ADC Announces First Subject Matter Expert Presenters for ReFresh Fresh Food Management Conference

ADC announces that Anne-Marie Roerink, Principal at 210 Analytics, and Erik Lieberman, Principal at Lieberman PLLC, are presenting at the 15th annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) Conference. This year’s ReFresh is October 3-6, 2016 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

ReFresh is a multi-day conference for existing and prospective ADC customers, as well as industry partners and subject matter experts. ReFresh is focused on providing attendees with a detailed look at the newest technologies and solutions available for managing fresh foods.

To learn more about ReFresh 2016 or to register, click here. Registration is free for retail attendees.

• Anne-Marie Roerink – Principal, 210 Analytics, LLC – Anne-Marie’s presentation on Wednesday, October 6 will highlight shopper trends in supermarkets, specifically in the meat and produce departments. Anne Marie provides customized research and marketing strategies for clients such as the Food Marketing Institute, National Grocers Association, National Confectioners Association, Retail Industry Leaders Association, and many other food-related businesses. Anne-Marie has developed an excellent perspective on the changing nature of the shopper and the food retailing business today, and the challenge of success tomorrow.
• Erik R. Lieberman – Founding Principal, Lieberman PLLC – Erik’s presentation on October 4th will cover the latest information on key regulations impacting retailers, FDA’s Menu Labeling and the Final Grind Log Rule. Erik has extensive experience on legal matters involving food safety, international trade, food labeling, agriculture, food marketing and the federal legislative process.  Formerly Erik served as vice president and chief regulatory counsel at the Food Marketing Institute where he represented the retail supermarket industry and food wholesalers before federal agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture.

The ReFresh agenda also includes customer presentations, retail led roundtable discussions, software update presentations and networking opportunities. For more information, please contact Jamie Simon at +1.813.849.1818 ext. 2238.

Sedano's Supermarkets Selects ADC's InterScale Scales Manager

ADC announces that Sedano’s Supermarkets, headquartered in Miami, Florida with over 30 stores, has selected ADC’s InterScale Scales Manager software system to integrate with their existing Loc software. 
   
With InterScale, Sedano’s Supermarkets manages the data being sent to and from the barcode labeling scales, printers and kiosks, including change batch creation and management, performing network tests and re-loading scales with item price and food safety information.

The InterScale Scales Manager is one of the three software systems that comprise InterStore, ADC's integrated fresh item management software suite. The other two systems are: the NutriGen Recipe Manager, which centrally manages and analyzes recipes and generates legally compliant ingredient lists, and the P-Cubed Production Manager, which automates, manages and tracks shrink, inventory and production in the fresh departments of grocery stores.

For more information, please contact:

Jamie Simon
Applied Data Corporation
+1.813.849.1818 Ext. 2238

About Sedano’s Supermarkets
Established in Hialeah, Florida in 1962, Sedano’s Supermarkets has grown from a single neighborhood market into the #1 Hispanic retailer in America. Sedano’s founder Armando Guerra, a thriving businessman in his homeland of Cuba, brought with him a bounty of experience that helped establish himself in the U.S – and in 1971, Guerra brought Manuel Herrán on board to help out with the daily operations of his burgeoning business. The rest, as they say, is for the history books.  To learn more, visit www.Sedanos.com.

Saver's Cost Plus Selects ADC's InterScale Scales Manager

ADC announces that Saver’s Cost Plus, a supermarket headquartered in Irving, Texas, has selected ADC’s InterScale Scales Manager software.  

With InterScale, Saver’s Cost Plus can now manage all of the data being sent to and from the barcode labeling scales in their fresh food departments, including change batch creation and management, as well as performing network tests and re-loading scales with item price.

The InterScale Scales Manager is one of the three software systems that comprise InterStore, ADC's integrated fresh item management software suite. The other two systems are: the NutriGen Recipe Manager, which centrally manages and analyzes recipes and generates legally compliant ingredient lists, and the P-Cubed Production Manager, which automates, manages and tracks shrink, inventory and production in the fresh departments of grocery stores.

About Saver’s Cost Plus 
Saver’s Cost Plus is the best source of Latin American grocery, fresh meat and produce in North Texas.  Saver’s Cost Plus is headquartered in Irving, Texas and operates stores in Grand Prairie, Fort Worth and Irving.  Learn more at www.Savers-CostPlus.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. 

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.

