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An interview with C3 LLC Principal Justin Grimes. PSD: Tell our readers about your company. JG: C3 LLC is a family-owned design and manufacturing company based out of Minneapolis. C3 stands for "Complete Cart Control." Our company was founded on an elegant invention of my dear late father, Bill Grimes. The success of our patented C3 System for shopping cart manage- ment is directly related to its simplicity in form and function. PSD: Tell our readers about your products. JG: Our patented line of U.S.-made C3 Shopping Cart Safety Ropes and accessories is the best solution available for shopping cart management. Period. Retrieving carts is labor intensive and physically demanding, and comes with a high risk of employee C3 LLC: FRONT-END OPERATIONS MADE EASIER, SAFER, FASTER Matrix Packaging Machinery, powered by Pro Mach, is showcasing a comprehensive solution for remote monitoring for overall equip- ment effectiveness (OEE) reporting and remote service/tech sup- port. Matrix Morpheus machine at the show is equipped with the new ProTech by Pro Mach™ technology and will display OEE data via large screen monitors, smartphones and tablets. ProTech helps small, medium and large organizations obtain the highest possible uptime and throughput. This ensures that cap- ital investments in solutions from Pro Mach equipment brands are optimized over the service life of the packaging machine and/or integrated packaging line. A white paper on ProTech is now available for download at www.protechbypromach.com. The security and redundancy engineered into the ProTech cloud-based solution is comparable to that used by the world's leading financial institutions. Building on this secure foundation, Pro Mach engineers created a smart services infrastructure that is optimized for both individual packaging machines and integrated packaging lines. The Future of Grocery Lighting Is Now In today's grocery stores, lighting does more than illuminate spaces. As lighting options have matured, they're no longer just about illumination, but about sensing and connecting to create brighter and smarter environments. As such, grocery stores are starting to embrace intelligent lighting, making it possible for them to deliver the experience that customers demand. As any retailer knows, getting the customer experience right is essential to maintaining brand identity and loyalty, and actionable insights from intel- ligent lighting provide grocery stores with the keys to unlock the store's full potential. There's been a major movement recently toward ceiling fixtures that not only illu- minate the grocery store with LED lighting to enhance the customer journey and the products, but lighting that is also intelligent. Intelligent lighting provides an integration point for data from all types of smart devices, such as mobile phones, video cameras, sensors, beacons and other devices within the realm of The Internet of Things. This data can help retailers gain actionable insight to transform their business in real time. By Gina Garven, Director of Business Analysis, Robinson Fresh Consumers' food shopping patterns and eating habits are constantly evolving. It's important to pay attention to those changing preferences and new food movements, as they can impact the way consumers shop in stores, what they purchase and what they order in restaurants. Here are three food and consumer trends that have already made waves in our industry, and I believe they'll keep taking shape and growing throughout the year. Trend 1: Locally Grown Produce and Artisan, Small Batch Products Keep Customers Coming Back Consumers' interest in knowing where their food comes from is growing, and they're on a quest to feel a connection with the people behind the products they're buying – C o ntinued o n P age 2 1 C o ntinued o n P age 2 1 MATRIX SHOWCASES REMOTE MONITORING, SERVICE TECHNOLOGY CURRENT, POWERED BY GE TOP THREE FOOD AND CONSUMER TRENDS FOR 2016 C o ntinued o n P age 6 C o ntinued o n P age 2 1 O s e r C o m m u n i ca t i o n s G r o u p C h i ca g o M o n d a y, J u n e 2 0 , 2 0 1 6 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH UF

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