Leading U.S. Discount Grocery Chain Chooses
Aruba to Enable its Mobile-first, Cloud-first Initiatives as it
Transitions to a Wholesale Business Model
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today
announced that Save A Lot, one of the largest discount grocery
store chains in the U.S., is deploying an Aruba ESP (Edge Services
Platform) network to support a technology transformation initiative
across its entire organization. By rolling out the Aruba
infrastructure in its St. Louis, MO headquarters, thirteen
wholesale distribution centers, and nearly 1,000 retail stores in
32 states, Save A Lot will enable more modern, mobile- and
cloud-first environments.
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Save A Lot, one of the largest discount
grocery store chains in the U.S., is deploying an Aruba ESP network
to support a technology transformation initiative across its entire
organization. (Photo: Save A Lot)
As a neighborhood grocer, Save A Lot provides unmatched quality
and value to local families and communities. In an effort to become
the brand of choice for its customers, the company is currently in
the process of transitioning to a wholesale model that is key to
its future growth and expansion. A critical piece of this
transformation is providing secure and reliable connectivity in its
distribution centers where Save A Lot’s product selectors were
grappling with a slow and inefficient network. In addition, the
company wants to ensure that its new state-of-the-art headquarters,
supporting more than a thousand users and their countless devices,
becomes a collaborative, mobile-first space.
Save A Lot turned to Aruba to implement a full suite of Aruba
ESP solutions, delivered by its service provider, AT&T, as a
managed service. Save A Lot is using Aruba access switches, Wi-Fi 6
access points and mobility controllers, ClearPass Policy Manager
for full wired and wireless network access control, and Aruba
Central for cloud-based management – a key requirement for the
company.
AT&T will provide site surveys, structured cabling,
installation and management of the Aruba ESP solution for Save A
Lot. AT&T’s comprehensive site surveys gather environmental
data such as the cable distances, MDF/IDF locations, pictures, RF
noise floor, competing Wi-Fi networks and other outside
interference to help provide the best coverage possible. The
service will also allow Save A Lot to utilize many different IoT
devices across the Wi-Fi platform.
“We believe Aruba will be a critical unlock for our IT
infrastructure and are thrilled to be working with the team to
implement a broad range of solutions designed to help us maximize
productivity in all of our facilities,” said Jennifer Hopper, chief
information officer at Save A Lot. “Whether in our distribution
centers, home office or our stores, empowering our team members
with fast and frictionless network access is a top priority. I’m
confident Aruba will help us deliver an outstanding experience that
will help us further accelerate our transformation.”
Aruba Central’s ability to provide a single pane of glass for
management of the unified infrastructure, Zero Touch Provisioning
for quick and easy configuration and maintenance, and APIs for
critical integrations – in particular with ServiceNow and Splunk –
were all key factors in Save A Lot’s decision to select Aruba ESP,
as well as ClearPass.
“ClearPass is foundational to our network security strategy
going forward; it ties together different technologies in our
ecosystem to provide a secure and reliable network experience for
our users,” Hopper said. “With ClearPass, we’re able to create a
Zero Trust environment and embrace capabilities like dynamic
segmentation that are crucial for our varied distribution centers,
retail stores, and office environments, ensuring that all users and
devices can be securely onboarded to the network.”
For Save A Lot’s new corporate headquarters, the Aruba ESP
infrastructure is core to enabling the collaborative, mobile-first
space that Save A Lot has envisioned. Employees leverage smart
conference rooms throughout the facility, use collaboration tools
like Microsoft Teams to conduct business, and leaders regularly use
video broadcasts to communicate with and provide strategic business
updates to employees in the distribution centers and stores.
With Aruba ESP, Save A Lot can support a greater number of users
and devices at improved speeds and without sacrificing reliability.
Hopper noted Aruba’s new infrastructure will make it possible for
someone to take a Teams call and walk from one side of the building
to the other without the call dropping.
“We’re excited about the integration between Aruba and
Microsoft, which makes collaboration seamless and reliable for our
users,” she added.
The Aruba infrastructure is also advantageous for Save A Lot’s
retail stores. With Aruba Central, the company now has a
centralized, cloud-based platform to manage all aspects of its
network, allowing expansion of mobile devices, new technologies and
applications, and IoT devices.
Save A Lot plans to complete phase one of its Aruba ESP
deployment by the end of October 2021, which will include seven of
its distribution centers, its St. Louis-based corporate stores, and
its headquarters. In phase two, the company will connect the
remaining distribution centers and complete the rollout to its
licensed partners for the remaining retail stores.
About Save A Lot
Founded in 1977, Save A Lot is one of the largest discount
grocery store chains in the U.S. with approximately 1,000 stores in
32 states and 13 wholesale distribution centers. Save A Lot remains
true to its mission of being a neighborhood grocer, providing
unmatched quality and value to local families. Customers enjoy
significant savings compared to traditional grocery stores on great
tasting, high quality private label brands, national brand
products, USDA-inspected meat, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables,
and other non-food items. Save A Lot is division of Moran Foods, a
premier wholesale grocery distribution company specializing in
private brand procurement and supply. For more information, visit
SaveALot.com and follow Save A Lot on Facebook
(facebook.com/savealot) and Instagram (@SaveALotFoodStores).
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global
leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions
that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive
powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform)
and as-a-service options, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to
helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial
requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker
environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide
area networking (WAN).
To learn more, visit Aruba at www.arubanetworks.com. For
real-time news updates, follow Aruba on Twitter and Facebook, and
for the latest technical discussions on mobility and Aruba
products, visit the Airheads Community at
community.arubanetworks.com.
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Kathleen Keith Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
+1-707-529-4507 kathleen.keith@hpe.com Sarah Griffin Director of PR
& Community Engagement Save A Lot
sarah.griffin@savealot.com
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