Milam's Markets Selects and Implements ADC's InterScale Scales Manager

ADC is pleased to announce that Milam’s Markets, a 4 store chain headquartered in Miami, Florida, has selected and implemented ADC’s InterScale Scales Manager.

Milam’s Markets was looking for a centralized scales management solution to work with their Hobart and Mettler Toledo scales, which led to their selection of ADC’s InterScale Scales Manager. 

Additionally, ADC provided consulting services to assist Milam’s Markets with organizing their data structure to ensure it would allow for seamless future integrations and implementations of software.

With InterScale, Milam’s Markets can manage all of the data for their barcode labeling scales, including change batch creation and management, performing network tests and re-loading scales with item price and food safety information.

“We’re pleased to see Milam’s Markets successfully install our InterScale Scales Manager in their 4 stores,” said Steve Loveridge, CEO at ADC.  “We look forward to working with Milam’s Markets on future Fresh Item Management projects.”
 
For more information, please contact:
Jamie Simon
+1.813.849.1818 Ext. 2238

About Milam’s Markets
We aren't some superstore that doesn’t have any roots to the community we serve- Milam's Markets is a Florida family owned business that has been employing Florida workers and contributing to our local community since 1984.  For more information on Milam's Markets, please visit www.MilamsMarkets.com.

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 Dates for 14th Annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) Conference

ADC is excited to announce the announce dates for our 14th annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) Conference – September 21-24, 2015 at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

ReFresh is an annual conference held by ADC 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.

ReFresh attendees represent a range of roles within food retail, including Information Technology, Fresh Department Managers, Store Operations, Food Safety Managers and FIM Coordinators.  ReFresh is an excellent opportunity for current and prospective FIM users to discuss and share ideas on technology solutions for fresh food categories.

The ReFresh agenda is developed based on input from ADC’s Retail Advisory Board, current food safety regulations affecting fresh food categories, the latest developments in FIM technologies and feedback from previous conferences. The agenda is a combination of presentations by subject matter experts, retailer presentations, round-table discussions lead by retailers, FIM software presentations and networking opportunities. 

To learn more about ReFresh 2015, please click here.  To read a recap of ReFresh 2014, please click here. 

Happy New Year from ADC!

Applied Data Corporation Receives 2014 Best of Tampa Award for Business Service

ADC has been selected for the 2014 Best of Tampa Award in the Business Services category by the Tampa Award Program.

Each year, the Tampa Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Tampa area a great place to live, work and play.

Since 1989, ADC has developed software solutions for the fresh food departments of grocery and food service chains.  Today, ADC works with 125 supermarket chains, across 11 countries and 10,000 retail outlets.

“We are honored to receive this award, as we continuously work to provide our clients with software solutions that improve efficiencies in their fresh department operations by increasing fresh item sales and reducing perishable shrink, while maximizing their FIM projects return on investment,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.

ADC Announces Subject Matter Expert Speakers for 2014 ReFresh Fresh Item Management Conference

We are pleased to announce that Erik Lieberman, President at U.S. Food Imports and Principal at Lieberman PLLC, Karen Shearer, Strategic Account Director at Midan Marketing and Anne-Marie Roerink, Principal at 210 Analytics are presenting at the 13th annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) Conference.

This year’s ReFresh is at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida from September 22nd-25th.  ReFresh is a leading industry conference for grocery, convenience and food service retailers interested in learning about the newest technologies for managing fresh foods.  To learn more about ReFresh 2014 or to register, click here.

• Erik R. Lieberman is the president of U.S. Food Imports LLC and principal of Lieberman PLLC. Formerly he served as vice president and chief regulatory counsel at the Food Marketing Institute where he represented the retail supermarket industry and food wholesalers before federal agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture.  During Erik’s presentation on September 24th, attendees will hear the latest information on key regulations impacting retailers, including rules issued under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
• Karen Shearer is the Strategic Account Director at Midan Marketing, a Chicago-based company that provides customized marketing, market research and communication programs.  Karen’s expertise is in the retail meat and agriculture arenas, primarily with the pork industry.  During Karen’s presentation on September 23rd, she will share the results of consumer focus groups that were conducted to help identify issues in the meat department, and reach industry-wide solutions aimed to assist shoppers and increase meat sales.
• Anne-Marie Roerink is a Principal at 210 Analytics, LLC, a marketing research firm based in San Antonio, Texas.  Anne-Marie served as the Director of Research for the Food Marketing Institute for seven years.  In this capacity, she was responsible for developing, implementing and directing all FMI’s research efforts with state-of-the-industry consumer insights and food retailing operational benchmarking.  Anne-Marie’s presentation on September 23rd will highlight shopper trends in supermarkets, specifically in the produce and meat departments.  Additionally, Anne-Marie will be sharing key insights into supermarket shrink.

