st1:city>, Chicago<\/st1:city> and Central Illinois<\/st1:place>. TableTop Media is the creator of the Ziosk, a digital promotion and pay-at-the-table device for the casual dining restaurant market. A Ziosk resides on each table and enables guests to see promotions, play games, watch movie trailers, sign up for e-clubs, order desserts, take surveys and pay on demand when they are ready to depart.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited<\/span><\/b> and MasterCard Canada<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> have introduced the MasterCard PayPass contactless payment technology at participating restaurant locations throughout the country. PayPass point-of-sale terminals have been installed in over 1,400 McDonald’s restaurants in Canada<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Taco Bell<\/span><\/b> is rolling out an entertainment network across its 5,600 locations. Guests will be able to interact with the network by downloading music, receiving opt in text messages, engaging in social media campaigns and accessing free Wi-Fi. All locations will be equipped by 2015.\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Neiman Marcus<\/b><\/span> and Bergdorf Goodman<\/b> aren’t known for their technical savviness, but their online sales are growing rapidly and the chains are investing more in tech innovations such as streaming fashion shows and shoe-shopping applications to help them stay ahead of the curve.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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About Matt Werhner, Managing Editor<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Matt has worked at Chain Store Guide for 6 years. He began his career with CSG as a Research Editor and was promoted to Managing Editor in 2007. \u00a0He graduated from the University of South Florida with a B.A. degree in English.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Foodservice Technology News Albertsons LLC grocery chain confirmed that it is removing self-checkout systems from all of its stores because of a \u201cvery high focus on customer service.\u201d It\u2019s important to note that Albertson\u2019s split into two chains a few years ago and Supervalu\u2019s Albertsons have not said they are abandoning self-checkout. Giant Eagle said… Continue reading Technology News Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[6,11],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-technology","tag-csg-old","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}