Hop Shops Introduces Mashgin AI-Assisted Checkout

Hop Shops Convenience Stores is introducing Mashgin AI-assisted checkout, integrated with Glory’s cash automation technology, “to make transactions faster, easier and more efficient for customers,” the retailer said.

Hop Shops said the technology combines Mashgin’s AI-assisted checkout platform with Glory’s cash automation solution, allowing customers to complete purchases in seconds whether paying with cash or card. Customers place their items on the checkout tray, where Mashgin’s computer vision technology recognizes multiple products simultaneously without requiring customers to scan individual barcodes. Glory’s integrated technology then enables secure automated cash payments.

“The investment reflects Hop Shops’ continued commitment to embracing innovative technology while maintaining the customer service and personal experience its stores are known for,” the retailer said.

“We were looking to creatively solve competing priorities through technology, which led us to become an early adopter of Mashgin, the world’s fastest AI-assisted checkout system,” said Vice President of Retail Operations and Marketing for Valor Oil and HOP Shops Damon Bail. “I have a deep love for Mashgin and what it has done for our business. It allows us to serve customers faster while giving our team members more opportunities to focus on the customer experience beyond the register.”

In other recent Hop Shops news, the retailer is “turning up the heat and the disco” with the official launch of its Disco Dough Pizza Company, a new pizza concept rolling out at participating Hop Shops locations beginning September 1. Located throughout Kentucky and Ohio, select Hop Shops “disco bathrooms” elevate the restroom experience when customers “push the red button” and turn the ordinary bathroom into a disco bathroom.