Road trip to OBX Flippers Fall Tournament
Located in Grandy, NC this Stern Pinball Pro Tournament is from 11/4 – 11/6.
It’s 2022 and savvy retail owners have recognized the value of self-checkout technology and the benefits it will bring to their stores including:
Now you need to consider how to deploy your self-checkout to best suit the needs of your stores and your customers; the remaining big question is—do you automate cash, or go completely cashless?
47% of all purchase values under $25 are paid in cash
You may be leaning toward cashless—it’s less costly upfront, and card payments seem more like “the future.” Let’s examine that assumption—can you get the full ROI you expect from your self-checkout without adding cash? First consider from the perspective of the speed of service; self-checkout will move your customers through the line faster and eliminate long lines at peak times of day. If you’ve only automated cashless payments you haven’t solved the complete problem, and will not be able to repurpose cashiers to take on additional store related tasks, like cleaning, stocking shelves, etc. Stores that struggle with staff shortages will find relief by allowing their customers to checkout without their assistance, ensuring only a few manager cashiers are required to ring up age-verified products and help customers with items that don’t want to ring up easily.
Next, think about your customer’s experience. For the average purchase in convenience stores, consumers overwhelmingly choose cash; 47% of all purchase values under $25 are paid in cash. The percentage of cash usage in your stores may be even higher given that the average c-store transaction is between $3.75-9.00; recent studies report around 40-50% of purchases are made in cash. In addition to preferences, the Federal Reserve estimates 20-28% of the population is currently “unbanked,” or “underbanked,” and do not have access to card payments. Cashless only self-checkouts could lead customers to perceive unfairness—why should they wait in line while the card paying customer can breeze right through? It’s up to the retailer to know their average ticket sale and customer demographic to make the right choice before going all cashless.
Card-only self-checkouts will still require a cashier to handle all cash payments, increasing the likelihood that lines will continue to be long at rush hour, and risk customers walking out without purchasing. 41% of customers will abandon their purchase if they see a long line, and one bad experience can sour customers on your entire business. Almost half of consumers avoid a specific store if they have to wait longer than 5 minutes. No one wants to lose business due to customer dissatisfaction, and these lines can be effectively eliminated by deploying cash automation with self-checkout.
41% of customers will abandon their purchase if they see a long line
Lastly, cashless processing isn’t always as cheap as it seems to be. There’s a good chance cash payments cost less as a percentage of your revenue than cashless. Driving customers to cashless may actually increase costs and negatively impact profit margins.
In order to fully reap the benefits of your self-checkout deployment you need to decide to include both cash and cashless payments. Cash automation makes it a well-rounded solution and delivers a superior ROI for your business.
Having a conversation with a well versed GAD Vending sales person can help you determine the optimal self checkout solutions for your business. Let us help today.
GAD knows a lot about our machines. We enjoy vending machines, ATM’s, digital music, etc. – but we love pinball.
Pinball is our passion. We love to play for fun and some of our co-workers participates in various pinball tournaments.
So, every time a shipment of pinball games comes into our warehouses its like Christmas morning.
If you love pinball as much as we do and are considering a game for your home – give us a call. We love give customers guidance on how to choose the right game. Where to go play the titles that are of interest. Talk about the various model levels and what it means to the user experience. And, how the newest internet connections are working from our various manufacturers.
Here’s just a few of the titles on the way to GAD:
There are more titles going into production as the chip shortage gets a bit better. Ask us about other titles you may be interested in ordering. Stern has these titles in production:
Because we sell to both residential and commercial business’, many of the Stern titles have been ordered but there are also outstanding orders on much of what’s coming in. Let us know what you are looking for, your budget and your timeframe – and we’ll come up with an amazing game to start or add to your home game room.
AMI celebrates the music of Kehlani by giving away two exclusive prizes in their latest contest. The Grand Prize winner will receive a Kehlani “Altar” hoodie, an autographed art card, and Kehlani’s latest CD, Blue Water Road. One runner up will also receive a signed art card and CD, plus a Kehlani long-sleeve t-shirt. This giveaway runs July 1, 2022 through July 13, 2022. Everyone can enter using the AMI Music app, available on iOS and Android. Contest entry is also available on any participating AMI Jukebox.
