💳 How One Store Cut Fees Without Slowing Down
For Kwik Stop Armenia Gas Station, the problem wasn’t long lines or broken hardware. It was something much more expensive.
Every month, their credit card fees were eating into the margins. Their old POS had the pricing locked behind support tickets, delays, and approvals.
Every change took precious time. Every adjustment came with a lot of friction.
Over time, the constraints piled up to a high, recurring cost.
Until they decided to switch to SuperSonic POS, and it changed how the store operated almost on day one.
They stopped relying on the POS provider to make configuration or even pricing changes. Now the owner has direct control to adjust price paths on the spot, or update boards without waiting.
This quickly translated into savings for the store.
With better visibility into fees and full control over pricing, Kwik Stop minimized unnecessary processing costs without disrupting customer experience or checkout costs. The system now allows the store to act quickly, instead of letting small problems linger for months.
This is the difference store owners want to see.
“I switched with the SuperSonic because the fees. Other companies, they are very high. This cost me a lot every month. This is SuperSonic. This is easy for the manager, for the owner, change the price fast.”
Kwik Store Armenia Gas Station Owner
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The Fast Lane Highlights
Here’s what’s happening across the industry. 👇
⛽ Fuel and c-store shoppers are more uncommitted than ever in 2025, visiting more locations and comparing prices more frequently as budget pressure and convenience drive switching behavior. Upside’s Consumer Spend Report 2025, based on 10+ billion transactions, shows the average consumer now visits 2.6 fuel stations and 3.2 c-stores per month, while loyalty engagement lags despite near-universal interest, and a widening income gap is reshaping demand, with lower-income shoppers pulling back and higher earners masking the decline.
🏪 Another long-running convenience store brand is disappearing as industry consolidation accelerates, with 77-year-old, family-owned Freedom Oil selling its 27 stores to Mizpah Ventures and shuttering all locations to reopen under new branding. The deal highlights mounting pressure on small and mid-size operators, as rising costs and competitive intensity push legacy chains to sell, often losing their identity in the process despite decades of local presence.
💴 Retail payments are set for steady but meaningful change in 2026, as AI becomes a standard layer in fraud detection, transaction approval, and checkout optimization rather than an experimental add-on. Growing adoption of account-to-account payments via open banking, expanded use of biometrics, and new regulations like PSD3 are pushing retailers to modernize payment stacks, reduce card costs, and strengthen security without adding friction at checkout.
Stay tuned for more news!
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