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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123125 | Combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system A combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system having a first point-of-sale system, having a checkout manager and one or more checkout terminals, and a second point-of-sale system, having a fuel center and one or more fuel pumps, in communication with each... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117057 | Retail production guide for store-prepared food items A computer-assisted method of determining and producing quantities of perishable, store-prepared food items that should be displayed for consumer selection and purchase on a daily basis is provided. The method includes collecting daily sales data for the perishable,... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8078484 | Loss preporting system and method with viewable performance based reports A loss reporting system and method for tracking, monitoring and evaluating loss in an enterprise is provided. The system receives product data from enterprise facilities, stores the product data, calculates performance information from the product data, and compares... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7993088 | Storage system having a dynamic support of moving elements and a pusher assembly carried by a frame A storage system for storing products is provided that includes a frame having a first side and a second side opposite the first side and a dynamic support carried by the frame. A mover assembly is carried by the frame and is configured to engage an area of a produc... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7950579 | System and method for evaluating inventory A computer assisted method for evaluating inventory is provided. The method includes receiving case composition information and case cost information for a case at a store where the case composition information identifies an item of the case and the case cost inform... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7885865 | System and method for mapping of planograms A method for storing and organizing item arrangement information for an enterprise is provided. Standardized item arrangement maps are generated at the enterprise level and disseminated to stores within the enterprise. Managers create store maps consisting of compil... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7657467 | Computer-based system and method for arranging items on a pallet A method for arranging items on a pallet is provided. The method comprises the steps of: identifying one or more items for inclusion on the pallet; retrieving the one or more items from a storage location; and arranging the one or more items on the pallet according ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644021 | Electronically assisted enterprise journal system A method for processing accounting data of an enterprise includes entering accounting data entries associated with one or more accounts in memory of an interactive system, the interactive system capable of communicating with a batch system. At least some of the acco... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7618318 | Reward system A method for operating a reward program including the steps of establishing a plurality of product categories and receiving an indication of selected ones of the product categories. The method further includes the step of tracking customer purchases in at least the ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7590567 | Online shopping system An online shopping system that permits a customer to submit online orders for items and/or services from a store that serves both walk-in customers and online customers. The online shopping system presents an online display of an order cutoff time and an associated ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588404 | Container handling apparatus and container A container handling apparatus for use in loading and transporting a container from a first location to a second location is provided. The container handling apparatus includes a mast and support structure for supporting the container thereon. The support structure ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7520390 | Configurable display container A container for transporting articles and displaying articles includes a set of joined walls capable of forming an enclosed configuration where an interior volume is enclosed by the joined walls with each of the joined walls in their respective closed positions. The... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7469826 | Combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system A combined in-store and fuel center point-of-sale system having a first point-of-sale system, having a checkout manager and one or more checkout terminals, and a second point-of-sale system, having a fuel center and one or more fuel pumps, in communication with each... | 12/30/2008 |
| D583123 | Grocery cart tray | 12/16/2008 |
| 6640569 | Grocery delivery vehicle A vehicle adapted to hold and transport groceries for home delivery comprises a chassis and a storage unit. The storage unit includes multiple compartments maintained at different temperatures to keep items placed therein refrigerated, frozen or at ambien... | 11/04/2003 |
| 4618032 | Two belted supermarket checkout system A supermarket-type checkout counter facilitates two-handed scanning of merchandise coded indicia by an operator to speed up and simplify supermarket checkout procedures. A scanner is mounted in a module which, with a side live conveyor, a rear live convey... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4192918 | Production of Baker's yeast from acid whey Acid whey, the by-product from the manufacture of fresh cheeses such as cottage cheese, is clarified, filtered and subjected to lactose hydrolysis, splitting the lactose disaccharide into the monosaccharides glucose and galactose. The liquid is sterilized... | 03/11/1980 |