Kehlani was born and raised in Oakland, California. At home, they were surrounded by R&B and soul music. Powerful female vocalists like Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Jill Scott are cited as some of their biggest early influences. At school, Kehlani was serious about dance and had their sights focused on studying at Julliard until being sidetracked by a knee injury. Switching gears from dancing, they were soon recruited into Poplyfe- a local singing group, at the age of 14.
Poplyfe experienced success in and around Oakland but were exposed to a national audience when they appeared on season six of the competition reality show America’s Got Talent, in 2011, where they finished fourth. Perhaps the biggest takeaway from the show was judge Piers Morgan telling Kehlani “You’ve got real talent, but I don’t think you need the group.” As fate would have it, Poplyfe soon disbanded because of mismanagement and contract disputes, and Kehlani became a solo artist.
It was 2013 when Kehlani released their first single on Soundcloud. “ANTISUMMERLUV” was popular on the streaming platform, and once Nick Cannon–who was a judge on AGT–heard it, he brought them out to Los Angeles, arranged an apartment and paid for studio time. Kehlani quickly released their first mixtape–Cloud 19 in 2014. The rest of the pieces easily fell into place and by 2018, They were the opening act on Demi Lovato’s “Tell Me You Love Me” world tour. Kehlani has also been featured on chart-topping tracks with some of pop’s biggest names: Charlie Puth, Cardi B, and Justin Bieber.
Currently, their “Blue Water Road” tour kicks off on July 30th in Raleigh, North Carolina and travels across the US, then to the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. AMI is excited to offer fans the opportunity to win some signed Kehlani merchandise. For a limited time, AMI jukeboxes will also be featuring a playlist of their songs. Everyone is encouraged to check out the playlist and enter the contest using the AMI Music app or by visiting a nearby AMI jukebox venue.
GAD Knows AMI Entertainment. Let us help you create an immersive music experience.
So many games to play – and all should be in your home for the fam and friends to enjoy.
Call us and we’ll give you a full quote. All costs are made available up front. And, save money by picking up yourself from the closest GAD warehouse.
So many great Stern titles in stock and on order.
In stock includes The Mandalorian Pro and Premium. Plus Rush Premium.
On order for this summer include Godzilla Pro, Star Wars Pro and Premium, and the NEW Cornerstone game due in September.
Stern has ramped up production on many of its classic game titles. The list includes:
GAD has a policy to provide an all inclusive quote pricing to detail all costs including the game cost, delivery/pick up, and taxes. We also have an amazing working relationship with Stern to get accurate delivery estimates. Give us a call or email to start the process of adding an amazing Stern pinball game to your home.
Want a family fun game that everyone can play? Host family tournaments? Keeps the kids entertained for hours? Challenge each other to a game? Or just play yourself.
Classic-cade Multicade is an amazing choice. Comes in both a table or a stand up console option. Both have over 60 classic games programmed and ready to go.
Just some of the popular games included are:
Classic-Cade is in stock in both the arcade and table versions. Purchase for home set to free play. Buy for a bar, restaurant, arcade or other commercial location, we can add on a money and/or digital payment acceptor.
Contact the office closest to you. We are located in Omaha, Kansas City and Des Moines.
GAD has Golden Tee Live Home Editions in stock and available for pick up or delivery.
Have a fantastic 4th of July weekend. GAD offices will be closed on Monday, July 4th.
If you are looking for great pinball to play try using the Stern Pinball locator map – https://sternpinball.com/pinball-locator/
So many amazing big blockbuster tie ins with our pinball machines. Some are not currently available for new purchase but are in arcades around the region for play.
Try Stranger Things pinball as an amazing reminder what the past sessions of the Upside/Down has to terrorize us. Check on the Stern Pinball Map locator to find one near you. And – don’t forget to sign in to your Stern Insider to play for points and keep your score.
Coming out now is Toy Story 4 from Jersey Jack. Just getting unboxed at various locations and GAD can help you find a game to play.
Loved Jurassic Park World Dominion? Jurassic Park Home Pinball from Stern is available at GAD warehouses. Call us for a price quote and schedule your pick up.
Avengers: Infinity Quest is an amazing machine to experience all the Marvel characters. While we don’t have any in stock at the moment, it is available to play in the area or call us to check if we can special order.
And these are just the titles that tie in to current movies! Doesn’t take in the amazing rock ‘n roll band titles like Rush, Led Zeppelin, Guns ‘n Roses and Iron Maiden. Or all the Star Wars games – Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Star Wars Comic Edition and Star Wars Home Edition.
Lots of great games to play – so get going
