Upscale Grocery Automates Processes With Catapult

Situated in the Toronto Metro area, Bruno's Fine Foods is a full-service grocery store located in the heart of an upscale neighborhood. ECRS caught up with store manager Al McMurray, who talked with us about how he's using Catapult to streamline operations at Bruno's... [continue reading]

Family-Owned Grocery Store Increases Efficiency with Catapult

Bi-Rite community grocery store has been in the same location in San Francisco since 1940 and has been under the ownership of the Mogannam family since 1964. Owner Sam Mogannam and his brother have been owners since late 1997, at which point they gutted the space, redid it and opened back up in the middle of 1998. According to Mogannam, they strive to emulate the great neighborhood markets of Manhattan. Bi-Rite focuses on a lot of sustainable products, predominately organic produce, sustainable meats, and fish. With a grocery and health food concentration, Bi-Rite searches out the best of what it can find to provide to its clientele. The store is just two blocks away from Mission Dolores, a historical landmark that has one of the best views of San Francisco and the downtown skyline. .. [continue reading]

Highland Country Market is a vertically integrated grocery retailer in Stoney Creek, Ontario that specializes in meats, but which carries a wide selection of produce, deli, and bakery items as well. Highland Country Market is the retail aspect of its parent company, Highland Packers, Ltd. Highland owns and processes its own meats, from the livestock all the way to the final retail product. We caught up with accountant Margaret Escanilla and customer service manager Roxanne Walker who took time from their busy schedules to tell us about how Highland Country Market is using Catapult to manage its retail operation... [continue reading]

Oriental Market Modernizes Operations with Catapult

Pacific Mercantile Company is a regionally renown oriental market on Lawrence Street in Denver, CO located in the high-commerce area known as LODO (lower downtown). Situated among restaurants, antique shops, bookstores, and professional offices, the 10,000 sq. ft. market is just three blocks away from the Coors Baseball Stadium. Pacific Mercantile provides a wide variety of grocery, deli, culinary, and gift items to a culturally diverse clientele, and is very popular among the city's Asian food enthusiasts. Among its marks of distinction, Pacific Mercantile was named "The Best Oriental Market" by Westward Magazine, and was named "One of the Top Six Businesses in Downtown Denver" for 2002. We recently caught up with co-owner Jolie Noguchi, who told us how Catapult is helping modernize the nearly 60-year-old family business... [continue reading]

Italian Specialty Grocery Modernizes Business Processes with CATAPULT

Pasquale Iavarone, originally from Naples, Italy, was one of the over 22 million immigrants to pass through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924 in pursuit of the American dream. With four of his friends from back home, Iavarone opened the first Italian pork shop in Brooklyn on the corner of President and Columbia Streets... [continue reading]