Store Systems

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc., which includes Bruno's, Food World, Food Max, and Food Fair stores, will begin an in-store donation program this week to encourage customers and teammates to assist the American Red Cross in its disaster relief efforts.

LAKELAND, Fla. -As part of a chainwide POS system rollout, Publix Super Markets, Inc. has selected new multifunction printers from Epson, Long Beach, Calif.

PITTSBURGH - Supermarket retailer Giant Eagle, Inc. last week changed its weekly advertising circular schedule to begin on Thursday, instead of Sunday, in all of the company's 223 stores.

MAULDIN, S.C. - BI-LO supermarkets will begin a donation program in stores this week to encourage customers and associates to assist the American Red Cross in their disaster relief efforts in response to a plea from the charitable relief organization.

CARTERET, N.J. - Citing poor economic conditions and tougher competition, Pathmark Stores, Inc. yesterday reported a loss for its second-quarter and six-month period ended July 31, leading to a lowered earnings forecast and a stock dive of more than 16 percent.

A.J's Finer Foods is helping shoppers keep it clean, and engaging in some innovative store-brand marketing at the same time.

DENMARK - Coop Nordic, the largest food retailer in the Nordic region, signed an $11 million agreement with NCR to begin installing NCR RealPOS 80c point-of-sale (POS) terminals and NCR RealScan bar-code scanners in more than 1,000 locations here.

LAKELAND, Fla. ¿ Publix Super Markets is continuing its foray into open systems with plans to install more than 16,000 HP rp5000 point-of-sale devices and 2,000 HP ProLiant servers, to support company's growing retail operations.