Warehouse Management

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart and eight product manufacturers have begun testing electronic product codes, or EPCs, at certain supercenters and one regional distribution center in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.

NEW YORK - Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. posted a lower quarterly profit yesterday on mediocre sales, and the Jacksonville, Fla.-based grocery chain announced it will streamline its operations by closing 156 stores, a strategy which will affect 10 percent of its work force, according to Reuters.

MINNEAPOLIS - Atkins Nutritionals Inc. today announced it has awarded Advantage Logistics Inc. the operation of its strategically located Atlanta distribution center.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., citing improvements in its distribution network, said yesterday it has decided not to build a 1.2 million-square-foot regional distribution center in Wallkill, N.Y., according to AP and other published sources.

SUNBURY, Pa. - Weis Markets chairman Robert F. Weis today told shareholders that the company would invest $92.7 million in its growth and expansion program, which includes 28 store projects.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) of Kansas City, Kan., announced at its March annual shareholders meeting that the company achieved record sales of $3.7 billion on a consolidated basis, up 18.5 percent from the prior year, on a 52-week basis ending Dec. 27.

OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods, Inc. says that its consolidation plan will bring 440 new white-collar jobs here by the end of the year, according to Omaha World-Herald. The efficiency campaign also means closing at least three food-processing plants and expanding four others this year.

TULSA, Okla. - Hale-Halsell Co., the parent company of Git-n-Go Inc., filed for Chapter 11 reorganization Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tulsa.