“The subject matter expert presentations at ReFresh are consistently ranked by attendees as most valuable” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “These presentations are designed to provide attendees with current facts and trends that are applicable to their everyday operations and strategic direction. We are very excited about this year’s ReFresh subject matter expert lineup.”

For additional information, please contact:
Jamie Simon
Applied Data Corporation
+1.813.849.1818 Ext. 2238www.AppliedDataCorp.com

ADC at the International Retail User Group (IRUG) Conference

ADC will be at the International Retail User Group (IRUG) Conference next week in Orlando, Florida. Be sure to visit us in Booth #27, as well as attend our two presentations.

The 1st is a Super Session titled “Grocery Technology that Will Make or Break the Customer Experience” at 10:45am on 5/19.

Our 2nd is an Elective Session titled “Fresh Food Retail: How to Maintain Profitability through Technology” at 2:45pm on Monday, 5/19.

Learn more here: http://bit.ly/1nNKcy5.

News Release: Key Food Stores Co-Operative Selects ADC's InterScale Scales Manager System

ADC announces that Key Food Stores Co-Operative (Key Food Stores) has selected and is implementing ADC’s InterScale Scales Manager software.  Key Food Stores is headquartered in Staten Island, New York and includes 149 supermarkets spanning all five boroughs, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island, and additionally Long Island, upstate New York and the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Key Food Stores selected ADC’s InterScale Scales Manager after initiating a strategic project to achieve PLU item number standardization across their Membership. 

“As a Co-operative, each of our stores assigned different PLU item numbers across all fresh commodities,” said Aliceann Conoshenti, IT Director at Key Food Stores.  “Our goal is to provide accurate gross profit reporting to our Members.  To accomplish this required standardization of PLU’s and UPC’s (barcode numbers) across Meat, Seafood, Deli, Dairy, Produce and Bakery departments.  We needed a centralized software solution with the ability to communicate across all fresh departments, which is what led us to InterScale.”

With InterScale, Key Food Stores can manage all data for barcode labeling scales, including change batch creation and management, performing network tests, re-loading scales with item price and food safety information and pulling back scale data for comparison reporting across an individual store or chain of stores.

Another important factor in selecting ADC’s InterScale was the ability to communicate to a variety of barcode labeling scales from different manufacturers, including some scales that are 10 to 15 years old.  After completing their research Key Food Stores found that InterScale had the capability to communicate with all models of price look-up barcode labeling scales and printers from all of the manufacturers.

“Our stores responded very favorably to ADC’s InterScale because of ADC’s extensive list of compliant scales – more than any other scale software company, which made this large project a lot easier for our stores,” said Frank Gambarella, Director of Merchandising at Key Food Stores. 

Stores are pleased with the capabilities of the software. “With InterScale, we were able to provide the ability to automate pricing updates to all scales, which eliminated the manual efforts that our stores had to manage previously,” continued Aliceann.  “Our stores have visibility of all scale data.  The ease of use of InterScale allows us to update and control the data at scale level from a central location, across all of our stores.”
When the InterScale implementation is completed, Key Food Stores intends to further explore ADC’s FIM software solutions. 

“We worked extensively with Key Food Stores to achieve their goals and are very pleased to hear such favorable results,” said Steve Loveridge, CEO at ADC.  “We look forward to working with them on their future FIM projects.” 

The InterScale Scales Manager is one of three software systems that comprise InterStore, ADC's integrated fresh item management software suite. The other two systems are: the NutriGen Recipe Manager, which derives the true cost of recipes (including packaging and labor), as well as managing all of the allergen and nutritional facts through their recipes for legally compliant labeling, and the P-Cubed Production Manager, which automates, manages and tracks shrink, inventory and production in the fresh departments of grocery stores.

ADC and Retail Times Launch Definitive Guide to Profitable Fresh Foods Retailing

We've teamed up with Retail Times UK for a series of articles on the challenges in fresh foods and how Fresh Item Management software can help retailers optimize sales and reduce waste. 

