Telspar: A Viewdata system for independent grocers

Telspar Viewdata provides members of the Spar independent voluntary grocery group with a two‐way exchange of information — at least as far as those served by wholesaler James Hall are concerned. It provides the retailer with an electronic ordering facility, with a personal printed stocklist, with a separate pricing facility, and with management reports on gross margin and stock control. The author claims that it takes computing “away from the hands of the experts and puts it in the hands of the branch manager or shop owner.”