Big Y Foods Adds Four More Years to Unicru Contract; Largest Privately-Owned Supermarket in the Northeast Renews Contract for Advanced Workforce Selection.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Unicru(R) Inc. today announced that Big Y Foods has extended its contract for the Unicru Total Workforce Acquisition solution through July 2009 to optimize the service and productivity of nearly 8,500 hourly and corporate employees. Initially selected by Big Y in 2001, Unicru supports the grocer's mission to differentiate through service and quality of the customer experience. Today more than 50 grocery banners, including one-third of the nation's top 25 chains, leverage Unicru's system to select the most productive and dependable employees from the produce aisle to the corporate office.

Jack Henry, vice president of human resources at Big Y, credits Unicru with contributing to the company's bottom line savings by significantly reducing replacement costs. "We are only as good as the people who work for us," he says. "The competitive edge goes to the company that can hire better people who will stay longer, thereby strengthening the reputation and brand."

Unicru enables its customers to support their strategic goals through numerous product features and benefits:

--Providing scientific tools to increase workforce quality and drive differentiation on superior customer service

--Reducing the pre-hire screening and administrative burdens thereby increasing manager productivity and time they have to manage store operations

--Reducing spiraling labor costs associated with accident-related absenteeism by identifying safety-conscious applicants

--Streamlining the preparation of new hire paperwork including automatic pre-population of federal W-4 and I-9 forms

--Screening large groups of applicants for new store openings while saving thousands of dollars in advertising costs

--Increasing tax credit capture through eligibility screening during the application process

"Big Y is a model for grocers large or small on the strategic business value of workforce selection." said Chris Marsh, president and CEO at Unicru. "Jack Henry has shown great vision and leadership in pioneering new workforce practices that have made Big Y's employees a powerful weapon in successfully competing against much larger firms. We look forward to partnering with Jack and Big Y in advancing the state of workforce selection and optimization."

Unicru has achieved a pre-eminent market position in the grocery industry with a comprehensive, industry-optimized solution that have been proven to pay for itself in under a year and provide on-going strategic and cost-reduction benefits to grocers with from 1,000 employees to 250,000.

About Unicru

Unicru is the leading provider of Total Workforce Acquisition solutions that enable enterprises to systematically select the highest quality employees across job roles throughout the enterprise to positively impact corporate outcomes through workforce initiatives. Unicru combines scientifically-proven employee selection assessments, applicant recruitment, hiring management decision support, and complete data capture for measurement and continuous improvement of business results for over 60 enterprises including Albertsons, Universal Studios, Blockbuster, CVS, Kroger, and Southeastern Freightlines. For more information, visit www.unicru.com.

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