C&K Market Selects StoreNext’s ISS45 Platform with RBO and TeamPoS 2000
Regional independent witnesses higher productivity, customer satisfaction chainwide
PLANO, Texas — Dec. 21, 2004 — C&K Market Inc. of Brookings, Ore. has chosen StoreNext Retail Technologies’ ISS45 point-of-sale (POS) platform with RBO office software and Fujitsu TeamPoS 2000 terminal systems for chainwide implementation.
Founded in 1956, C&K is a 51-store independent grocer with more than 2,300 employees operating in Oregon and northern California under the Ray’s Food Place, Ray’s Shop Smart and Ray’s Price Less Foods banners. C&K’s StoreNext rollout began earlier this year and will continue through mid-2006.
Installation and ongoing service and support is being handled by Seattle, Wash.-based InStore Technology, a value added POS dealer specializing in solutions focused on the independent grocery market. InStore serves Washington, Oregon and Northern California.
“We needed a POS system that was flexible to our business needs while providing a front-end that was physically attractive and informative to our customers,” said Hank Shields, information technology director at C&K. “StoreNext answered all of our requirements with its ISS45 platform and TeamPoS 2000 terminal system. To date, results have shown that our employees are more efficient and productive, which has netted a substantial increase in customer satisfaction.”
“As technology continues to evolve and new systems become more prevalent in the grocery industry, shoppers’ expectations for the convenience and function of that technology will continue to rise,” said Ray Carlin, president and chief executive officer of Plano, Texas-based StoreNext. “We want to level the competitive playing field by providing independent grocers the same technology advantages as the larger chains while decreasing their cost burdens. We expect that C&K and its customers will benefit greatly from our ISS45 solution.”
StoreNext’s ISS45 POS was exclusively designed to precisely meet the requirements of independent grocers and regional chains. Its powerful transaction-processing architecture is optimized for the extreme performance requirements of the supermarket business and it can be economically scaled for stores of widely different sizes and types.
“Our relationship with StoreNext has just been great,” said John Pollastro, vice president and co-owner of InStore Technology. “When you combine our expertise in the store – living and breathing each day with independents and the issues they face – with the software and product development power of Retalix and StoreNext, it creates an impressive team for a regional rollout of this nature.”
C&K Market, Inc. remains a closely held family-owned company, earning the ranking of #21 in 2004 in the Oregon Private 150. As the 21st largest privately owned company in Oregon, C&K operates a diverse size and style of supermarket, ranging from 5,940 sq.ft. to more than 45,000 sq. ft.
About StoreNext
StoreNext Retail Technologies LLC is the No. 1 supplier of retail technology to independent grocers and regional chains. Based in Plano, Texas, StoreNext is a joint venture of Retalix Ltd. (NASDAQ: RTLX) and Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. and markets Fujitsu POS hardware, Retalix’s ISS45 POS software and Internet Connected Services for managing stores via Web-enabled applications. StoreNext is the only retail IT company focused exclusively on meeting the needs of this wholesaler-served market with packaged solutions that were previously available, affordable or practical only for large chains.
CONTACTS:
Neil McGlone
nmcglone@mbapr.com
Michael A. Burns & Associates Inc.
(214) 521-8596
Hope Dana
hdana@storenext.com
StoreNext Retail Technologies LLC
(972) 265-4811
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