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Convenience stores typically offer motor fuel and in-store merchandise/food, to maximize their attractiveness and the utilization of their land, now costing $798,510 on average. Some oil companies have tried gas-only stores, but the public has shunned these in favor of stores that enabled them to make a single stop. Gasoline service is now almost totally self-service. 79% of stores now offer pay-at-the-pump with debit/credit cards.(Smartmart accepts cash at the pumps as well) The inefficent, labor-intensive side of the industry is the in-store business, whose operations have not changed, other than cosmetically, in over fifty years. Now is the time for Smartmart... With hands-on labor no longer needed for fuel sales, Smartmart automates merchandise/food sales, and provides remote surveillance of fuel pumps, age verification for alcohol/tobacco purchases and customer service as well. The Smartmart storeowner has NO store labor to recruit, train, motivate, pay, and retain, as well as no customer or employee theft. Energy and insurance costs are reduced as well. In short, a Smartmart storeowner enjoys a revolutionary advantage over his/her conventional competition. Without any special marketing initiatives, Smartmart itself will attract many new customers who currently hesitate to get out of their cars to shop because of infants or small children, not to mention those who will appreciate the privacy of shopping from their car for embarssing items such as condoms, pregnancy tests, hemorrhoid cream and the like. There is no known competitor with any product that is even remotely similar to Smartmart Automated vending devices that offer 50-200 items have been seen for many years now, both here in America, and abroad in Europe, Japan, and beyond. Never has there been an offering like Smartmart, with the ability to handle purchases of age-restricted items such as tobacco and alcohol, as well as providing prompt, courteous, customer service from an actual human being. Patented Technology The Smartmart concept, including specific aspects of each unit's design, have already been patented in over 27 countries worldwide. These patents are not pending, they have been awarded and they are years away from expiration, ensuring your investment in Smartmart technology remains a "smart" one indeed, no pun intended of course. Unmatched Accountability Every single Smartmart transaction is logged and recorded for later review. In particular, all sales of age-restricted items such as tobacco and alcohol are archived digitally for up to 6 months. No longer does the store owner need to worry about whether or not their employees are following proper identification procedures with customers at the risk of incurring significant fines from law enforcement agencies if they do not. Shrinkage? Theft? Did you know there's actually c-store chains that actively promote paying their employees a bonus if they finish their shift without stealing any cash/merchandise?? We're not making this up....it has actually gotten that bad, that store owner/operators feel paying employees NOT to steal is a viable option. With Smartmart, it's impossible to experience shrinkage of any kind. Any money taken in is securely locked away. All merchandise is locked away inside the unit as well. Drive-offs at the fuel pumps are also a thing of the past. A customer absolutely cannot pump fuel without paying for it first, either with cash, credit, or debit. Every Single Time money or product is dispensed from a Smartmart unit, the process is recorded in its entirety, from beginning to end.
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