In the first installment, Retail Times editor, Fiona Briggs, interviews ADC CEO, Steve Loveridge, to introduce the ADC operation and its focus of expertise.

Read the first article here.

Brookshire Grocery Company Completes Implementation of ADC's P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner

ADC announces that Brookshire Grocery Company, a 150 store chain based in Tyler, Texas has completed rollout of ADC’s P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planning module in all of their stores.

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planning module generates demand-based production plans from store-specific sales forecasts, which results in having the optimum amount and variety of fresh foods available at the right time for customers.  Brookshire Grocery Company implemented the P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner as a sales building and shrink management tool for their fresh food departments.

“All 150 of our stores are now running production planning in four departments – deli, bakery, chef prepared and produce.  On average, we run around 1,000 production plans per day per department across our 150 stores,” said Jonathan Key, Fresh Item Management Coordinator at Brookshire Grocery Company.  

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner has taken the guesswork out of fresh food production planning.  With the software, Brookshire Grocery Company now has educated in-stock information on availability in their fresh food departments. 

Brookshire Grocery Company implemented the software in phases to enable rigorous training in each store.  ”The first stores to start using the software reported that the production numbers were incredibly accurate.  One store director reported that they have had their best quarter ever, with more sales and less shrink,” continued Jonathan.

Brookshire Grocery Company also tracks how the stores comply with the production plan. “With management oversight and support, we are seeing, on average, a 97% compliance rating across our stores,” Jonathan stated.  

“We are thrilled to hear the results that Brookshire Grocery Company is reporting,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “An important success factor to such a new technology initiative is to have store associate support.  Brookshire Grocery Company has put the right steps in place to ensure store associates are using the tools.”

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner is a module within P-Cubed, ADC’s Production Manager system.  P-Cubed is one of three software systems that comprise InterStore, ADC's integrated fresh item management software suite. The other two systems are: InterScale Scales Manager, which hosts data to and from barcode labeling scales in the fresh food departments, and the NutriGen Recipe Manager, which derives the true cost of recipes (including packaging and labor), as well as managing all of the allergen and nutritional facts through their recipes for legally compliant labeling. 

ADC Announces New Developments and Features within InterScale Scales Manager

ADC announces new developments and features within InterScale Scales Manager software system.

The first new feature within InterScale is the System Dashboard that provides users a graphically summarized, drill-down view of business performance and expectations, including monitoring of mission critical events and errors.  Users simply click a graph to drill-down for more details.

“We developed the System Dashboard to help our customers quickly and easily assess the performance and health of their system as soon as they login to InterScale,” said Steve Loveridge, CEO at ADC.  “The System Dashboard is a powerful tool that helps our customers further maximize their FIM investment.”

Another new feature within InterScale is the release of the multi-threading scale communications program that facilitates concurrent communication to a user-definable number of scales, in a user-definable number of stores.

The third new development within InterScale is the release of the Scale Firmware Manager that enables scale administrators to import and organize firmware for all scales that support remote firmware updates, in all of their stores.  Additionally, the Scale Firmware Manager allows users to import new firmware, select a device in which to update firmware, or simply just organize the firmware with distinctive names.

“It is our goal at ADC to provide our customers with an integrated FIM solution that helps address pain points across all fresh departments,” continued Steve.  “We are very pleased to release these new features and developments within InterScale, as each has been developed to maximize the value of our customers’ investment in their ADC FIM software.”

ADC Announces Dates for 13th Annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) and User Conference

