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26th May 2021

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New Crane Vending Cashless Solutions

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The technology you choose matters, it’s not a commodity. When you invest in new enterprise software for vending, you’re investing in your company’s future. VendMAX is proven to help your business grow and stay ahead of the competition.

Crane vending has been busy the last COVID year upgrading, combining and creating new cashless solutions for vending and other cash acceptance machines. Here is just a hint of what’s coming!

VendMAX

VendMAX is the best in class vending management system with a proven track record of transforming over 200 customers’ businesses in the last 25 years. It provides the maximum return on your investment with the greatest breadth and depth of functionality. VendMAX has pioneered a vending model designed to help you improve operations from top to bottom, from the money room to the warehouse to the truck. VendMAX integrates with Lightspeed to improve inventory accountability when pre-kitting.

Crane Cashless Portal

The Most Flexible, User-Friendly Solution for Cashless

Powerful Cloud-based reporting and analytics tool enables performance tracking for cash and cashless sales
Remote management of machines for approved operational efficiency
Accessible deposits that correspond to the cashless sales for increased accountability
Designed as an flexible solution capable of offering online services such as remote management of planograms, advertisements and promotions.

While we are awaiting all the new innovations, GAD Vending has been working with Crane to learn what’s new.

Check in with your vending route operator or call GAD Vending for all the news on Crane Cashless Solutions.

28th September 2020

Cashless

Looking to Remote Control Your Vending Machines?

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There are many new software upgrades in the remote management world of vending machines. As we move beyond COVID, there will remain residual desires to keep your equipment clean, well stocked and managed. Crane Remote Software solutions give you many options to control your vending business.

10th August 2020

Learn More About Crane Vending Cashless Touchless Options

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Crane is the industry leader in cashless, touch-less options for vending and game machines. GAD Vending is an authorized distributor for Crane in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

5th August 2020

Cashless

How Can A Cashless Kiosk Work for You!

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Featuring enhanced recognition technology, faster note-to-note speed, and improved bar-code recognition, the Crane MEI® SC Advance™ offers a variety of cash box options to ensure best fit. Additional product enhancements can add functionality to this banknote validator resulting in tailored solutions for gaming, retail, financial service, or parking applications.

The SC Advance offers a lower cost of ownership with its reliable, field proven technology. Low jam rates and exceptional performance create more machine up-time resulting in higher revenue and increased user satisfaction.

Talk with GAD Vending about how the Crane Cashless Solutions can work for you!

24th July 2020

Cashless

Unattended Business? Need Cashless Solutions? GAD Knows

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With Alio, CPI presents an All-In-One cashless hardware solution for unattended payment. With a large touchscreen and customization user interface, operators can create an engaging user experience. Plus, Alio’s rugged outer-casing and protective Gorilla Glass protects hardware against vandalism and daily wear-and-tear. Alio is supported by Crane CPI’s cashless solution, including payment processing services and our cloud-based device management platform.

Industries that use Alio Cashless Solutions include electric vehicle charging, car washes, kiosks, fare collection, laundromat, cashless gaming, off street parking and arcades.

Visit with GAD Vending for options in cashless solutions, tokens and ATM solutions.

9th July 2020

3 Additional Ways Owner/Operators Can Keep Their Machines COVID Clean

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From Crane CPI Touchless Division: The public’s heightened concern for hygiene and safety has piqued interest in vending machines as an on-site sales solution that takes human-to-human contact out of the equation. You may find that your business is picking up, as a result, and that’s good news.

At the same time, operators may need to address customer concerns around hygiene and machine touchpoints. One top of mind solution on the brains of operators and OEMs alike is a “touchless” vending machine. While this kind of innovation isn’t out of the question, it will be one that takes time to develop and a sizable investment in new equipment to implement. At the very least, upon availability, we can expect it to require expensive adaptations to existing machines, or the requirement for new machines all together.

Instead, we’ve compiled best practices for operators looking to decrease touchpoints without a hefty pricetag. Read below for three ways to keep your machines and your customers safe.

1. Minimize existing customer touchpoints with contactless payment options

Vending machines may be more than a convenience – in some spaces, they currently serve as the only food source available to essential workers in hospitals and warehouses. Optimizing machines to serve all customer needs by accommodating any payment method they prefer to use is essential to a successful vending operation. Machines should take cash or credit cards at a minimum, and in the wake of COVID-19, there is a growing demand for contactless and mobile payment options.

