For the second time in the past five years, food retailers are facing a “Sunrise Date” — the industry euphemism for deadline — for making changes in their POS systems. Five years ago, in advance of ...

CINCINNATI — In a survey of coupons processed at the POS last month, the Kroger Co. here found that 38% were scanned via the GS1 DataBar, the data-rich bar code being adopted this year as the sole bar ...