Boddie-Noell Enterprises Selects Progressive Software's IRIS Quick Service Solution for All 350 Hardee's Franchisees.Business Editors WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000 Agreement Demonstrates Progressive Software's Continued Success in Quick Service Tridex Corporation (Nasdaq: TRDX), a leading provider of retail technology solutions, today announced that Boddie-Noell Enterprises, a 350-store Hardee's franchisee, has selected Progressive Software's IRIS Quick Service solution for all of its stores. Progressive Software's business partner and reseller, Century Data Systems, a subsidiary of Systech Retail Systems (Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. : SYS SYS System(s) SYS System Configuration (File Name Extension) SYS See You Soon SYS Sun Yat-Sen (founder of Republic of China) SYS Stretch-Yawn Syndrome ) secured the business with Boddie-Noell. Under the terms of the agreement, Century Data Systems will, in collaboration with Progressive Software, work with Boddie-Noell to deploy Progressive Software's IRIS System, as well as system integration, staging and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . The system-wide rollout is scheduled to begin in April 2000. &uot;Boddie-Noell went through an extensive selection process for this contract, including most of the major Point-of-Sale providers in the country,&uot; said Tom Freeman Tom Freeman is a graphic artist who designs tee-shirts and other projects for a company located in Walhalla, South Carolina. He has produced a series of ever-increasingly sophisticated shirt designs for the annual Spittoono , Vice President at Boddie-Noell. &uot;We narrowed our choice to Progressive Software, in combination with Century Data Systems. We felt that this combination gave our company the best options - Progressive Software's IRIS Point-of-Sale System, and Century Data Systems for the hardware and system integration services.&uot; Seth Lukash, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Tridex, said, &uot;We are extremely excited to partner with Boddie-Noell and Century Data Systems on this business. Our continued focus on the quick service market, and our extended partnerships with leading resellers such as Century Data Systems, give Progressive Software the ability to raise service levels and respond to unique customer requirements.&uot; IRIS Quick Serve is a 32-bit Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT-based system that combines advanced front-of-the-house POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale capabilities and powerful back office resource planning Resource planning may refer to:
Founded in 1962, Boddie-Noell owns and operates 335 Hardee's Restaurants, 13 Texas Steakhouses, in addition to several business, club and residential properties. Boddie-Noell is headquartered in Rocky Mount Rocky Mount, city (1990 pop. 48,997), Edgecombe and Nash counties, E N.C., on the Tar River; settled by 1818, inc. 1867. The growing city is the commercial and distribution center of a rich agricultural area (tobacco, cotton, and corn) as well as a large tobacco , NC. Tridex, through its Progressive Software and Ultimate Technology subsidiaries, is a leading provider of POS and Back Office enterprise resource management software, systems integration and related services for the foodservice and specialty retail markets. The company offers a full range of products and services for major chains as well as franchisees and multi-unit independents. With more than 115,000 systems sold worldwide, Tridex is the solution of choice for Starbucks, Steak `n Shake, Golden Corral, McDonald's, Lowe's Home Center, Ace Hardware, ARCO, Shoney's and many others. The statements contained in this release which are not historical facts may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements with respect to events, the occurrence of which involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the results of operations and other uncertainties detailed in Tridex's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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