In July 2020, with the pandemic at full strength and retailers coping with a loss of foot traffic due to lockdowns and consumer uncertainty, the operators of a Santa Ana, Calif., luxury apartment community, Nineteen01, opened Southern California’s first autonomous QuickEats Close Convenience store, a platform of Aramark. The apartment owner, Greenwood & McKenzie, a…

Envysion has released Cloud Archive, an insurance safety net for unforeseeable events. The technology allows customers to choose to store surveillance video in the cloud from seven months to seven years, based on their state’s statute of limitations, for up to 16 cameras. It eliminates the need to update hardware or maintain equipment. Customers can […]

Circle K opened Standard AI’s AI-powered checkout-free experience in a retrofitted store in Arizona. The frictionless checkout system allows shoppers to skip the checkout line and delivers accurate receipts in minutes. Using AI-powered cameras mounted at strategic locations throughout the store, the system accurately identifies the products shoppers pick up and automatically records the purchases…

Petroleum industry payments solution provider Sound Payments welcomed two additional industry experts to the petroleum team to accommodate continued growth and its plans to offer more technology solutions in the petroleum industry beyond EMV at the pump. “We see lots of opportunities to help stations nationwide with better, more affordable technology solutions as part of…

Digital shopper marketing platform NewsBreak Media Networks is now Shep Digital Solutions. The platform serves the fuel and convenience retail industry, converting fuel-only customers to multi-product purchasers. The new name and branding, the company said in a statement, better represents its full range of customizable digital merchandising services for convenience stores and other retail businesses.…

Casey’s and IRI, a fast-growing global technology company specializing in innovative solutions and services for consumer, retail and media companies, announced they are expanding their point-of-sale data sharing partnership to include frequent shopper loyalty program data from Casey’s Rewards’ over 4 million members. Casey’s POS and loyalty data will be integrated in a new collaboration…

Hy-Vee, an employee-owned grocery and convenience retailer operating more than 280 stores in eight Midwestern states, has completed a full deployment of GK Software’s GK OmniPOS, TransAction+ Payments and GK Drive forecourt solutions in all its convenience stores. The deployment enables Hy-Vee to deliver the same flexible and scalable services to its customers at the…

Instacart, an online grocery platform in North America, announced its acquisition of FoodStorm, a SaaS order management system (OMS) that powers end-to-end order-ahead and catering experiences for grocery retailers. With this acquisition, Instacart is expanding its enterprise technology portfolio to further support its retail partners’ ecommerce needs, investing in more innovative technology solutions that help…

As the unanticipated impact of the pandemic magnified the need for online to offline (O2O) solutions and order ahead for convenience stores, so too will the pending cookie apocalypse by Google drive the business case for autonomous check-in and checkout. Verifiable O2O attribution from known users commands the highest trade promotion, placement and slotting fees,…

Thorntons announced that it launched its new Pro Driver Refreshing Rewards app, designed to provide many of the same benefits as its Refreshing Rewards program, plus special fuel discounts and exclusive rewards for professional drivers. Exclusive rewards include: Points earned for every gallon pumped Five cents off a gallon fuel every day A free dispensed…