Store Systems

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway subsidiary Blackhawk Network, a card-based financial solutions provider and marketer of third-party prepaid cards plans to acquire EWI Holdings, Inc. (EWI), a provider of prepaid payment processing technology and services.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway subsidiary Blackhawk Network, a card-based financial solutions provider and marketer of third-party prepaid cards plans to acquire EWI Holdings, Inc. (EWI), a provider of prepaid payment processing technology and services.

CINNCINATI - In response to the growing Hispanic customer base, The Kroger Co. here is redesigning its store in west Houston, Tex. with upgraded features and Latin products, as well as a 75 percent bilingual Spanish staff, according to local reports.

MAUMEE, Ohio - A new specialty foods market will open in Sylvania, Ohio, courtesy of The Andersons, Inc., a six-store operator based here.

Irvine, Calif. and Sterling, Va. -- Merchandising services supplier Retail Merchandising Xpress (RMX) and work force management solutions vendor South49 Solutions have formed a partnership to streamline and improve accuracy and reporting for large scale-projects in the field.

PITTSBURGH -- Regional independent Giant Eagle, Inc. here is installing new software to create an open, standards-based IT infrastructure so that it can better to respond to changing business conditions and customer demand.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- In conjunction with the ongoing National Energy Awareness Month, Food Lion here achieved a major milestone in its energy conservation efforts: Its 600th store has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR designation. The chain also launched two energy-saving initiatives in its campaign to reduce energy use even further through store employee action.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- In conjunction with the ongoing National Energy Awareness Month, Food Lion here achieved a major milestone in its energy conservation efforts: Its 600th store has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR designation. The chain also launched two energy-saving initiatives in its campaign to reduce energy use even further through store employee action.