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Irving Oil Selects Retalix StorePoint POS Solution to Further Enhance Speed of Service in Stores
Retalix to provide integrated Point-of-Sale, Fuel, and Quick Service Restaurant solution
Dallas, Texas, August 13, 2003 –Irving Oil, with 800 retail locations throughout New England and Atlantic Canada, announced the selection of Retalix (NASDAQ: RTLX) and the Retalix StorePoint Convenience Store Solution for their next generation store system. Retalix is the largest independent provider of store systems to the grocery and convenience store markets. Irving Oil will utilize the Retalix StorePoint Point-of-Sale, Fuel and Quick Service Restaurant modules, as well as a new credit/debit payment system in 231 of its Mainway convenience stores.
“The Retalix technology platform will make our checkout process even simpler and easier for our busy customers,” says Harry Hadiaris, Manager of Convenience Retail Operations for Irving Oil. “Our customers visit their local Irving Mainway to refuel, pick up a convenience item, or enjoy a fresh, flavorful coffee and snack. With Retalix StorePoint technology, our customers will enjoy faster and easier service each time they visit one of our conveniently located stores.”
“Irving Oil is focused on continually enhancing their retail operations as well as their customer shopping experience,” said Jeff Yelton, CEO and President of Retalix USA. “Their selection of Retalix and our StorePoint solution will provide them with the platform, applications and tools to achieve these goals, both today and into the future.”
About Irving Oil
Founded in 1924, Irving Oil is the regional energy processing, transporting and marketing company focused on customer service and supply chain management. Irving Oil has been serving customers in New England since opening its first site in Bangor, Maine in 1972. The company now serves customers at its Irving Mainway convenience stores throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Atlantic Canada, with home heat and wholesale operations in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. Irving Mainway convenience stores feature fuel, convenience shopping and a variety of fresh food choices including sandwiches, baked goods and pizza. Irving Oil’s Marketing Office is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 2003, Irving Oil won a USEPA Clean Air Excellence award for its low sulphur gasoline, thus becoming the first oil company to win such an award.
About Retalix Ltd.
Retalix Ltd., with North American headquarters in Dallas, TX, provides integrated enterprise-wide software solutions for the retail food industry worldwide, including supermarkets, convenience stores 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 20,000 stores and quick service restaurants across 44 countries, the Company markets its software solutions through direct sales, distributors, local dealers and its various subsidiaries. The Company was founded in 1982 as Point of Sale Limited and changed its name in November of 2000 to Retalix Ltd. The Company's ordinary shares have been publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since November 1994 and on the NASDAQ National Market System since July 1998. For further information, please visit the Company's web sites at www.retalix.com.
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