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Weis Markets steps up self-checkout

More lanes coming to stores under partnership with Toshiba

Russell Redman

January 14, 2020

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Weis Markets now has Toshiba’s latest self-checkout solutions in “the vast majority” of its 198 Mid-Atlantic stores.Weis Markets

Weis Markets partnered with Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and systems integrator Pomeroy to bring self-checkout to its shoppers.

Sunbury, Pa.-based Weis Markets now has Toshiba’s latest self-checkout solutions in “the vast majority” of its 198 Mid-Atlantic stores, Toshiba said Tuesday. Plans call for Toshiba and Pomeroy to deploy additional Self-Checkout System 6 lanes across the regional grocery chain’s physical footprint in 2020. The retailer has stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia.

“The inclusion of Toshiba self-checkout systems across our stores improves our overall customer experience,” Weis Markets Chief Information Officer Greg Zeh said in a statement. “Beyond affording our clientele a more personal checkout, Toshiba’s technology and operational expertise have helped improve throughput and overall store performance.”

Including both cash and cashless systems, Toshiba noted that its solution gives Weis shoppers a choice of checkout options, allowing the grocer to create a frictionless payment experience for customers. The system also optimizes each lane’s utilization as it speeds the checkout process, the Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based technology provider added. 

“We are excited to be able to create a more personal shopping experience for Weis Markets’ customers by lessening checkout times while also improving the grocer’s front-end operational efficiency,” explained Bill Campbell, senior vice president and head of global sales for Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions. “Toshiba closely collaborates with all of our retail partners to design and implement tailored solutions to enhance the user experience and our customers’ unique operations.”

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Hebron, Ky.-based Pomeroy is the primary systems integrator responsible for project management, providing software integration and testing. The IT services firm works with Toshiba and Weis on the deployment of Toshiba’s POS and self-checkout solutions across all of the grocer’s stores. Weis also uses Toshiba’s TCx POS technology in all of its East Coast locations.

“The extraordinary collaboration and synergies with Weis Markets and Toshiba fueled the project’s success,” commented Aaron Hagler, vice president of grocery and retail solutions at Pomeroy. “We were truly a seamless team empowered by Weis Markets’ executive, IT and retail operations leadership.”

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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