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Retail Sign Systems provides end-to-end grocery store signage programs — including aisle guidance, produce signage, accordion number strips, and promotional materials — designed, printed, kit-packed, and shipped to grocery chains across the United States. The company handles the full workflow from design through fulfillment, supporting chains of 5 to 2,400+ store locations with a single vendor, single schedule, and single point of contact.

Overview

Retail Sign Systems is a full-service signage provider specialising in grocery chain programs. The company designs, prints, finishes, kit-packs, and ships signage for grocery and convenience-store environments, with nationwide service from its facility in Belmont, Michigan. Programs are managed under a single vendor relationship, covering every stage from initial design to store-level delivery.

The company supports multi-location rollouts across 2,400+ stores nationwide and is structured to serve chains running 5 to 100 or more locations through centralised buying and coordinated scheduling.

Core Service Areas

Retail Sign Systems organises its grocery offering into four primary areas:

Aisle Signage

Signs that help shoppers navigate store layouts and locate products. Common formats include aisle directories, aisle blades, aisle invaders, shelf repeater strips, end caps, and danglers. Each format can carry a retailer's logo, brand colours, and messaging.

Produce Signage and Accordion Number Strips

Produce pricing systems designed to keep displayed prices accurate as prices change. The product range includes produce inserts, track systems, 6-track headers, and accordion number strips. Accordion strips allow staff to flip or fold to the correct numeral and slide the strip into an existing track — eliminating loose inserts and handwritten pricing.

Three numeral styles are available:

  • Bold italicised block numerals — the classic c-store accordion look, highly legible at distance
  • Hand-lettered chalk-style numerals — suited to menu boards, coffee bars, and craft-feel store concepts
  • Clean contemporary numerals — refined proportions for stores with a more updated brand identity

Promotional Materials

Point-of-purchase and promotional signage coordinated to land in every store simultaneously. Monthly promo programs are planned, printed, and kitted on a fixed schedule so that all locations run the same promotion at the same time.

Coordination Across Stores

One schedule and one point of contact covering every location in a chain. The company manages multi-location project logistics and fulfillment, with kits built per store, per region, or per channel.

Production Capabilities

Materials

Rigid substrates from 10mil to 80mil, including cast and calendered vinyl, aluminum, coroplast, foam-board, and magnetic materials.

Print Methods

Latex, UV-flatbed, eco-solvent, and screen printing, all produced colour-accurate to brand standards.

Finishing

In-house lamination, contour cutting, grommets, hemming, mounting, and protective overlays.

Kitting

Per-store, per-region, or per-channel kits — labeled and packed for store-level installation.

Quote Turnaround

Average 48 hours on standard SKUs; same-day quoting available on monthly promotional programs.

Program Workflow

The production process follows four sequential steps:

  1. Design — Signage is designed to brand standards and tailored to store layout requirements.
  2. Printing — Produced using the appropriate print method for the substrate and format.
  3. Production / Finishing — Lamination, cutting, grommets, mounting, and other finishing operations completed in-house.
  4. Completion / Kitting and Shipping — Assembled into labeled store kits and shipped from Belmont, Michigan.

Monthly Promotional Programs

Monthly promotional rollouts follow a plan–produce–kit–ship cycle on a set schedule. Each program ships with coordinated signage tailored to the store layout, produced on durable materials, and packaged for straightforward store-level installation. Stated program benefits include:

  • Increased sales and profits
  • Impulse purchase support through point-of-purchase placement
  • Simple store-level installation
  • Reinforced brand consistency
  • Fresh messaging delivered monthly
  • Multi-touchpoint kit format

Why Chains Use a Single-Vendor Program

Retailers managing multiple locations cite four common reasons for consolidating signage with one provider:

  • One vendor, not five — eliminates coordination across multiple suppliers
  • Consistent signage in every store — same materials, same colours, same formats
  • Kits that make sense at store level — labeled and organised for the staff member installing them
  • Built for central buying — one point of contact, one invoice, one schedule

Contact and Location

  • Toll-free: 877.807.4467
  • Local: 616.863.6600
  • Hours: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. ET
  • Facility: Belmont, Michigan
  • Quote response: Within one business day

Every program is priced individually based on store count, formats, and schedule. Quotes are requested through a short intake form covering company name, role, number of stores, and signage requirements.

Related Resources

  • Grocery aisle signage explained — guide covering blades, invaders, shelf strips, end caps, and danglers
  • Produce signage that stays accurate — blog covering inserts, tracks, and price changes in the produce department
  • Consistent signage across 5 to 100 stores — guide on how chains keep every location on brand and on schedule