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Ingles Markets selects ePLUM 2.5 and PLUM Host from Invatron Systems Corp. / Oct 2008
TORONTO, CANADA (October 2008) – Invatron Systems Corp., a leading provider of integrated retail enterprise software solutions, is pleased to announce that Ingles Markets of Black Mountain, NC is implementing ePLUM Scale Manager 2.5 and PLUM Host to centrally manage their in-store weigh/label scale equipment.
ePLUM Scale Manager 2.5 is a multi-vendor, web-enabled solution that provides retailers with centralized control of in-store scales and printers. Accessible from any computer running a web browser, it allows support staff instantaneous access to any ethernet or serial scale device. ePLUM, a full-featured and easily implemented solution, is designed to eliminate data integrity issues, and meets legislated requirements such as support for trans fats, allergens, and country of origin labeling (COOL). Moving from a traditional thick client model, ePLUM provides pro-active, rather than re-active tools to the user.
PLUM Host, part of the PLUM Scale Management suite of applications, provides enterprise level control of fresh item merchandising and pricing information. It effectively maintains scale related information that is often not supported by existing item mangement apllications. Uniquely positioned to deliver a single source of database administration for rock solid data integrity and efficient management of fresh item data.
Ingles Markets has been in business for over 40 years. Currently operating over 200 stores in 6 South Eastern states from its base in the Asheville, NC area Ingles primarily serves small and rural communities. After 40 years, the same customer focus and commitment to quality and convenience on which Bob Ingle founded the business in 1963, continues today throughout the organization.
In business since 1988, Invatron Systems Corp. is the leading provider of software solutions for fresh food departments, with over 12,000 grocery store installations in North, Central, South America, Europe, and New Zealand. Invatron’s software solutions help retailers gain valuable insight into their fresh food operations by providing centralized control of all product information, and gathering critical in-store data on fresh food ordering and production trends. The software includes demand forecasting to optimize inventory and ordering of fresh food items, as well as centralized scale management. Invatron customers include Safeway, Kroger, AHOLD, A&P, Giant-Eagle, Wegmans, H-E-B Grocery Co., Sobeys, Whole Foods, and Loblaws. For more information, please visit www.invatron.com.
Contact: Tom Barclay, Director of Sales, Invatron Systems Corp., at 1-888-867-PLUM (7586) ext. 224. or sales@invatron.com
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