Food Lion to share POS data

SUNNYVALE, Calif. Food Lion has selected Retail Solutions, a leading solution provider helping consumer product goods companies create value with retailer data, to help share its point-of-sale data with its suppliers.

Using Retail Solutions Demand Signal Management program, Food Lion will be able to share POS information by store and item, as well as by data points at the warehouse level, including shipment and ordering. The information is then automatically converted to the individual supplier's format, item master and hierarchies, the companies reported.

"We chose Retail Solutions because their offering enables our suppliers to immediately and effectively leverage our data to drive improvements in our joint supply chain," said Pete Bonneau, vp of efficiency and productivity for Food Lion. "Retail Solutions' technology and services provide an effective solution to share near real-time data in a way that enables suppliers to take immediate action."