Helping food growers, distributors and retailers reach their business objectives by managing human and technology capital.

For organizations that require a hand up to the next level of business development, WKR+Company has provided a new resource of funding, matched technology capabilities with corporate business requirements and sourced new employees to deliver on goals of the organization.

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OfferWorks Website is Up and Running

October 30th, 2008

WKR+Company Completes OfferWorks Website WKR+Company completed the website for www.offerworks.com, a company that provides centralized personalization and offer management services that manages and analyzes the promotional marketing campaigns for grocery and other retail environments.

WKR+Company provided the following components to complete the website build: Continued»

WKR+Company Signs ZoCo Holdings

October 30th, 2008

IXSO Energy Drink WKR+Company brings ZoCo Holdings on board and is providing the food and beverage business engineering, marketing and sales development organization with operations and marketing consulting services.

The primary focus of the engagement is to assist the firm in bringing IXSO Energy Drink into the North American market and introduce it into the natural and organic segment.

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Majority of Consumers Using More Coupons

September 12th, 2008

BRANDWEEK
By Steve Miller

Bad news for trees, good news for business.

A new study finds that 72% of consumers are using more coupons than they did six months ago. Three-quarters of those respondents claimed the economy made them do it.

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Upromise Rolls Out Paperless Coupons

September 12th, 2008

Boston Herald and Herald Media
By Donna Goodison

Shoppers can skip the hassle of clipping coupons each week and handing them to supermarket cashiers under a new Upromise program.

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Supermarket Industry News: IT ISSUES

September 10th, 2008

September 9, 2008
Progressive Grocer

Gulf Exists Between Desired and Actual IT Role at CPG Companies: Study

One reason for this is an overly complex technical environment at many major manufacturers, said the study from GMA.

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Shifts in Shopping Patterns Could Be Permanent

September 4th, 2008

Supermarket News
By Elliot Zwiebach

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Decisions by shoppers to spend less and shift to lower-priced retailers to cope with rising food and gas prices “are capable of shaking the retail landscape and creating seismic shifts,” TNS Retail Forward, a consulting and market research firm here, said yesterday.

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WKR & Company Completes Produce Catalog

February 12th, 2008

WKR & Company Complete Produce CatalogA gaming and entertainment client engaged WKR & Company to assist them in the adoption of the new produce product identification system by creating a visual online catalog. Continued»

Traceability Steering Committee On Standards

February 12th, 2008

The Produce Traceability Initiative spearheaded by United Fresh, PMA and CPMA is off to a great start. The group’s Steering Committee of more than 30 industry leaders met January 9 in Atlanta, and concluded that systematic and consistent application of common standards across the supply chain is needed to enhance chain-wide traceability. Continued»

EZ-PIC™ Coupons Increase Sales by 71%

January 20th, 2008

Unicous Marketing, Inc. reports that Big Y Foods, Springfield, Mass., increased product sales numbers by as much as 71% with their EZ-PIC™ paperless coupon system. Continued»

Supervalu Renews with Revionics

January 20th, 2008

Revionics today announced that SUPERVALU, one of the largest companies in the United States grocery channel, has renewed their strategic partnership with Revionics. Revionics provides SUPERVALU retailers advanced, adaptable and affordable price optimization Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions via a weekly subscription model over the internet.

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