ADC held our 14th annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) Conference from September 21-24, 2015 at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater Beach, Florida.  This year’s ReFresh attendees represented twenty three retailers, making it the largest conference in ReFresh history.

The ReFresh agenda included informative subject matter expert presenters, FIM software presentations from ADC (including retail experience presentations), and retailer-chaired roundtable discussions.

Agenda highlights included:

• Federal Regulatory Update: What Retailers Need to Know by Erik R. Lieberman, president of U.S. Food Imports LLC and principal of Lieberman PLLC.  Erik shared the latest information on key regulations impacting retailers, including the FDA’s Menu Labeling Regulation and the proposed ruling on Meat Grind Management from FSIS. 
• U.S. Grocery Shopper Trend Report by David Fikes, Vice President of Consumer/Community Affairs and Communications at the Food Marketing Institute. David shared findings from FMI’s recent report, including insight into why individual food shoppers make the decisions they do in supermarkets.

Retailer Feedback:

• “Lots of important information presented in an interesting manner.  Thank you!”
• “The conference was informative and well planned.  The networking opportunities are a great benefit.  Thank you for a wonderful and informative conference!”
• “Nicely setup with good networking breaks.”

Sponsor Interaction – This year’s ReFresh was supported by 10 of ADC’s industry partners, including Bizerba, BRdata, DBK Concepts, Hobart, Janam, Mettler Toledo, NBI Digi, Rice Lake Retail Solutions, Specialty Printing and Truno. 

About Applied Data Corporation (ADC)
Since 1989, Applied Data Corporation (ADC) has specialized in the development of data-management solutions for the supermarket, grocery and fresh-food industries. The InterScale scales management software developed by ADC is a global technology leader for host management of supermarket barcode-printing scales and printers. The InterScale system is a member of ADC's InterStore suite of fresh applications which also includes: NutriGen recipe management and P-Cubed shrink management, fresh inventory management, perishable production planning and demand-driven ordering.  InterStore consolidates ADC's lead in the Fresh Item Management (FIM) software market with an integrated fresh software suite to provide greater efficiencies and optimize production in the grocer's fresh-food departments. ADC has over 125 supermarket chains and over 10,000 stores installed in 11 countries.  For more information on ADC visit www.AppliedDataCorp.com.

ADC Announces Second Subject Matter Expert Speaker for 14th Annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management Conference

ADC announces David Fikes, Vice President, Consumer/Community Affairs and Communications, at the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), as a confirmed speaker for ADC’s 14th annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) Conference, which is September 21st-24th at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

To learn more about ReFresh 2015 or to register, click here.

David’s areas of responsibility at FMI include consumer research, animal welfare issues and communicating the many socially responsible ways food retailers interact with their local community. Prior to his position with FMI, he served as the Director of Communication for the American Frozen Food Institute.

David’s presentation will highlight findings from FMI’s recent U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends Report, conducted by the Hartman Group, including insight into why individual food shoppers make the decisions they do and how their attitudes and piecemeal behaviors translate into large-scale shifts that affect supermarket revenues and growth.

ReFresh is ADC's annual FIM conference that brings together grocery, convenience and food service retailers, industry partners and subject matter experts to discuss and share information on the latest technologies for managing fresh foods. 

ADC at Food and Drink IT Summit

Look for ADC in Stand #40 at the 2015 Food and Drink IT Summit in Birmingham, United Kingdom at the Motorcycle Museum on July 7th.

Learn more about the Food and Drink IT Summit here.

ADC at NCR Synergy

Look for ADC in Booth #707 at the 2015 NCR Synergy show in Orlando, Florida from June 22-24 at Walt Disney's Swan and Dolphin Hotel.

Learn more about NCR Synergy here http://bit.ly/1Fnwtau.

ADC at FMI Connect

At this year's FMI Connect, we will be in Booth #2604 and demonstrating how InterStore, our integrated Fresh Item Management (FIM) software suite can help to minimize your perishable shrink.  FMI Connect 2015 is June 9-11 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

In addition to exhibiting, ADC has a few other ways to interact with us at the show:

• Mark Molter, ADC's Director of Sales, Americas, is presenting in the Fresh & Prepared Pavilion on the topic of "Optimizing Fresh Food Retailing with Technology" on Wednesday, June 10 from 3:15pm-3:45pm.  To learn more, please click here.
• Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC will be conducting two presentations regarding the upcoming FDA Menu Labeling Regulations, including what retailers need to know and how to prepare, and Grind Logs.  The presentations will be on Tuesday, June 9th and Wednesday, June 10th at 1:00pm in our Booth #2604.

Applied Data Corporation Presents at FMI Connect 2015 in the Fresh & Prepared Pavilion

ADC is pleased to announce that Mark Molter, ADC’s Director of Sales, Americas, will be presenting a “Fresh Bites” presentation in the Fresh and Prepared Pavilion at FMI Connect in Chicago, Illinois.

Mark’s presentation, “Optimizing Fresh Food Retailing with Technology”, outlines the most common challenges fresh food retailers face, including compliance with food safety regulations, such as FDA’s Menu Labeling Regulation and Grind Logs, as well as how to overcome these challenges through the use of fresh item management software, including ADC’s InterStore.

FMI Connect runs from June 9 through June 11 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.  FMI Connect is the annual event where retailers of all kinds, wholesalers, merchandisers, operations, CIOs and CTOs go for ideas, products, partnerships and professional development.  Attendees can also visit ADC in their Booth, #2604.

To learn more about FMI Connect, please visit www.FMIConnect.net.

Dansk Supermarked Gruppen Boosts Fresh Credentials with ADC’s Fresh Item Management (FIM) Software Suite

In the final article in conjunction with Retail Time's definitive Guide to Profitable Fresh Foods Retailing, we discuss how Dansk Supermarked Gruppen (DSG) has implemented ADC’s Fresh Item Management software to boost performance in its fresh foods departments at Føtex supermarkets and Bilka hypermarkets.

You can read the article here.