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Cision Canada
5 days ago
- Business
- Cision Canada
DXC Powers Northeast Grocery's Digital Transformation, Delivers $40 Million in Savings
DXC simplified complexities for Northeast Grocery and accelerated its roadmap for innovation ASHBURN, Va., Aug. 12, 2025 /CNW/ - DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, today announced its strategic role supporting the digital transformation of Northeast Grocery, Inc. (Northeast Grocery), the parent company of Market 32 and Price Chopper and Tops Friendly Markets (Tops). Through this collaboration, DXC led the modernization of Northeast Grocery's IT infrastructure, delivering more than $40 million in savings over five years and setting the stage for future innovation. Since 2008, DXC has supported Tops through many milestones of growth and evolution. This includes the 2021 merger between Market 32 and Price Chopper and Tops– two leading grocers in the northeastern United States operating nearly 300 stores. Northeast Grocery sought to create operational efficiencies through the consolidation of its IT infrastructures and selected DXC to lead this critical transformation, helping to optimize its operations, simplify complexities and accelerate its roadmap for innovation, including leveraging generative AI. "As part of our merger, we needed to realize productivity gains and drive synergies as we unified our mainframe infrastructure," said Scott Kessler, EVP and CIO at Northeast Grocery. "Throughout the transition, DXC enabled us to continue offering our customers the excellent service they've come to expect and helped us prepare for the future as we endeavor into AI and other next-generation technologies." DXC provides comprehensive support to Northeast Grocery to optimize operations and maximize IT investments, which recently included updating its mainframe system with a zLinux environment to increase compute capacity. These modernization efforts empower Northeast Grocery to focus on growth, innovation, and customer experience, paving the way for future growth. DXC also supports the grocer's software engineering and IT operations managed services, as well as its internal device management and workplace collaboration across business operations. "At DXC, we are committed to helping customers maximize the value of their technology investments and build for the future," said Chris Drumgoole, President, Global Infrastructure Services at DXC. "By modernizing Northeast Grocery's IT infrastructure, we've helped deliver significant cost savings and greater operational efficiency, allowing them to reinvest in stores, customer experience, and future innovation. We look forward to continuing our collaboration, integrating AI and accelerating their digital transformation." For more information on DXC and Northeast Grocery's partnership, visit here. About DXC Technology DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a leading global provider of information technology services. We're a trusted operating partner to many of the world's most innovative organizations, building solutions that move industries and companies forward. Our engineering, consulting and technology experts help clients simplify, optimize and modernize their systems and processes, manage their most critical workloads, integrate AI-powered intelligence into their operations, and put security and trust at the forefront. Learn more on About Northeast Grocery Headquartered in Schenectady, NY, Northeast Grocery, Inc. (Northeast Grocery) is the parent company of Market 32, Price Chopper, and Tops Friendly Markets, which collectively operate nearly 300 supermarkets across New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire and employ more than 30,000 teammates/associates. Northeast Grocery is No. 46 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer's 2025 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America. With more than 150 years of industry leadership combined, Market 32, Price Chopper, and Tops share longstanding traditions of innovative food merchandising and exceptional customer service and are driven to provide sustainably sourced, high-quality products to nourish the communities in which they operate while reducing environmental waste and energy consumption. For additional information, please visit and
Metro
30-04-2025
- Business
- Metro
Major UK supermarket first to trial aisle-roaming robots to work alongside staff
The next time you head to Morrisons, you might notice something – or someone – new among the aisles. In a UK first, the supermarket is introducing robots to help out around the store. The 'Tally' robots can be spotted in three Morrisons stores – Wetherby, Redcar and Stockton – and will primarily be used to check stock. Tally, which comes from US tech company, Simbe, can roam up and down the aisles, with no assistance, collecting data. And don't worry, it's clever enough to swerve a human if you cross it's path with your trolley. On LinkedIn, Seamus McHugh, head of European market development at Simbe said he was 'delighted' to have Simbe in Morrisons – after already being used in nine countries, including Germany, Portugal and France. Last year, the bots – which stand at 5ft 4in – found their way into American grocery chain, Tops. At the time, Scott Kessler, executive vice president of Tops' parent company said: '[It can] check accuracy of prices, check accuracy of promotional tags.' But, he acknowledged that 'any new technology is a little scary at first.' Shoppers in store at the time also said they'd been able to ask Tally wherethey could find certain ingredients. The new AI-tech begs the question then: how will this affect human employees? Morrisons told the Grocer that Tally will allow more time for real-life colleagues to focus on customer service, but they're the latest in a long-life of supermarket tech looking to improve on customer experience. Last year, Sainsbury's began testing out larger hybrid self-checkouts which featured conveyor belts as well as a bagging area. And in January, M&S began trailing new smart checkouts that calculate how much you owe, without customers (or staff) lifting a finger. More Trending But shoppers have previously had some choice words to say about in-store technology, calling it 'dystopian'. In a post on Facebook, one user was upset by the idea of missing out on human interactions at the supermarket, saying: 'Nope we DO NOT WANT THESE IN OUR SHOPS. 'I would always go to a till with a person, having a small chat with them and asking how they are doing – everyone has a bad day – can't do that with a computer.' And on X, another shopper lamented the 'loss of the friendly interactions,' adding, 'is it worth it?' Do you have a story to share? Get in touch by emailing MetroLifestyleTeam@ MORE: Tesco hikes the price of its popular meal deal by £3 MORE: ASDA issues urgent recall for chicken with wrong use-by date MORE: I don't need to shoplift — but why should a supermarket get all my money?
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta: Are humanoid robots reshaping the tech giant's AI narrative?
Meta Platforms stock (META) extends its record winning streak to its 20th consecutive session, having climbed over 23% in the past month. Third Bridge Global Sector Lead for Technology Media and Telecom Scott Kessler discusses Meta's winning streak and its new investment in AI-powered humanoid robots with Julie Hyman and Josh Schafer. "As someone that hasn't really thought much about valuation for a while at this point, but it's fair to say that there's a lot of momentum here. I think there's a lot of positive, fundamental underpinnings that people are interested in and focused on," Kessler shares. The tech analyst goes on say that while Meta has experienced various "mixed successes" in its consumer products and Reality Labs segment, the tech giant's new robotics venture is "something that's interesting to some people." To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
