JOPPA, Md. — Building on Bizerba's 150-year history of unmatched innovation around the world, Bizerba North America announced a new partnership with FutureProof Retail (FPR) today. Bizerba and FutureProof Retail are the perfect combination making shopping even more convenient by integrating Bizerba's digital retail scales and FPR's mobile self-scanning platform, creating a better experience for grocery customers and increased efficiency for grocery retailers.
At retailers, customers can now weigh and scan their products with mobile self-scanning. Bizerba is the only scale manufacturer who supports mobile checkout with fresh produce as well as click & collect in the deli department. At self-service scales in the produce department or when ordering the deli counter, shoppers scan a QR code on the customer display to add these items to their checkout list.
Shoppers can also pre-order deli items by ordering from a digital menu that they can access at home or in the store. Orders can be placed via website, in-store kiosks or with FPR's white-labeled retail apps. Using FPR's mobile checkout allows shoppers to save time by skipping checkout lines and wait time. Store staff saves time by being able to manage and process click & collect orders directly through their existing Bizerba scales. The new capabilities can be added through a simple software update on the Bizerba scales .
With the update, each of Bizerba's retail scales becomes a multipurpose access point to the FutureProof platform. Customers are able to use the scales to purchase weighted items with mobile self-scanning. Retail staff can use the scales to monitor the store and perform checkouts.
"We're very excited about this new partnership," says Di Di Chan, President of FutureProof Retail. "Bizerba's retail scales technology perfectly complements our mobile platform, and makes mobile self-scanning uniquely accessible to Bizerba's global install base."
"This integrated technology from FutureProof Retail will revolutionize processes within and outside of the store; we are extremely thrilled about the partnership. Bizerba's retail scales become a multipurpose access point to the FutureProof platform. Retail staff can use the scales to monitor the store and also allow customers to checkout," said Rob Weisz, Vice President, Retail – Bizerba North America.
About Bizerba
Since 1866, Bizerba has significantly defined technical developments in the handling of food and is today represented in 120 countries. With around 3,700 employees worldwide and with our headquarters in Balingen, Germany, Bizerba has now been in the same family for five generations. Additional production facilities are located in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, China and USA.
We are not just providing scales, we are providing technological applications and industry insight expertise for fresh goods management. The scale hardware is only a vehicle for our advanced solutions.
Our complete portfolio includes products and solutions relating to slicing, processing, weighing, cashing, checking, commissioning and labeling. Please visit www.bizerba.com for more information.
About FutureProof Retail
Established and based in New York, NY, FPR is comprised of award-winning software engineers and business developers. FutureProof Retail was founded by a group of impatient shoppers, and brings a unique focus to ease of use in mobile self-scanning systems. The FPR-team's expertise in past endeavors has earned significant accolades in the AppStore and across a variety of industries. For more information, please visit www.futureproofretail.com.
Source: Bizerba