Super S Foods Selects KSS Retail to Provide Predictive Pricing Using Price and Promotion Optimization

Business Wire, July 1, 2008

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Super S Foods, an operator of 49 grocery stores throughout South and Central Texas, announced the selection of KSS Retail as its provider of price and promotional modeling and optimization.

Super S Foods, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, serves numerous communities around San Antonio, Austin, Houston and Corpus Christi. Super S will begin deployment of KSS price optimization software immediately.

"I believe price optimization is a requirement for any grocery chain that wants to enhance their competitive position in a market without sacrificing margins," said David McBurnett, president of Super S Foods. "Retailers who use KSS Retail consistently show positive results, both on increasing their market competitiveness, and enhancing their bottom line. We chose KSS Retail because of these results, and we are confident that we will achieve the same."

"Super S is in a niche market that serves South and Central Texas, and has developed a deep understanding of the communities and customers they serve," said Lance Jacobs, KSS Retail chief executive officer. "They will now be able to model, forecast and generate optimized pricing, which consistently delivers value to their customers and simultaneously meets their internal financial objectives. We are excited to be working with a very talented Super S team and look forward to helping them achieve success with price optimization."

KSS Retail is a leading provider of price optimization with the only real-time, self-learning price optimization solution for the grocery, drug, convenience and general retail markets.

About Super S Foods

Super S Foods is a family-owned supermarket business dedicated to providing exceptional service to customers in hometown communities throughout its forty nine stores in South and Central Texas. Super S Foods delivers this by providing quality fresh meats and produce in a friendly, family atmosphere filled with honesty, integrity and value.

About KSS Retail

KSS Retail is a leading provider of price optimization solutions for the grocery, convenience, chain drug and general retail industries. Retail merchants use KSS Retail software to model and optimize in-store prices for regular and promotional pricing by using an intuitive, fast, merchant-friendly tool that integrates price modeling and optimization into the daily work-flow of a merchant. For more information, visit www.KSSRetail.com, or contact Lyle Walker at (972) 733-0465, or at Lyle.Walker@KSSRetail.com. For media inquiries, contact Roy G. Miller at (903) 422-5117, or at rmiller@rgmcomms.com.