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Food Lion Donates 5.4 Million Meals to Families in Need

Retail TouchPoints

24, 2022, customers purchased a specially marked, prepacked Holidays Without Hunger food box for $6 or made a cash donation at checkout. Food Lion Feeds was founded in 2014 to address food insecurity in the towns and cities it serves. During the Holidays Without Hunger campaign, which ran from Nov. 9 through Dec.

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Guarding the Retail Fortress: Cybersecurity Challenges and Network Interruption Risks

Retail TouchPoints

The Evolving Threat Landscape Retailers increasingly rely on digital platforms for sales, inventory management and customer engagement. In 2014, cybercriminals used a third-party vendor’s credentials to enter Home Depot’s network and deployed malware on the self-checkout systems to steal customer information.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

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It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process.

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Meet Nakedvice, the brand founded by best friends in the Sportsgirl stockroom

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The brand was co-founded in 2014 by best friends Sarah Miller and Jessie Gargan, who were 23 and 26, respectively, at the time. They had met five years prior when Gargan hired Miller as a Christmas casual at Sportsgirl. We are prioritising building and maintaining customer loyalty programs,” Santic continued.

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Summers Without Hunger deemed a success

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During the Summers Without Hunger campaign, which took place between May 31 and June 27, Food Lion customers had the opportunity to make a $5 cash donation at checkout in-store or online. At Food Lion, we believe that no child should have to go hungry,” says Kevin Durkee, manager, Food Lion Feeds, Food Lion. “We billion meals by 2025.

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Food Lion opens store in Pittsboro, N.C.

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“I’m very excited to bring our easy, fresh and affordable shopping experience to more of our neighbors in Chatham County,” store manager Jason Kiser said. Food Lion Feeds has donated more than 970 million meals to neighbors in need since 2014. The post Food Lion opens store in Pittsboro, N.C.

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Food Lion to debut new store on March 15

Mass Relators

I’ve enjoyed getting to know our neighbors in the community this past year while serving at our previous store and volunteering at local schools,” said Ashley Hodgin, manager of the new Kernersville Food Lion. “My To make shopping easier for customers, the store offers self-checkout lanes and the Food Lion To Go grocery pick-up service.