Hy-Vee has expanded its Scan & Go program that runs on FutureProof Retail (FPR)’s Mobile Checkout Platform to even more locations. The Midwestern grocer’s Scan & Go offering rolled out at select Des Moines, Iowa, locations last year and has since been implemented at several dozen Hy-Vee locations, with more in the pipeline.
The grocer is bringing the mobile checkout technology powered by FutureProof Retail to an unspecified number of stores following a launch last year at select locations in Des Moines, Iowa.
Hy-Vee is expanding its Mobile Checkout contactless checkout program, which debuted last year, to more of its stores, the grocery chain announced this week.
The self-scanning service, which runs on FutureProof Retail (FPR)'s Mobile Checkout Platform, launched at select Des Moines, Iowa, locations in 2021. Since then, it has been introduced in several dozen stores, with more on the way, the company said.
Shoppers want a speedy and independent shopping experience
When asked what they prioritize when shopping in-store, 32% of respondents said that speed of shopping trip was their first priority. An independent and autonomous shopping experience was ranked second, with 27%. Only 16% of shoppers prioritize interacting with retail workers when going into a brick-and-mortar store, which indicates a growing consumer acceptance of in-store technologies such as scan-and-go.
Scan and go is here to stay
With the introduction of social distancing and the need to limit physical contact between people, 76% of scan-and-go users started utilizing the offering because of the pandemic. For many, this shift will be permanent, with 79% of respondents saying that they plan to continue using scan and go once the pandemic ends.
Big Y Foods has launched mobile checkout in about a quarter of its stores with digital shopping specialist FutureProof Retail (FPR).
Big Y has teamed with FutureProof Retail (FPR) to introduce the grocer’s new myExpress Checkout Scan & Go service.
Customers of the independent food retailer can now check out on their phones, bypassing the lines at the cash registers.
Shoppers scan their items with the myExpress Checkout app, bag their items and pay in the app to complete their purchases. They can also view specials and redeem myBigY loyalty program targeted offers and digital coupons while they shop.
Integrated with FutureProof Retail’s mobile scan and go solution Tiliter provides an integrated scale with product recognition that scans produce and other bulk items.
The rapid shift to online grocery ordering has been labeled as the next phase of grocery shopping, but legacy grocers and retail heavyweights are both investing in technology in their brick-and-mortar stores.
New York City-based Westside Market has introduced a scan-and-go program that includes a self-service scale that can quickly recognize weight-measured items like fresh produce and bulk foods.
Tiliter, which sells product recognition technology, and FutureProof Retail (FPR), a provider of line-free mobile checkout solutions, have partnered to deploy what they call the first self-service scale with product recognition integrated with scan and go in the United States.
Retailers are seeing mobile checkout adoption grow while promoting the technology as a safe, contactless and quick option for customers.
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) and FutureProof Retail (FPR) are providing FPR's mobile self-scanning checkout and counter service solutions as a no-touch technology solution to AWG member retailers.
In this episode we discuss how FutureProof is helping propel the industry forward when it comes to the acceleration of contactless and mobile payments in grocery, fashion and beyond.
Partnership with FutureProof Retail brings contactless payment option to independents
Retailers should make scan-and-go mobile checkout a functional option within their operations as quickly as possible.
Fairway Market has seen a major uptick in the use of its mobile checkout app as consumers try to practice social distancing and avoid standing in lines, according to the retailer and FutureProof Retail, which powers the checkout app.
IT Retail and FutureProof Retail share a joint mission to provide grocery retailers with a trusted and affordable platform that evolves with the retailer’s needs. Our point of sales story.
How Mobile Self-Checkout Has Gained Traction Over More Expensive Set-Ups
With the popularity of online shopping and Amazon, physical retail is suffering, but FutureProof Retail has a solution to draw more people into stores.
Grocer Fairway Market has launched mobile self-scanning checkout in all of its stores, reportedly making it the first grocer with such an option in the New York-area retailer's Tri-State region.
Fairway Market has launched FutureProof Retail's line-free checkout technology in stores across the New York metropolitan area.
E-commerce giant Amazon has opened just a handful of locations of its small-format retail stores, called Amazon Go, but they are capturing a lot of headlines.
Some retailers worry that adopting a self-checkout solution will deprive them of a key point of contact with their customers.
OKay convenience stores in Belgium allow customers to scan items and pay right from their smarthphones.
Many equate mobile self-checkout apps with big retailers like Amazon or Sam’s Club given the size of the technology investment required. But that’s not entirely the case, as the following Stores article reports on FutureProof Retail as an emerging player in this growing market.
Retailers have long looked for ways to improve the checkout process, but their disdain for long lines pales in comparison with how customers feel about standing around waiting to pay for their products. FutureProof Retail was launched to do something about it.
