Implementation Includes ePort® G9, ePort
Interactive® and ePort Connect® Service and Premium Support
Services in North and South Carolina
USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAT) ("USAT"), a payment
technology provider of cashless and mobile transactions in
self-serve retail, today announced agreements with several Pepsi
Cola bottling franchisees throughout North and South Carolina to
leverage USAT’s cashless payment technologies within their existing
inventory of vending machines. The company has 11,900 customers and
over 469,000 point of sale cashless payment devices on the ePort
Connect platform.
In total, six Pepsi-licensed bottlers, operating under the
cooperative of Carolina Canners, Inc., signed up to deploy USAT’s
state-of-the-art ePort G9 and/or the ePort Interactive and ePort
Connect cashless payment systems on more than 2,000 machines,
enabling the firms to track the acceptance of cash, credit/debit
cards, and contactless payments, including mobile wallet payments
such as Apple, Android and Samsung Pay. The roll out includes 1,750
of USAT’s touch-screen enabled ePort Interactive payment devices as
well as 370 of its NFC-enabled G9 ePorts, for a total of 2,120
units. The initiative includes USAT’s Premium Support Services to
assist in the deployment, at certain locations.
The bottlers include Pepsi Cola of Greenville (S.C.); Pepsi Cola
of Bennettsville (S.C.); Pepsi Cola of Hickory (N.C.); Roanoke
Rapids, N.C.-based McPherson Beverages; Ayden, N.C.-based Minges
Bottling Group; and Florence, S.C.-based Pee Dee Food Service, an
affiliate of Pepsi Cola of Florence. Together, operating in the
region where pharmacist Caleb Bradham first invented the recipe for
Pepsi Cola in 1893, these six independent Pepsi Cola bottlers
represent more than four generations of family-owned business, with
deep experience in the vending industry.
“When companies with the established history of these Pepsi Cola
bottlers elect to deploy cashless acceptance technologies, it
provides further validation that electronic payment in the vending
and self-serve industry is not only the way of the future, it’s the
way experienced companies are electing to operate now,” said Cecil
Ledesma, Vice President, Regional Account Sales, USA Technologies.
“The fact that these industry leading operators chose to use the
services of USA Technologies shows that they are committed to
responding to consumer demand, and giving them the payment
experience they want today. We’re delighted to work with members of
the Carolina Canners to help them do just that.”
Sterling Whitley, vice president of sales and marketing at
Carolina Canners, Inc., highlighted the bottlers’ own retail
experiences as a driving catalyst behind the choice to install
cashless payment technology in their machines. “We’re all consumers
ourselves, and when you shop today, whether online or in a store,
you typically pay with a form other than cash,” Whitley said. “It
will become increasingly difficult, as a vending operator, if you
can’t extend those kinds of payment acceptance options to your
customers as well. Working with USAT, Carolina Canners is committed
to serving the next generation of consumers by allowing them to buy
what they want, how they want.”
Beyond cashless payment acceptance, however, USAT's ePort
Connect Service’s advanced cloud-based interactive media and
content delivery management system offers a unique opportunity to
serve up targeted advertising to consumers visiting these vending
operators, including multimedia-marketing campaigns, delivery of
nutritional information, and sampling. It also creates an
interactive and responsive consumer experience by offering the
opportunity to employ instant remote refunds and create electronic
feedback mechanisms right at the point of sale.
Based in Cheraw, S.C., Carolina Canners, Inc. was established in
1968 to supply its franchise members with the highest quality
products at the lowest possible cost; provide marketing assistance;
share good operating practices; and explore opportunities to
purchase additional franchises.
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Sales and Partnership Inquiries:Please contact USA
Technologies, Inc. at +1 800.633.0340 or
sales@usatech.com.
About ePort Connect®:USAT's ePort Connect service is a
PCI-compliant suite of cashless payment and telemetry services
specially tailored to fit the needs of self-serve retail
industries. Designed to be a "one-stop shop," services offered
through ePort Connect include wireless and merchant account setup,
simplified processing rates, settlement and reconciliation, 24 x 7
customer service and a host of value-added services, including
mobile payment, loyalty programs and integrated payment services
for micro-markets and other POS devices.
About Premium Support Services:USAT's Premium Support
Service bundles USAT's best-in-class services to ensure the most
effective deployments of USAT's cashless technology through
cohesive planning that maximizes returns. Services include USAT's
Model Market program for planning, project management, installation
support, and marketing support; integration of deployment planning,
installation and performance optimization; access to USAT's
flagship Knowledge Base data; and customized reporting in support
of deployment, inventory and DEX project management. USAT's Premium
Support Service is available to customers that have made a
commitment to connect a significant portion of their locations to
USAT's service.
About USA Technologies:USA Technologies, Inc. is a
premier payment technology service provider of integrated cashless
and mobile transactions in the self-service retail market. The
company also provides a broad line of cashless acceptance
technologies including its NFC-ready ePort® G-series, ePort Mobile™
for customers on the go, ePort® Interactive, and QuickConnect, an
API Web service for developers. USA Technologies has 77 United
States and foreign patents in force; and has agreements with
Verizon, Visa, Chase Paymentech and customers such as Compass, AMI
Entertainment and others. For more information, please visit the
website at www.usatech.com.
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