Premark Feg L.l.c.

Valassis In-store Solutions, Inc.

Robert J Weisz

Nigel G Mills

Robert J Schuller

Karl Siegfried Schroeder

Mark Edward Eberhardt, Jr

Kinred Bowling

Karl S Schroeder

Mark W Croll

A random weight item transaction system include a scale with label RFID tag functionality, service person RFID tag functionality and customer RFID tag functionality. A slicer in proximity to the scale may include service person and bulk food product RFID functionalities. The scale may make weigh transaction data available to a computerized checkout system via a communications link or via writing the information to the label RFID tag.

Food product scale and related in-store random weight item transaction system with RFID

A promotion management system identifies store-selected identifiers as necessary to implement a particular promotion across multiple store chains. An audit system compares number of promotion offers distributed to number of linking items sold.

Computerized management system for multi-chain promotions, and related audit system

In addition to standard product labels, incentive labels are printed and provided to customers when an item is identified to and weighed by a scale/label printer located in a store by accessing an incentive database to determine the existence and nature of any incentive. One or more display devices may be used in connection with providing incentives, including enabling a customer to select from among a number of incentives displayed. An incentive label construction may be provided with desirable folding features. Certain incentives may be of a graduated/progressive type to invite larger purchases by customers.

Food product scale and method for providing in-store incentives to customers

A supply of labels may be configured to facilitate folding. A label handling method involves initiating a label fold prior to a label completely exiting a label exit opening. A label apparatus includes a label obstructing member to promote label folding.

Label supply, label handling method and label printing apparatus

A random weight item transaction system include a scale with label RIFD tag functionality, service person RFID tag functionality and customer RFID tag functionality. A slicer in proximity to the scale may include service person and bulk food product RFID functionalities. The scale may make weigh transaction data available to a computerized checkout system via a communications link or via writing the information to the label RFID tag.

Food product scale and related in-store random weight item transaction system with RFID capabilities

A scale includes a printing mechanism that operates to produce both adhesive product pricing labels and non-adhesive promotion offer labels using label stock with a heat activated adhesive.

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Aurora, Canada

Robert J Weisz