Automated Retail Systems

Retail technology systems continue to emerge as the building block for modern retail systems transformation.  Employee utilization (and costs) is a top considerations.  Eliminating waste and improper orders and order processing.

News

  • Restaurant Payment POS Systems – Olo – The Litigations
    Exposing Olo Part 4: The Litigations Article discussing and analyzing the class settlement for Olo. Who is Olo? Olo Inc. is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that provides a platform for restaurants to manage online ordfers, delivery services, and customer engagement. Founded in 2005, Olo has transformed the way restaurants handle their digital operations, offering features like online ordering, delivery management, and customer engagement tools “Exposing Olo Part ...
  • Chipotle Robots Peeling Avocados
    Chipotle Robots For Peeling Avocados Nice writeup Excerpt: The “Autocado” machine is installed at a Chipotle in Huntington Beach and cuts, cores and ...
  • Sweetgreen Robots – Not So Fast !
    Change of Plans for Sweetgreen Robots Excerpt:  “I don’t think you’ll see them in every single store for the reason that we ...
  • Self-Checkout Systems – Advantages and Disadvantages
    Self Check-out Systems Overview In the not-so-distant past, a trip to the grocery store involved casually chatting with a cashier as ...
  • Payment Processors – Shift4 is really Shaft4?
    Payment Processors – Shift4 is really Shaft4? Thanks to Jordan at Reforming Retail. Nice article. If you are interested in the ...
  • McDonald’s WW Market Research 2024
    Market Research Restaurant Report for McDonalds and Other – Worldwide Report on restaurant market research and kiosks worldwide by Dataos (RBR). ...
  • Touchscreen or Person – Which is Better?
    If The Shoe Fits, then buy it! How easy is it to find the shoe size 12 (46 EU) or larger? ...
  • Restaurant Research – Concerns for Toast’s TAM
    The Legitimate Concerns for Toast’s TAM As published on Reforming Retail May 2024 — Not much of a kiosk is shown ...
  • Food Delivery and CEO Wonder Marc Lore
    He’s Not Just Looking to Make a Quick Billion Super article on NY Times on Food Delivery. Marc Lore, the entrepreneur ...
  • Revel Acquisition by Shift4`
    Revel & Shift4 Analysis of acquisition of Revel by Shift4 — From Reforming Retail. Excerpt Mistruth #1 Shift4 offers payments and other technology to ...
  • OLO Part 3 – Failed Acquisition
    Exposing Olo Part 3: Dropping 40% of Olo’s Enterprise Value into Wisely Both McDonalds and Five Guys Burgers and Fries compete ...
  • Self Checkout Trends for Walmart and Target
    Self Checkout is Getting Second Wind Thanks to Retail Theft From article at MRCTV May 2024 Summary of the key points: Rising Retail ...
  • Credit Card Interchange – VISA MC Settlement
    Credit Card Interchange Post VISA/MC Agreement We all heard about the settlement with VISA and Mastercard and how consumers would see ...
  • Olo Restaurant – Reforming Retail
    Exposing Olo Part 1: Introduction Note: One of our favorite writers is Jordan Thaeler of Reforming Retail. Anybody who is anybody ...
  • Robotic Restaurant News – AI Robotics
    Robotic Restaurant News We just got back from NRF and robotic restaurant stuff was all over the show floor. Robotic pizza ...
  • ecoATM Kiosk Funding
    ecoatm kiosks outerwall ecoATM Kiosk by Outerwall EcoATM, a maker of in-store kiosks where shoppers buy used phones, tablets and other electronics, ...
  • Aldi Produce Scanner Speeds Up Self-Checkout
    Produce Scanning at SCO Aldi Süd is testing fruit and vegetable recognition technology at its self-checkout systems to help customers register ...
  • NCR Aloha Update – Legacy of Mike Hayford
    NCR “Voyix” Update Article from Reforming Retail (which we highly recommend subscribing to). So basically, Mike Hayford was able to dissolve ...
  • Automated Retail Industry News
    Automated Retail News The Industry Group 5 days ago A Restaurant Secretly Sold Thousands of Meals Made by Robots. Did Anyone Notice? Eater – ...
  • Future Retail and Smart Mirrors
    Smart Mirrors Reflect the Future of Retail Published Date on Intel Insight Tech AUGUST 16, 2023 Typically, when your customers walk into a dressing ...

Hot Food Vending Machines

  • Watching new Kiosk Operators who John Laspia has joined up with
  • New business endeavor by Just Baked — Just Baked Smart Bistro temperature-controlled kiosks are the turnkey fully automated solution to giving your customers and clients 24/7 access to hot food – all without the additional expense of 24/7 staff. –4/25/2024 — In a visionary move aimed at redefining hot food robotic technology, Sodexo and ART have announced a partnership to deploy thousands of state-of-the-art hot food robotic kiosks across Sodexo-served facilities throughout the U.S. A culmination of Sodexo’s global leadership and ART’s progress in robotics and AI, this partnership will establish new benchmarks in the automated dining domain.

 

    Retail Kiosk aka Automated Retail

    The automated retail systems industry is one of the two core technology showplaces today (Financial Services being #2).

      • Emerging technologies such as biometric contactless, robotics, delivery, ghost kitchens, lockers, digital signage, vending and automated vending lead the way.   Amazon and Google revolutionize physical delivery. OuterWall has another great idea (or not).
      • More mature retail technology includes interactive displays, next-generation POS,  and interactive one-to-one customer service technology.
      • Companion technologies include EV charging technology. EV charging stations located in the Kohls parking lot provide extra convenience and pulls in additional traffic from users searching Google Maps for a convenient recharge point. Restaurants are now including.
      • Sustainability has emerged with zero carbon footprint McDonalds restaurants now.
      • Standards – here we have more regulatory guidelines in play along with more standards than any other industry. PCI, OPOS, JPOS, MPOS,  HIPAA, ADA, UL, CE just to name a few.

      For more information on companion technologies, we recommend visiting the industrygroup.org site. Retail Systems aka Retail Automation is a member of the industrygroup

      Example Digital Signage and Menu Boards

      Other Notable Releases

      • The automated ammo dispensing kiosk being installed in several locations
      • The “buy gold” kiosk has returned

      Pickup lockers strategically placed or maybe “employing” one of the new service robots (as low as $4200 + monthly sw sub)

      For more information email us at info@retailsystems.org

       

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