How is your bottom line looking and do you want to improve it?

1.5 net, are you happy with that? That's what the average grocery store is getting. With increases coming in labor costs, what are you going to cut to make up the difference? At Pan-Oston we have a very simple solution. It's time to stop thinking of self-checkout as a capx expense. Self-checkout will pay for itself in only a few months and the savings and increases to your bottom line will last for years. Plus it's what your customer want, with over 50% of them preferring self-checkout!

Self-checkout is also easier and cheaper then ever to install. In fact the Utopia EZ self-checkout lane costs less than a traditional cashier checkout lane. It's true for only $14,995.00 you can have self-checkout. Think about the impact that will have on your labor cost and on bottomline.

To find out more about how to improve your bottom line visit www.panoston.com

Phil Lempert "The Supermarket Guru" and the amazing C-Flex counter system

C-Flex Counter System. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, this video will save you tens of thousands of dollars. You've never seen a counter system like C-Flex because there's never been a counter system like C-Flex. But don't take our word on it, lets listen to the powerful and all knowing Phil Lempert "The Supermarket Guru" as he takes you through the benefits of this amazing counter solution with the incredible ROI.

Will Self-Checkout Replace the Traditional Cashier Checkout Lane?

With the introduction of EZ from Utopia, where you can now buy a self-checkout lane for less than a traditional cashier checkout lane you can't help but wonder how long will it be before the manned lane is extinct. Will the old-fashioned cashier lane go the way of the full-service gas station? There is no doubt that bottom line pressure and overhead concerns will accelerate the use of self-checkout, but what we see driving this trend even more is consumer demand for self-checkout.

Consumers are demanding self-checkout for a number of reasons. First because they want to have control of the checkout process and bag things the way they want. They also prefer self-checkout because of the speed of getting in and out of the store. They are also a number of people who prefer the privacy of self-checkout and a recent article talked about how some people choose self-checkout based on what they are buying (again a privacy issue).

Now there are a lot of stores that believe that their point of difference is their friendly local checkout experience, but there's been a lot of research that shows that regardless of store almost half of the customers would still prefer self-checkout. So if you are not offering these customers their preferred way to shop, are you at risk of losing them to someone who will offer it to them?

Now that Pan-Oston has taken the price difference out of self-checkout, you have to ask yourself why you wouldn't at-least offer your customers a choice. We are not saying you have to move to 100% self-checkout as some of our customers are testing, but to compete today both in terms of bottom-line and customer preference, you need to try self-checkout.

At Pan-Oston we are the Official Self-Checkout of the National Grocers Association, our Utopia Self-Checkout solutions are market proven with over $100 million in sales and Utopia is the only self-checkout solution that puts you in control of the self-checkout. Plus Utopia is very easily and simply integrates to your existing POS system. And with a price starting at just $14,995.00 you owe it to yourself to talk to us. Find out more about Utopia at panoston.com.