BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Pan-Oston, a designer, developer and manufacturer of retail checkout products, including the Utopia self-checkout solution, today announced the formalization of a strategic partnership with Tolt Service Group, a nationally recognized single-source provider of managed services for all the technology equipment used in supermarkets and other enterprises.
"Utopia gives independent grocers the opportunity to work with a self-checkout solution that does not lock them into a long-term POS commitment, and now that we have partnered with Tolt Service Group there is a nationwide network of authorized Utopia self-checkout service technicians," said Jim Vance, president of Pan-Oston.
According to a press release, Pan-Oston and Tolt Service Group will work together to provide independent grocers better access to and service of self-checkout solutions designed specifically for their business sector.
Pan-Oston says Utopia's proven self-checkout solutions are simple, easy-to-use, have the industry's lowest intervention rates and work with 98 percent of POS software. Utopia also works with all of a store's existing in-store peripherals and can increase customer satisfaction scores as well as positively impact store-operating margins.
"Our extensive daily interaction with POS and technology gives us a good understanding of what works well in Independent grocery stores," said Mark DiGregorio, vice president of business development for Tolt Service Group. "Utopia self-checkout features best-in-class components and serviceability when compared to other self-checkout systems we've experienced."
