Given the technical expertise and mastery of complex systems required to run a retail grocery chain, Wynne Barrett, a partner in Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based software specialist Jera Concepts, says it doesn’t make sense that many chains settle for imprecise, low-tech production management systems.
Pewaukee, Wisconsin-based supermarket design firm Mehmert Store Services Inc. focuses exclusively on independent grocers. One key to the firm’s success is that each job is tailored to the individual client, says co-owner Brad Knab.