Retail

Midwest c-store chain to deploy Skip’s self-checkout kiosks

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October 29, 2021

Huck's Market, a Carmi, Illinois based convenience store chain, will install Skip's new self-checkout kiosk to the 124 locations it operates across Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee, according to a press release. This agreement comes after a pilot program that tested the new kiosk at select locations.

Last April, Huck's adopted Skip's mobile checkout application for its locations. Now, the decision to implement the new self-checkout kiosks as well represents a new chapter in an evolving relationship between the two companies.

"In our field tests, Skip's kiosks comprised 35% of net/qualified transactions and 15% of total store transactions," Jon Bunch, Huck's director of marketing and business development, said in the press release.

The low-maintenance kiosk is self-installing, meaning that there will be no need for new construction at any of the sites during the rollout. Additionally, it uses cloud monitoring and trouble-shooting to detect and solve software issues in real-time, eliminating the need for time-consuming maintenance calls and highly specialized staff training.