Tampa, Florida - February 3, 2014 - Applied Data Corporation (ADC), a leading provider of fresh item, recipe management, and scales management software to the grocery retail and food service industries, announces the dates of their annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) Conference – September 22-25, 2014 at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater Beach, Florida. ReFresh is a leading industry event for grocery, convenience and food service retailers interested in learning about the newest technologies for managing fresh foods.  The ReFresh conference agenda includes industry expert presentations, retailer experience presentations, themed round-table discussions and networking opportunities. ReFresh attendees come from a variety of roles within food retail, including Information Technology/Information Systems, Directors/Managers, FIM Coordinators, Fresh Department Directors/Managers and Store Operations/Systems. “We are very much looking forward to ReFresh 2014,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “ReFresh provides face-time among our customers and other subject matter experts in our fresh foods technology niche to share the latest FIM developments, hear how FIM technologies are being used and discuss ideas for future development.” Recap of ReFresh 2013 ADC hosted the 12th annual ReFresh Conference from October 7-October 10, 2013 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida.  ReFresh attendees represented eighteen retailers from across the United States.  Presentations included: “Regulatory Update: Key Issues in Food Safety and Labeling” by Erik Lieberman, Regulatory Counsel at the Food Marketing Institute.  Erik shared upcoming food safety legislation that will affect retailers, including the changes to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA). “Consumer Drivers of Fresh Food Growth” by Sarah Schmansky, Director of Account Services at Nielsen Perishables Group.  Sarah discussed current trends in the fresh food departments, including consumer trends and behavior. "Electronic Grind Log” by Larry Kohl, Director of Food Safety at Delhaize America.  Larry discussed how Delhaize America is implementing and using ADC’s Meat Grind Traceability software, including how the software is better preparing stores for transparent record retention and retrieval.   Retailer Feedback: “Very informative and one of the best conferences I’ve attended!” “Excellent opportunity to understand how other retailers are using ADC’s software.  The insight on how other retailers are doing things is crucial!  Thank you for the opportunity!” “Topics were relevant and timely and presenters were very informative.  Seminars were very motivating and on target.” Sponsor Interaction – This year’s ReFresh had 8 industry sponsors, including Mettler Toledo, Rice Lake Retail Solutions, Specialty Printing, Zebra Technologies, Bizerba, BRdata, Hobart and NBI Digi.  Each sponsor showcased the latest hardware and technology solutions available for fresh food retailers. To learn more about ReFresh 2014, click here.

Happy New Year!

ADC's 12th annual ReFresh Conference was held from October 7th-October 10th, 2013 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida.  ReFresh attendees represented eighteen retailers from across the United States.
 

 

The ReFresh agenda included FIM software presentations, retailer chaired roundtable sessions, a retailer presentation and industry update presentations.
 
ReFresh kicked off on Monday, October 7th with a Welcome Reception where attendees had the opportunity to meet and network prior to conference sessions starting.
 
Sessions started Tuesday, October 8th with a Welcome and Introduction by Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  Steve highlighted the conference agenda, introduced the members of ADC’s Retail Advisory Board (RAB) in attendance and concluded with retailer introductions.
 
“It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to the 12th annual ReFresh Fresh Item Management Conference,” said Steve Loveridge.  “We appreciate everyone being here and look forward to an exciting conference full of great discussions.  Throughout the conference please ask questions, as we want this to be as interactive as possible.”
 
Other highlights of Day One included an overview of InterStore 6.4.3, the latest version of ADC’s FIM software, presented by Robert Appell, Chief Operating Officer, and Mark Molter, Director of Sales Support.  This session included a sneak peek at the latest NutriGen Recipe Manager software in .Net, which is scheduled to be released in Q1 2014.
 
In addition to FIM software updates, the ReFresh agenda also included:

• “Regulatory Update: Key Issues in Food Safety and Labeling” by Erik Lieberman, Regulatory Counsel at the Food Marketing Institute.  Erik shared upcoming food safety legislation that will affect retailers, including the changes to Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA).
• “Consumer Drivers of Fresh Food Growth” by Sarah Schmansky, Director of Account Services at Nielsen Perishables Group.  Sarah discussed current trends in the fresh food departments, including consumer trends and behavior.
• “Electronic Grind Log” by Larry Kohl, Director of Food Safety at Delhaize America.  Larry discussed how Delhaize America is implementing and using ADC’s Meat Grind Traceability software, including how the software is better preparing stores for transparent record retention and retrieval.

Retailer Feedback:

• “Very informative and one of the best conferences I’ve attended!”
• “Excellent opportunity to understand how other retailers are using ADC’s software.  The insight on how other retailers are doing things is crucial!  Thank you for the opportunity!”
• “Topics were relevant and timely and presenters were very informative.  Seminars were very motivating and on target.”  

Sponsor Interaction – This year’s ReFresh had 8 industry sponsors, including Mettler Toledo, Rice Lake Retail Solutions, Specialty Printing, Zebra Technologies, Bizerba, BRdata, Hobart and NBI Digi.  Each sponsor showcased the latest hardware and technology solutions available for fresh food retailers.

 

Information on ReFresh 2014 will be announced soon. For additional information, please contact:

Jamie Simon

ADC

+1.813.849.1818 Ext. 2238

 

"Guide to Fresh Item Management"

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