Loss Prevention

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Tea Co., Inc. (A&P) here has entered into a long-term partnership with Security Check, LLC, an Oxford, Miss.-based check-processing service provider. Security Check's program at A&P includes total returned check management services and collections.

HAMBURG, Germany -- German retailer Metro Cash & Carry plans to launch a shrink management and source protection program at its stores in Europe, Asia, and Africa to minimize shrinkage and enhance the shopping experience.

HAMBURG, Germany -- German retailer Metro Cash & Carry plans to launch a shrink management and source protection program at its stores in Europe, Asia, and Africa to minimize shrinkage and enhance the shopping experience.

NEW YORK -- In response to the greater vulnerability to fraud among retailers and others in the current regulatory and political climate, PricewaterhouseCoopers here has issued "A Deeper Dive: Protecting Retail & Consumer Companies Against Fraud and Misconduct at the Business Process Level," a white paper offering a five-step program to help avoid or lessen the impact of significant fraud.

The Ohio Grocers Association manages to thrive by putting members' needs first.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Food retailers used technology, surveillance, hotlines, and other tactics to decrease losses from theft and other forms of shrink to 1.69 percent of sales in 2005, down from 2 percent the previous year, according to the Food Marketing Institute, which released its latest report on loss prevention yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Food retailers used technology, surveillance, hotlines, and other tactics to decrease losses from theft and other forms of shrink to 1.69 percent of sales in 2005, down from 2 percent the previous year, according to the Food Marketing Institute, which released its latest report on loss prevention yesterday.

SAN DIEGO - A Vons employee was arrested last Thursday on suspicion of inserting needles into donuts in the employee cafeteria, causing a superficial injury to a co-worker who bit into one, police reported.