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QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover yesterday signed an agreement to collaborate with Frisco, Texas-based POS solution provider Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. to develop - and pilot - Fujitsu's new GlobalSTORE point-of-sale software release.

QUINCY, Mass. -- Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover yesterday signed an agreement to collaborate with Frisco, Texas-based POS solution provider Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. to develop - and pilot - Fujitsu's new GlobalSTORE point-of-sale software release.

TORONTO -- Mainly due to charges relating to an ongoing restructuring, first quarter earnings at Loblaw Cos., Ltd. here nosedived by CAN $86 million (US $77 million), or 61.4 percent, to CAN $54 million (US $49 million), compared to CAN $140 million (US $126 million) in the year-ago period, the retailer said yesterday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Five-store ValuMarket here has expanded its curbside and delivery service to all locations. Delivery costs $10.95 within a three-mile radius of any of the stores, plus $1 per mile beyond, the grocer said. Customers may also order groceries online and have them ready for pickup between noon and 8 p.m. seven days a week for $5.95.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Four independent retailers supplied by Unified Western Grocers (UWG) are pilot-testing touch-screen information kiosks developed to assist shoppers in their meal planning.

NEW YORK - It's not quite in a New York Minute, but the new D'Agostino Supermarkets Web site, dagnyc.com, scheduled to go live May 15, will offer an easy-to-navigate online ordering system that the grocer said will enable it to fulfill orders within three hours-and soon, even "emergency" orders within an hour for a "slight additional service fee."

NEW YORK - It's not quite in a New York Minute, but the new D'Agostino Supermarkets Web site, dagnyc.com, scheduled to go live May 15, will offer an easy-to-navigate online ordering system that the grocer said will enable it to fulfill orders within three hours-and soon, even "emergency" orders within an hour for a "slight additional service fee."

NEW YORK - It's not quite in a New York Minute, but the new D'Agostino Supermarkets Web site, dagnyc.com, scheduled to go live May 15, will offer an easy-to-navigate online ordering system that the grocer said will enable it to fulfill orders within three hours-and soon, even "emergency" orders within an hour for a "slight additional service fee."