Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Convenience Store News Poll







An interesting poll done by Convenience Store News revealed that almost 1 in 4 convenience store operators want to implement Pay By Touch technology in their stores. In fact, only made to order foodservice was more desirable by convenience store operators that participated in the poll. Here is the poll question and the results:






If you could choose one thing to integrate into stores, regardless of price or space, what would it be?

Gas Station TV -- 4%
Contactless credit card payments -- 8%
Gourmet coffee offerings -- 11%
Finger scan payment technology -- 23%
Fresh produce -- 4%
Made-to-order foodservice -- 25%
Ethanol/alternative fuel pumps -- 8%
Satellite radio -- 6%
Other -- 4%
None of the above -- 8%