Making contactless payment an option is a smart investment for unattended markets. A report by RTi Research showed contactless use up 30% post-COVID-19 as consumers look for ways to reduce their exposure to publicly shared surfaces. Switching to a card reader that accepts contactless payments is an easy fix, if they are not already enabled.

When upgrading machines to accommodate contactless payment, consider investing in cashless hardware that is compatible with mobile apps, as well. These apps enable customers to make their entire transaction using their phone, eliminating several payment touchpoints at once. After they’ve made their selection and paid for it in the app, they just grab their item and go.

2. Use digital media to guide customer behavior

Digital media, or advertisements at the point of sale, help to dramatically influence customer behavior, according to a study by CPI and Crane Medianet. Two goals can be achieved by using digital media screens on your vending machines:

First, screens can educate and inform consumers. Timely topics include best practices for social distancing, proper hand washing, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Messaging can be used to explain how (or how often) machines are cleaned and disinfected, or alert customers to PPE available for sale inside the machine.

Second, screens with advertisements for available products can help consumers decide what to buy. Reducing the amount of time a customer spends interacting with the machine reduces their exposure.

3. Follow best practices for machine sanitation

Cleaning surfaces between each customer interaction is not practical in unattended retail, but operators can follow a basic set of guidelines to help keep machines clean and safe:

Educate personnel

Any of your staff that interact with machines must practice appropriate hygiene, including wearing masks and gloves. Have them change their gloves between sites and change their facemask every four hours. Before and after interacting with machines at each site, route drivers or technicians should wash their hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water, per CDC guidelines.

Prepare your machines

Coffee and refrigerated vending machines must have temperature levels checked and expired products discarded, as always, but also be sure to thoroughly clean and disinfect customer touchpoints at every opportunity – especially on high-traffic machines. Operators should instruct drivers or local site management on the proper sanitization of machine doors, screens, buttons, and payment peripherals.

Follow appropriate guidelines

Check with organizations like NAMA and EVA and follow their recommended guidelines for operators preparing to reopen their machines. Operators should update their safety practices regularly to maintain compliance with local governments and agencies.

Take immediate action to solve an immediate problem

Touchless vending is on the horizon, and that’s an exciting prospect for the future. But the hygiene concerns raised by COVID-19 are an immediate problem for which operators need an immediate solution. Operators can take the above steps right now to keep customers and staff as safe as possible while they continue to provide convenient access to essential items. Contact GAD Vending in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri for more information on the latest Crane Vending solutions for vending machines and touchless payment solutions.

16th June 2020

Cashless

Meet Cora: Crane Cashless Next Generation Telemeter

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CORA is the next generation retrofit telemeter from Crane. As an upgraded hardware solution, CORA is designed and built with a number of high tech features that maximize efficiency while keeping your machines up and running at peak performance. GAD Vending is a Crane Cashless distributor in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri.

13th May 2020

Retrofit Your Vending Machines To Go Touchless

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With COVID concerns, unattended machines may not be as appealing to consumers as they once were. Consider this – go touchless with Crane Cashless Solutions.

As people go back to their routines, we expect a few things to change. In the past, people were twice as likely to have a phone on them vs. cash. And, 1 in 5 consumers didn’t care cash at all. With COVID concerns, expect mobile pay on even the smallest purchases to increase.

CRANE FLEXIBILITY AND CHOICE

The most flexible, user-friendly solution for cashless vending:

Vending consumer can use their mobile app to purchase and pay.
Powerful cloud based reporting and analytics tool enables performance tracking for cash and cashless sales.
Remote management of vending machines for improved operational efficiency.
Accessible deposits that correspond to the cashless sales for increased accountability.
Designed as a flexible solution capable of offering online services such as remote management of planograms, advertisements, cash discounts and promotions.
Connect to payment systems for major card acceptance, mobile pay and premium service options.

PLUG AND PLAY

The most advanced retrofit telemetry device. Crane Cashless units are module for easy upgrades. And, have multiple USB ports for additional beacons and cameras.

Crane Cashless systems can be retrofitted into most vending machines, claw game machines and more.

Consumer confidence in touchless ordering and payment are worth the retrofit alone. The added management reports, inventory management and remote capabilities are the added bonus to your machine business. Ask GAD Vending for a demonstration today!