Albertson's Launches Hypermarkets With Wayne's Touch-N-Go Fuel Dispensers.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1998--Albertson's, one of the nation's largest grocery chains, has launched their project to install gas stations at their stores using the Touch-N-Go(TM) based fuel dispenser system from the Wayne Division of Dresser Industries Dresser Industries was a multinational corporation headquartered in Dallas, Texas, which provided a wide range of technology, products, and services used for developing energy and natural resources. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DI) (Wayne). Touch-N-Go is an interactive touch screen user interface for gas pumps. Touch-N-Go allows users to select fuel type and payment method simply by touching the screen. Touch-N-Go offers customers added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
The grocery industry is embracing the notion of "hypermarkets," stores with gas stations and other conveniences onsite. "Albertson's hypermarketing applications range from stand-alone fueling to convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. with the goal of providing its customers with the ultimate in fueling convenience and added value," says Cord Christensen, Albertson's Director of Petroleum Marketing. "Wayne is an ideal partner because they offer industry-leading technology and the desire to support our projects from construction through installation and start-up." "The growth of hypermarkets is primarily driven by improvements in retail automation that allow retailers to incorporate systems to assist in managing, interfacing, and providing added-value to customers," says Mike Zahajko, Wayne's Hypermarketing Segment Manager. "Wayne has been the leader in providing automation to the retail petroleum industry. For example, today a customer can fill up at an unattended location using bill acceptors, credit, or debit cards. At the same time, customers can participate in a loyalty program driven by a radio frequency transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. or a dispenser bar code scanning device See scanner. ." To date, Albertson's has installed Touch-N-Go dispensers at five stores in three states. Albertson's has ordered 20 additional installations with more planned in 1998. The company has 839 stores across the United States. About Wayne For more than 100 years, Wayne has provided innovative products for the retail fuel equipment market. Today, Wayne's commitment to cutting-edge technology continues in its industry standard WayneTRAC(TM) radio frequency identification See RFID. system, its Nucleus(R) integrated point-of-sale system, and its full line of electronic dispensers. The company is a subsidiary of Dresser Industries (NYSE:DI) and has 500 employees at its headquarters in Austin, Texas and 700 employees at its manufacturing plant in Salisbury, Md. Visit Wayne's website at www.wayne.com. -0- Note to Editors: A color screen shot in bitmap format is available. CONTACT: GTT GTT, n See test, glucose tolerance. GTT Glucose tolerance test, see there Communications, Austin Shari Binford, 512/388-8350 or Joyce Graham, 512/347-1016 |
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