International Dairy Deli Bakery Association Expo

We're gearing up for the 2013 International Dairy Deli Bakery Association Expo in Orlando, Florida, June 2-4.  We'll be in Booth #5806 offering demonstrations of NutriGen, our Recipe Management Software System.

 

NutriGen:

 

• Centrally defines recipes, combining vendor supplied sub-assemblies with your own raw materials.
• Generates legally complaint ingredient, nutrifact and labeling panels. 
• Quickly sends recipe updates to all in-store barcode labeling scales and printers.
• Calculates the true cost of recipe items, including packaging and labor costs.
 

NutriGen is one of three software systems that comprise InterStore, ADC's Fresh Item Management (FIM) software suite.  The other two systems are:

 

• InterScale Scales Manager for hosting data to/from any mix of barcode labeling scales, printers or kiosks.
P-Cubed Production Manager tracks fresh department inventory received, produced, sold, marked-down and thrown away, as well as as generate demand-driven production plans.

 

See you at the show!

Speakers Announced for 2013 ReFresh Conference

We're excited to announce two speakers for the 2013 ReFresh conference - Erik Lieberman of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Sarah Schmansky of the Nielsen Perishables Group.

This year’s ReFresh is at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida from October 7th-10th.  ReFresh is an educational conference for grocery chains and food service retailers who are looking to share and learn about FIM software solutions and technology.  To learn more about ReFresh 2013 or to register, click here.

Erik Lieberman is the Regulatory Counsel at the Food Marketing Institute and represents the food retailing and wholesaling industries before federal agencies ranging from the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to the Department of Labor and Department of Justice.  Erik’s presentation on October 8th will focus on current and impending legislation affecting the food retailing industry, including updates on the Menu Labeling legislation.

Sarah Schmansky is the Director of Retail Programs at the Nielsen Perishables Group.  Sarah is responsible for building strategic partnerships with leading national and regional supermarket retailers. Prior to joining the Nielsen Perishables Group, Sarah was in store-level and operational management with The Kroger Company. During Sarah’s presentation on October 9th, she will discuss key trends in performance across all fresh food departments, including consumer behavior.

“Having industry updates and presentations on the ReFresh agenda is a key component each year,” said Robert Appell, ADC’s Chief Operating Officer.  “It’s very important that we provide attendees with information that they can use to improve their fresh food operations, as well as share with colleagues after the conference.”

Publix Super Markets Selects and Implement's ADC's InterScale Scales Management Software System

ADC announces that Publix Super Markets, a 1,068 store chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, has selected InterScale, ADC’s Scales Management Software system, for data transmission to and from the barcode labeling scales in their stores.

InterScale communicates with over fifty different types of barcode labeling scales, printers and kiosks, from a variety of manufacturers.

InterScale is a toolset within ADC’s InterStore FIM software suite and works with the NutriGen Recipe Manager and the P-Cubed In-Store Food Production Manager to provide grocers with an integrated software solution to help increase efficiencies in their fresh departments.

“InterScale allows Publix to not only send on-time scale batches, but it also lays the groundwork for future FIM projects,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.

Retail Business Technology Expo

Here's a look at our booth at the Retail Business Technology Expo at this week's show in London. 

Click here to find out where you can see ADC next.

"Increase Efficiency and Fresh Food Safety in Bakery and Deli Departments" Webinar

Join us March 20 at 2:00pm EST for the next webinar in our monthly webinar series. 

Compliance with food safety legislation is a continued challenge for grocery/supermarket, foodservice and convenience store chains. Additionally, many customers expect detailed calorie information be readily available on prepared food items.

Join ADC for a forty five minute webinar that will show you how NutriGen, our recipe management software system, automates recipe handling and increases fresh food safety.

NutriGen generates ingredient and nutrifact labeling panels and updates in-store scales and printers through your scales management system, while managing your prepared food production costs.

Click here to register.

Retail Business Technology Expo

We're 11 days away from the start of the Retail Business Technology Expo (RBTE) in London and we're excited to announce that Steve Loveridge, our CEO, has been selected to co-present with Jonathan Key, Fresh Item Management (FIM) Coordinator at Brookshire Grocery Company.

Steve and Jonathan's presentation, "Fresh Food Retail: How to Maintain Profitability through Technology," outlines the unique challenges associated with maintaining profitability in fresh food departments for grocery/supermarket, food service and convenience chains and how technology can help reduce these challenges.  The presentation is on Tuesday, 12th March at 2:45pm in Theatre B.

RBTE runs from 12th March - 13th March at Earls Court in London and is the UK and Europe's leading Retail Expo with over 8,000 visitors from the UK, mainland Europe and the rest of the world.  RTBE attendees can also visit ADC in our stand, 674. 

"This is the third consecutive year we have attended RBTE and it has proven to be a valuable retail industry event to attend," said Steve Loveridge, CEO at ADC.  "Each year our involvement with the event has increased and we are very much looking forward to this year's event.  We look forward to sharing how our solutions are delivering double-digit returns in both shrink savings and fresh item sales increases."

In addition to the Main Theatre presentation, Steve is also presenting "Fresh Food Grocery Retailing: Sales up, Shrink Down" in the Pecha Kucha theatre on 12th March at 11:10am and 13th March at 2:40pm.

For more information on the RBTE show, visit www.RetailBusinessTechnologyExpo.com.

Trade Show Pictures

It's hard to believe we've exhibited at 5 shows in the first 2 months of 2013.  We wanted to share some pictures from the past 2 shows, EuroCIS in Germany and the AMI Meat Conference in Nashville.

EuroCIS Show in Düsseldorf Germany.



AMI Meat Conference Show in Nashville, Tennessee.