Press Release

Grocery Outlet and 4690World, LLC
Win 2009 Retail Innovation Award

“RIO Grande” helps drive efficient store operations with timely, reliable information

STRONGSVILLE, OH – June 25, 2009 – The IBM Retail User Group announced Grocery Outlet as the winner of the 2009 Retail Innovation Award.  This prestigious Award was presented at the User Group’s 32nd annual conference in Las Vegas, NV - May 17-20, 2009.  The Innovation Award carries special meaning because the winner is chosen by the winner’s peer group – the retail membership of the organization.  The innovative solution provider, 4690World, was also honored with the Retail Solution Innovation Award. 

Innovation has been driving competitive advantage in retail for over a century; however, in these difficult and challenging economic times it has never been more important. The Grocery Outlet / 4690World’s “RIO Grande” helps drive more efficient store operations and meet their business requirement to retrieve and process t-log information faster and more reliably from all stores.  The benefits of combining RIO Grande and Grocery Outlet’s own applications are numerous: more timely information, more accurate information, reduced administrative costs, store ordering, Item pricing management, and the ability to “see” what is happening in stores at the item level and marketing and purchasing departments use the real time information to gauge the efficacy of ads.