[July 08, 2008]

C&K Market Rings up Business With Ingres Open Source

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- C&K Market knows what it means to be "open" for business. The well-known supermarket chain servicing Oregon and Northern California customers has recently adopted the open source version of the Ingres Database. Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, counted C&K Market as a customer back when the supermarket chain was barely a chain - it had just three stores. In 2008, C&K moved to the open source version of the Ingres Database.

"Ingres is very scalable and gave us the ability to add more stores, so as our accounts payable system grew, we were able to grow with it," said Alan Nidiffer, vice president of information technology, C&K Market. "C&K Market now uses Ingres as the central data source for mission-critical applications across our 60 retail stores."

C&K Market has relied on the Ingres Database to build complete financial and retail operations systems including payroll, 401(k), accounts payable, and inventory reporting. A wide variety of end users tap into the database, from manual data entry clerks, to people at the stores maintaining pricing, as well as payroll and financial analysts accessing information. C&K Market expects to leverage the benefits of the open source model, including cost savings and integration with other open source applications, such as graphical reporting tools.

"The biggest driver for us is the ease of transition," said Mike Swigert, application development manager at C&K Market. "The transition to open source has created absolutely no down time and has not affected our ability to continue to operate smoothly. That is huge for us."

"We are proud that organizations who want an open source solution that can scale across the enterprise have made Ingres their database choice," said Deb Woods, vice president of product management at Ingres. "While many of the world's largest companies rely upon Ingres to help grow their business, Ingres is also helping smaller companies like C&K Market grow over the years and reach their business goals."

About C&K Market

C&K Market, Inc. is a family-owned company based in Brookings, Oregon. The company operates Ray's Food Place full service grocery stores and Shop Smart & Price Less Foods stores offering everyday value pricing in a warehouse format. In 1956, Raymond L. Nidiffer, "Ray," purchased a one-half interest in the C&K Market located in Brookings, buying out Kimberly and joining Collins in the C&K partnership. In 1969, Collins decided to retire and sold his interest to Ray. As the sole owner of the corporation, Ray began growing the company. Celebrating the 52nd anniversary of the first Ray's store opened in 1956, the company now operates 60 stores in Oregon and California. More information can be found at ckmarket.com or shopsmartfoods.com.

About Ingres Corporation

Ingres Corporation is a leading provider of open source database management software and support services. Built on over 25 years of technology investment, Ingres is a leader in software and service innovation, providing the enterprise with proven reliability combined with the value and flexibility of open source. The company's partnerships with leading open source providers further enhance the Ingres value proposition. In particular, Ingres is working with leading business intelligence providers to deliver appliances that combine the benefits of open source with advanced reporting and data analysis capabilities. Based in Redwood City, California, Ingres also has major development, sales and support centers throughout the world, supporting thousands of customers in the United States and internationally. For more information, visit www.ingres.com.

Ingres is a registered trademark of Ingres Corporation. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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