The reigning champion of the cola wars has just widened the gap. The Coca-Cola company’s “Give It Back” racks are an industry first. Not only are they asking U.S. retailers to return their shelving, but they intend to develop 100% recyclable racks for display of all Coca-Cola products: “Coca-Cola recovered 400 million pounds of cans […]
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New bar codes are being introduced in select stores to provide more efficiency at the check-out line. These new labels are smaller and hold more information than conventional bar codes.
“It’s quicker and far more accurate,” Mr. Biddiscombe said. But the system is valuable not only for speeding checkout times and for keeping track of different varieties of bulk vegetables and fruits sold. It also prevents another checkout problem: cashiers mistaking organic vegetables for less expensive, conventionally grown ones, and ringing them up for the lower price.
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