GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Spartan Stores said that all retail banners operated by Spartan Stores in Michigan and northwest Ohio under the Family Fare, D&W, Glen's, Pharm grocery and Quick Stop convenience store banners will accept MasterCard PayPass, a contactless and rapid payment option.
Spartan Stores is a major regional grocery retail and wholesale operator with more than 87 retail stores located in Michigan and northwest Ohio. The acceptance of MasterCard PayPass in participating Spartan Stores has begun and will be added to additional Spartan [image-nocss] retail store locations.
Accepting MasterCard PayPass at our retail stores will provide customers with a more rapid payment option that builds on our strategy to make the consumer shopping experience quicker and more convenient, said Ted Adornato, executive vice president of retail operations for Spartan Stores. Whether customers come to pick up groceries or prescriptions, we are committed to make Spartan's retail stores an easy place to shop and PayPass acceptance does exactly that.
With MasterCard PayPass, consumers no longer need to find cash and coins or swipe a card for purchases. Users tap their PayPass-enabled card or device on the PayPass reader, which significantly speeds the retail checkout process. With the PayPass option, customers do not have to sign receipts for purchases under $25, which further speeds the payment process. In addition to this new payment option, Spartan Stores will continue to accept traditional magnetic-stripe payment cards.
MasterCard, like Spartan Stores, understands the significance of streamlining the customer purchasing process. Spartan Storesrecognizes the benefits of using innovative technology to improve the consumers' shopping experience, said T.J. Sharkey, group head of national accounts for U.S. commerce development at MasterCard Worldwide. PayPass is helping to transform retail industries by providing a way for merchants to differentiate themselves at the point of sale.
MasterCard PayPass is designed for traditional cash-heavy environments where speed is essential, such as quick-serve restaurants (QSRs), drug stores, gas stations, vending machines, c-stores, sports arenas, movie theaters, transit systems and parking garages.
There are currently nearly 11 million PayPass cards and devices in the market, the company said, and PayPass is currently accepted globally at 36,000 merchant locations, including participating 7-Eleven, CVS, McDonald's, Regal Entertainment Group theaters and many others. It is also accepted at numerous football and baseball stadiums.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spartan Stores is the nation's 10th largest grocery distributor with warehouse facilities in Grand Rapids and Plymouth, Mich. The company distributes more than 40,000 private-label and national brand products to more than 350 independent grocery stores in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Spartan Stores also owns and operates 68 retail supermarkets and 19 deep-discount food and drug stores in Michigan and Ohio, including D&W Fresh Markets, Family Fare Supermarkets, Glen's Markets, and The Pharm. Some Family Fare and D&W Fresh Market locations offer gasoline at adjacent Quick Stop c-stores.
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