Casey's Marks 650th Store Point of Sale Solution Installation from Retalix and NCR.DALLAS & ATLANTA -- With NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers and Retalix Technology, Casey's Continues to Improve Customer Service While Reducing Operating Expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. Retalix Ltd. (Nasdaq:RTLX) and NCR Corporation (company) NCR Corporation - Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. announced today that Casey's General Stores Casey's General Stores, Inc. NASDAQ: CASY is a chain of convenience stores in the Midwestern United States, primarily within the states of Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. The company is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa. , one of the nation's largest convenience store chains, has reached a key milestone, rolling out the Retalix StorePoint suite of applications and NCR RealPOS(TM) and NCR RealScan(TM) POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale technology to its 650th store. The Retalix StorePoint suite includes integrated solutions of Point of Sale, Front Office, Back Office, Fuel, and chain-level PriceBook management. Casey's General Stores has vigorously rolled out StorePoint, allowing for heightened visibility and management of store operations, while improving customer shopping experiences. Casey's solution includes NCR RealPOS 70 POS terminals and NCR RealScan 92 barcode scanners. The NCR RealPOS 70 is built around Intel's Embedded ATX See ATX motherboard. (hardware, standard) ATX - An open PC motherboard specification by Intel. ATX is a development of the Baby AT specification with the motherboard rotated 90 degrees in the chassis. industry design specification for a stable POS platform and extended lifecycle to offer a new level of investment value. North Country Business Products, an NCR RealPartner, is providing Casey's with staging, installation and maintenance services for the solution. "Together, Retalix StorePoint software and NCR RealPOS and RealScan hardware have proven to increase operational efficiencies and enhance customer convenience," said Brad Heyer, Casey's Vice President -- Information Systems. "Casey's selected Retalix and NCR for these reasons and we anticipate great success for the remaining store installations." "Casey's General Stores is focused on continually improving its retail operations and their customer shopping experience," said Jeff Yelton, 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 Retalix USA. "We are proud that StorePoint solution has provided Casey's with the necessary functionality, architecture and flexibility to achieve these goals. We are positive Casey's will continue to derive great benefits from our solutions for its future growth." "Casey's needed a solution that was retail hardened for the convenience store environment and was easy to learn, easy to deploy and easy to service," said NCR Vice President for Food Industry Solutions Nelson Gomez. "The NCR RealPOS 70 and RealScan 92 offer just that." About Casey's General Stores Founded in 1968, Casey's General Stores are self distributing and have store locations in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). , Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana. Casey's General Stores are headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa Ankeny is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 27,118 at the 2000 census, while a special census taken by the city in 2005 counted 36,162 residents.[1] It is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area. , and employ over 13,000 people. About North Country Business Products, Inc. North Country Business Products, a 100% employee-owned company, prides itself in being a "total POS solution provider" for the convenience store, grocery and hospitality industries. NCBP NCBP National Cord Blood Program NCBP National Center for Boundless Playgrounds offers innovative and automated high quality POS solutions POS Solutions, is an Australian company. The company provides software and services to small and medium businesses, where the company has enjoyed steady growth so making it particularly well-known in Australian Newsagencies where its software has taken hold as the market leader. by partnering with industry leaders to sell, install and service superior products. The Company is dedicated to providing exceptional customer service. This commitment has allowed them to support a diversified customer base; from a one terminal stand-alone register to networking a fully integrated POS system for hundreds of locations in multiple states. NCBP has 11 locations in 6 states throughout the Midwest with headquarters in Bemidji, MN. To learn more about North Country Business Products visit their website at www.ncbpinc.com. About NCR Corporation NCR Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NCR) is a leading global technology company helping businesses build stronger relationships with their customers. NCR's ATMs, retail systems, Teradata(R) data warehouses and IT services provide Relationship Technology(TM) solutions that maximize the value of customer interactions and help organizations create a stronger competitive position. Based in Dayton, Ohio, NCR (www.ncr.com) employs approximately 29,000 people worldwide. About Retalix Ltd. Retalix Ltd., with North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. headquarters in Dallas, TX, provides integrated enterprise-wide software solutions for the global food and fuel retail industries, including supermarkets, convenience stores, fuel stations and restaurants. The Company offers a full suite of software applications that support a food retailer's essential retailing operations and enable retailers to increase their operating efficiencies while improving customer acquisition, retention and profitability. With installations in more than 30,000 stores and across 44 countries, the Company markets its software solutions through direct sales, distributors, local dealers and its various subsidiaries. For further information, please visit the Company's web site at www.retalix.com. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, including revenues, income and expenses, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include risks relating to the Company's anticipated future financial performance, continued roll-outs with existing customers, the market reception of its new e-marketplace and ASP services, the potential benefits to food and fuel retailers and suppliers, expansion into new geographic markets, the conversion of sales leads into customers and the ramp-up of ASP users, the integration of the Company's acquisition of OMI (1) See Open Market. (2) (Open Microprocessor Initiative, Brussels, Belgium) An organization that functions under the umbrella of the European Commission. It funds projects that research and develop advanced microcontroller technologies. and other factors over which Retalix may have little or no control. This list is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ. Readers are referred to the reports and documents filed by Retalix with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2003, for a discussion of these and other important risk factors. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. NCR, NCR RealPOS, NCR RealPrice, NCR RealScan, NCR EasyPoint, NCR FastLane and Teradata are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries. |
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