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.

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. 

Visit ADC in Booth #1304 at NRF 2015!

Be sure to visit ADC in Booth 1304 at the 2015 National Retail Federation (NRF) Show from January 11-13 at the Javits Center in New York City.  You can learn more here  http://bit.ly/1cdVJkH.

Happy New Year from ADC!

"ADC's Recipe for Profitable Fresh Foods Retailing"

In the third installment of Retail Times’s definitive Guide to Profitable Fresh Foods Retailing, we explore how retailers and food service operators can best manage their recipe databases for items prepared in-store and how to comply with forthcoming new EU food labeling regulation.

Read the full article here.

InterScale Scales Manager Boosts Retailers’ Margins in Fresh Foods

The second article in conjunction with Retail Time's definitive Guide to Profitable Fresh Foods Retailing, we explore how retailers and food service operators can optimize their fresh food sales and margins with scales management software.

You can read the article here.

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 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.

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.

ADC Announces the Release of C-Pack and C-Pack+ Software Bundles for Convenience Stores

ADC announces the release of the C-Pack and C-Pack+ software bundles, designed for fresh food management by convenience store retailers.

The C-Pack software bundle provides easy to use recommendations for convenience store operators on what and how much fresh foods to prepare, based on historical sales, recent trends, special events and shrink analysis.  C-Pack+ is a supplement to the C-Pack software bundle that offers near-real-time inventory monitoring of fresh food items.

 “Convenience store chains experience similar pain points as grocery/supermarket retailers when it comes to fresh food items,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “In order to help convenience store chains realize the benefits of a Fresh Item Management (FIM) system, we’ve taken the most relevant software modules from our existing software suite and bundled them specifically for convenience stores.”

The C-Pack software bundle includes the P-Cubed Production Manager and P-Cubed Shrink Manager.  The C-Pack+ supplemental software bundle includes the P-Cubed Physical Inventory, P-Cubed Perpetual Inventory and the NutriGen Recipe Manager. Both include special licensing terms to reflect the limited assortment of fresh food items that can be important “destination items” to convenience store retailers.

To learn more about each of the software bundles, please click here.  For pricing, a demonstration or to arrange an evaluation, please contact:

In the Americas: Stanley Boschert at +1.813.849.1818 Ext. 2245

In Europe: Chris Evans at +44 (0)1799.524.835

"Guide to Fresh Item Management"

If you're interested in learning more about Fresh Item Management, please click here to download a copy of our "Guide to Fresh Item Management."
 

Webinar: Understanding the New Country of Origin Labeling Law and In-Store Traceability

Join us August 15 at 2:00pm EST for the next webinar in our monthly webinar series. 

With the recent changes to the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) legislation, traceability has once again become a much talked about food safety topic. Your stores are now expected to provide even more information regarding origin of meats in their meat cases.

ADC works regularly with retailers to help meet the latest traceability legislations, including COOL. This thirty minute webinar will highlight the recent changes to COOL, the items that should be considered when looking at a COOL solution and a discussion on solutions available from ADC.

Click here to register.

NACS Article: Fresh Solutions by Fiona Briggs

A UK Journalist, Fiona Briggs, wrote an article for the July issue of the NACS Magazine discussing technology solutions for fresh food departments.

Read the article here to find out how our InterStore software is helping our customer's increase the profitability of their fresh food departments.

Interested in learning more? Be sure to sign up for the ReFresh Fresh Item Management (FIM) conference, October 7-10, 2013 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida.   Learn more here.