NASDAQ JDAS today announced that Market BasketStores Inc

Editorial Contact:VOXUS for AirMagnetJustin Hall, 253-853-5151 Copyright Business Wire 2009. JDAs Workforce Management Solution to Reduce Labor Costs While ImprovingCustomer ServiceSCOTTSDALE, Ariz.(Business Wire)JDA Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) today announced that Market BasketStores Inc., a leading Texas-based grocery retailer with 30 full-service grocerystores located throughout Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, has selectedJDA Workforce Management to help reduce labor costs while maintaining itscustomer service standards "Labor is 65 percent of our controllable expense. Keeping that in mind, we knewwe needed to update our current system to a more user-friendly, Web-basedformat," explained Russell Saleme, employment and training coordinator, MarketBasket Stores Inc.

"We researched solutions from a variety of software providersand determined that JDA Workforce Management would provide the highest return oninvestment." JDA Workforce Management will enable the retailer to drive more accurate payrolland reduce over- and under-staffing. It offers best-of-class capabilities forbudgeting, forecasting, scheduling, time and attendance, labor tracking,operations management, corporate reporting and workforce interaction via Webportals. "We expect to further enhance our operational performance, employee satisfactionand overall customer satisfaction with the use of JDA Workforce Management,"said Saleme. "Weve already begun implementing the solution in our pilot storeand plan to go live with the solution in February." Wayne Usie, JDA senior vice president of retail, said, "A retailers workforceis one of the top three costs in their operations. In order to succeed,companies must be able to maintain the right workforce and profitably managetheir time. JDAs innovative Workforce Management solution enables leadingretailers like Market Basket Stores to synchronize workforce levels and taskallocation with expected sales and traffic patterns to help cut costs, improvecustomer service and increase employee satisfaction." About JDA Software Group, Inc.JDA Software Group, Inc. JDA Software deliversintegrated merchandising, as well as supply chain and revenue managementplanning, execution, and optimization solutions for the consumer-driven supplychain and services industries.

Through its industry leading solutions, leadingmanufacturers, distributors, retailers and services companies around the worldare growing their businesses with greater predictability and more profitably.For more information on JDA Software, visit or contact us or call 1-800-479-7382. In this press release, such forward-lookingstatements include, without limitation, Mr. The occurrence of future events may involve a number of risks anduncertainties, including, but not limited to: (a) our solutions may not performexactly as we anticipate; (b) there may be implementation and integrationproblems associated with our solutions; and (c) other risks detailed from timeto time in the "Risk Factors" section of our filings with the Securities andExchange Commission. Additional information relating to the uncertaintyaffecting our business is contained in our filings with the SEC. JDA is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any suchobligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as aresult of new information, future events or otherwise. "JDA" is a trademark or registered trademark of JDA Software Group, Inc.