NextChoice & IBM Collaborate on Major Self-Service Kiosk Deployment at Giant Eagle GetGo Stores

Largest Smart Self-Service Deployment in Convenience Store Industry

NextChoice, the Smart Self-Service(TM) company, today announced that Giant Eagle has taken delivery of its intelligent self-service kiosk ordering system.

Powered by new IBM AnyPlace(TM) Kiosks, NextChoice's flagship NextWave Intelligent Self-Service software suite is allowing customers in more than 30 Giant Eagle GetGo stores to place orders directly at the sandwich counter, significantly reducing lines and waiting time, while simultaneously allowing customers to shop in the store for additional grocery items.

"We are pleased with the results thus far," said Jon Fischer, business area director of Giant Eagle retail operations. "By integrating into our IBM point of sale, NextChoice enables us to efficiently produce the right amount and variety of products to best meet customers' needs. In addition, we gain greater central management of our own promotions and menu design, enabling us to more quickly bring new initiatives to market."

The NextChoice Self-Service offering unifies customer ordering and payment with the collection and management of customer transaction data and preferences into one fully integrated, centralized solution platform.

"This is an excellent example of NextChoice working with leading technology companies like IBM to deliver solutions that help our mutual clients win in the marketplace," said Dick Andersen, CEO of NextChoice. "It's all about providing client value, about providing integrated offerings that help them enhance the buying experience for customers patronizing their stores."

About NextChoice

NextChoice, the Smart Self-Service(TM) company, is a leading self-service software provider to the restaurant and grocery industries. The company's NextWave Intelligent Self-Service System unites and integrates the customer experience, store operations and marketing promotions across a single platform. The NextChoice product portfolio includes six NextPoint(TM) Touchpoints and the NextView(TM) centralized Management platform. For more information visit the company at www.nextchoice.com or info@nextchoice.com

About Giant Eagle

Giant Eagle Inc., ranked 33 on Forbes magazine's largest private corporations list and recipient of Grocery Headquarters' 2007 Retailer of the Year Award and the EPA's ENERGY STAR Retail Partner of the Year Award, is one of the nation's largest food retailers and food distributors with approximately $8 billion in annual sales. Founded in 1931, Giant Eagle, Inc. has grown to be the number one supermarket retailer in the region with 162 corporate and 61 independently owned and operated supermarkets in addition to 145 fuel and convenience stores throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio, north central West Virginia and Maryland. Further information can be found at www.GiantEagle.com.