From store-grown produce to a renewed emphasis on service counters, retailers are focusing on innovation as well as time-honored strategies to keep their stores relevant
Following the launch at its Spar supermarkets, Colruyt Group will make the FutureProof Retail line-free mobile self-scanning checkout solution available at OKay stores starting in OKay De Pinte (Aug. 22), OKay Compact at Grootsermentstraat (Aug. 28), OKay Pepingen (Aug. 29) and OKay Ohey (Sept. 5).
(And why line-free mobile checkout is the future)
Fairway Market in New York City is testing a new technology in its stores that allows customers to skip the checkout lines by using an app on their smartphone, Winsight Grocery Business reports.
New York’s Fairway Market has been quietly testing a new technology in stores that allows customers to shop using their mobile phones and skip checkout lines entirely.
Belgian-based Colruyt Group has introduced a new self-scan app that enables customers to scan and pay for their purchases with their smartphones in selected Spar outlets.
OC hosted FutureProof Retail's Co-Founder and CEO, William Hogben, and Co-Founder
and President, Di Di Chan for a 25-minute video interview
FutureProof Retail was selected by Xplorex IT magazine as one of the 10 best retail solution providers of 2018.
Cowen & Co.’s Oliver Chen and his team recently sat down with William Hogben, the CEO of FutureProof Retail, which provides self-scanning applications that enable self-checkout.
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Di Di Chan is cofounder and president of FutureProof Retail.
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Colruyt Group is testing FutureProof Retail's market leading self-scanning mobile checkout solution in its Spar stores.
In some Spar supermarkets customers will soon be able to shop without waiting in line.
Retail Partners Colruyt Group – Colruyt Group’s entrepreneurial division – is creating an app for Spar which allows customers to use their smartphones to scan and pay for their own groceries.
Fairway Market, New York’s iconic grocery store, has selected FutureProof Retail, provider of line free checkout, to power Fairway’s next-generation mobile app.
The National Retail Federation's Big Show this year features a slew of companies showing off technology that would revamp the grocery shopping experience.
Fairway Market has selected FutureProof Retail to power its next-generation mobile app.
Fairway Market has chosen FutureProof Retail, a New York-based provider of line-free checkout, to power the upscale grocer’s next-generation mobile app. The app’s technology will enable shopppers to scan and pay for items on their phones, thereby avoiding the checkout line.
A new research report, Evolving Retail Concepts and Venues with Mobile Self-Checkout, describes different shopping approaches and integrated technology systems that are currently in use or in testing. These systems include Amazon Go, Scan & Go from Walmart and Sam's Club, Mobile Checkout from FutureProof Retail, and others.
How to beat them at their own game.
In an interview with Superb Crew, FutureProof Retail founder Di Di Chan details how the companies software solves problems for customers and retailers alike.
Read about FutureProof Retail's Mobile Checkout app on page 73 of this months edition of Shopper Marketing by the Path to Purchase institute.
2016 saw a number of major developments in the mobile payments sector including Amazon Go, Chase Pay, and FutureProof Retail's launching of the first pure mobile-only grocery checkout.
Sure, the app — and grocery apps in particular — have been around pretty much since smartphones first came on the market. However, new innovations promise to upend how consumers shop and how retailers interact with their customers.
California Fresh Market's newest location in San Luis Obispo features FutureProof Retail's radical new mobile self checkout solution.
“I have been on a 20-year quest to have in-store shopping,” Holzheu said, “and FutureProof has finally done it.”
Shoppers can skip the line and checkout on their phones at a new supermarket in San Luis Obispo
Retailer's app offers scan-and-checkout feature for new store
Did you know Americans spend 99,000 human lifetimes waiting in line at grocery stores every year?
In an interview with Silicon Review we describe our motivations, development process and plans for the future.
When customers use Counter Service they don't have to wait to place their order or wait while it's prepared, freeing them to keep shopping.
FutureProof Retail will be exhibiting with service and support partner SimpleWare Inc at the Unified Grocers 2016 Expo in Long Beach California, August 17th and 18th. We will be providing a sneak preview of our upcoming counter service capability.
Retail CIO Outlook learns how FutureProof's loss prevention functions like an immune system.
New self install kit contains everything needed to provide mobile checkout, payment, customer service and loss prevention.
Canadian Grocer talks with FutureProof President Di Di Chan about the future of Grocery apps.
Two California supermarkets pilot an app that lets shoppers scan their products in app and walk out of the store without waiting in line to check out with a cashier.
The cell phone has also started to become a part of the physical store experience. Now it starts to emerge solutions that enables customers to manage the purchasing process altogether by mobile phone. Mobile Checkout from New York-based company Future Proof is an example.
While AmazonFresh, FreshDirect and Peapod have offered consumers varying degrees of online and mobile grocery ordering for several years, the in-store experience could use some help.
Future Proof Retail helps merchants capitalize on technology by making the in-store experience more pleasant, convenient and profitable.
Technology is paving the way for retailers to automate much of the routine work that is carried out in retail outlets. At the same time technology is raising shopper's expectations of convenience and personalization.