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BOULDER, Colo. -- Natural and organic foods retailer Wild Oats Markets, Inc. yesterday entered into an on-site maintenance and support agreement for its POS technology in 113 stores.

BOULDER, Colo. -- Natural and organic foods retailer Wild Oats Markets, Inc. yesterday entered into an on-site maintenance and support agreement for its POS technology in 113 stores.

ST. LOUIS -- Extreme-value grocer Save-A-Lot here has received a technology makeover involving point-of-sale (POS) hardware and software upgrades across 300 company-owned stores, courtesy of longtime partner StoreNext Retail Technologies, LLC, based in Plano, Texas.

RICHBORO, Pa. -- Local independent Richboro Shop 'n Bag this week completed the installation of a new point-of-sale system -- part of an upgrade that began with the single-store operator's preparation for Sunrise 2005.

ST. LOUIS -- Family-run regional chain Schnuck Markets, Inc., based here, has signed on to use Vertical InstantOffice, an integrated communications platform from Cambridge, Mass.-based Vertical Communications, to aggregate, track, and manage its voice communications.

CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. here has chosen Fujitsu Transaction Solutions as its sole strategic partner for self-checkout systems.

QUINCY, Mass. -- As part of Royal Ahold's global IT outsourcing initiative, Ahold USA, Inc. here is spending $65 million in a five-year agreement to outsource its in-store technology services at its Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover stores.

PLANO, Texas and KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) of Kansas City, Mo., a retailer-owned grocery wholesaler that serves more than 1,600 stores in a 21-state area, signed an agreement today with technology solutions provider StoreNext Retail Technologies to jointly market and promote StoreNext's products to the AWG membership.