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.

Publix Super Markets Completes Implementation of ADC's InterScale Scales Management Software System

ADC announces that Publix Super Markets, a 1,081 store chain headquartered in Lakeland,

Florida, has completed implementation of InterScale, ADC’s Scales Management Software system, into all of their stores.

InterScale is now transmitting data to and from the barcode labeling scales in all of Publix’s stores.  InterScale communicates with over fifty different types of barcode labeling scales, printers and kiosks, from a variety of manufacturers.

“We are pleased that Publix has completed the roll-out of InterScale into all of their stores” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.

InterScale is one of three systems 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. 

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

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15+ Store Chain in the Midwest Implements ADC's P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner

A 15+ store chain in the Midwest has implemented ADC’s P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner in their meat departments.

The P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner generates demand-based production plans from store-specific sales forecasts, which results in the retailer having the optimum amount and variety of fresh foods available at the right time for their customers.  The retailer began the implementation of the module after their successful rollout of ADC’s P-Cubed Shrink Manager.

“Our first priority in our FIM project was identifying our shrink factors.  Once we had visibility of this information, we began the second phase of our FIM project, which was production planning,” said the company’s FIM Coordinator.  “The first measured results have come from our ground beef, where we’ve had a 50% shrink reduction, without impacting our sales.  Additionally, customers have been complementing our stores on the overall freshness of our meat products.  We’re looking forward to installing this in our bakery departments next.”

With the P-Cubed In-Store Fresh Production Planner, store associates are provided with system-generated production plans as simple “to-do” lists, advising how much of each product to prepare to meet expected sales while minimizing the amount of wastage at the end of the day.

“When a customer starts a FIM project, we work with them to create an implementation schedule, so they are implementing software modules in an order that helps address their specific and immediate needs,” said Steve Loveridge, ADC’s CEO.  “This helps the customer see fast results in the early stages of implementation and builds momentum for later phases of their FIM project.”

Are you Prepared for the Impending COOL Changes?

Are you prepared for the FDA's latest changes to the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) labeling legislation that go into effect November 23, 2013 in the USA?

The most recent changes to COOL require that retailers now include Born In, Raised In and Slaughtered In for muscle cuts of beef, lamb, chicken, goat and pork. 

ADC's COOL module is a licensable module within InterStore that can help you meet the upcoming labeling legislation changes by allowing you to centrally control COOL content to all of your stores labeling devices.

If you're interested in learning more, please call us at +1.813.849.1818.