Using an existing data system called the Pennsylvania Justice Network, the state can cross-match inmate data with unemployment records to identify unemployment beneficiaries in county prisons and stop payments.
There are still a few chains that might fit well into Ahold's U.S. network, such as Giant Eagle in Pennsylvania or the privately held Publix Super Markets chain, based in Florida.
Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania filed an unsuccessful federal lawsuit against Illinois over a Chicago-area network of canals and rivers that could provide a pathway to Lake Michigan for Asian carp.