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WHAT'S NEW @ PETRO DATA! 

 

PetroData to provide keynote seminar at the PAO, (Petroleum Association of Oregon) Exhibit and Trade Show in April '05

Petro Data will provide the keynote seminar for the PAO show in Portland, Oregon in April of 2005 at the Portland Airport Holiday Inn Convention Center. The seminar is entitled "Site Automation for Convenience Retailers". We are looking forward to providing PAO attendees with an informative presentation on the state-of-the-art of site automation for C-Store operators. Our seminar topics will include: BackOffice Software, Point of Sale, (POS) equipment, Digital Video Surveillance technologies, Automatic Tank Gauge equipment, remote site communications technologies, & loyalty programs.  For more information regarding the Petroleum Association of Oregon Show, visit the PAO website at PAO Online. 


Harbor Wholesale selects PetroData to be Site Automation Partner

Regional convenience grocery wholesaler, Harbor Wholesale Grocery, has chosen Petro Data to provide select Harbor customers with backoffice software solutions and other site automation services as part of Harbor's ongoing program to streamline their product fulfillment process. 

We continue to work with our software vendors to integrate existing backoffice applications with Harbor's order process by adapting software related handheld units to be used to place and receive orders from the Harbor warehouse. To learn more about this program contact Harbor Wholesale Grocery or Petro Data


PetroTrak™ Central Monitoring

Petro Data introduces PetroTrak™, a web based solution which allows site operators to track their fuel sales, tank levels, site alarms, compliance data, time to refill based on sales, cooler/reefer temperature, area/perimeter lighting conditions, and more! The technical gurus at Petro Data continue to evaluate this group of products. We'll be posting more information about PetroTrak™and related services in the next couple of months, so stay tuned!

PetroTrak™ Central Monitoring

Snapshot of storage tank levels at intervals that allow accurate fuel usage trends for “lower-half of the tank” scheduling of deliveries

Retrieval of compliance data and backup of information for all sites

Alarm information for service call dispatching and fuel dispatching

Automated Compliance data retrieval and processing for EPA Compliance

Remote diagnostics through dial-in to the PetroTrak unit using approved tank gauge manufacturers software packages and recommended procedures

 Monitoring of temperature for coolers and ambient temperature   

Remote Monitoring of Site Lighting conditions, (on/off)

Monitoring of impressed cathodic protection systems  

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NEW PRODUCTS

Windows CE® Color Wireless Handheld is now available!
This Windows CE® based computer puts Microsoft’s familiar graphic interface in the palm of your hand coupled with an aggressive bar code scanner.  This rugged computer provides instant real-time updating of the StoreWatch®   price book data via wireless networking.  Now you can roam all around the store while accessing the data on the StoreWatch computer!  The touch sensitive screen and convenient numerical keypad makes data entry a snap.

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CUSTOM PRICEBOOK DEVELOPMENT

Before we install, we work with you to develop the most Logical Category Structure for your site(s). 

Our software and most importantly, our custom installation process allows you to "hit the ground running". We do the heavy lifting for you during our custom installation process by preparing your entire store to scan at the register, and report performance accurately in the backoffice.

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES 

Convenience Retailers depend on Petro Data for backoffice software, custom pricebook development, and the best product support in the business.

Petro Data provides world-class sales and service for two of the industry's leading backoffice software packages; Aztech & Compatible Software Systems, (CSS). 

If you're looking for state-of-the-art, turnkey deployments by dedicated pros, Petro Data is your vendor of choice. Whether you are exploring your automation choices for the first time, or you are a long-time user looking to upgrade your product support, you can count on the folks at Petro Data.

If you’re not driving your scanning operations with the right backoffice package…you should be.  

According to Convenience Store News™, over 56% of the companies responding to a recent poll were using POS scanning equipment. Over 65% of those were also using backoffice software to automate their pricebooks which were either managed at the store level or from a central office. These operators deployed this technology for just one reason. Higher profits. It’s really that simple. In fact, our experience has shown that our customers experience an immediate increase of between 4% to 6% in their non-fuel gross profits. In a store grossing $50K per month in non-fuel sales, their in-store gross profits increased by at least $2,500 per month. Our job is to help you grow your in-store profits. 

We combine years of Convenience Store experience with leading edge technology to bring you the best automation solutions available today.

While backoffice software does many things well, fact is, it does two things in particular that contribute considerably to your bottom line; increased gross profit margins and higher product turns, (higher movements).

Increased Gross Profit Margin

Backoffice applications increase margins primarily by making certain that customers are charged the correct amount for every product sold in your store(s) every time by maintaining the correct retail sell price based on current item costs and by taking pricing decisions out of the hands of your cashiers.

The average site stocks over 2500 items; keeping track of every cost increase, new products, and other changes to inventory items without some form of automation is difficult at best. With backoffice software, current costs are tracked automatically and the margins, (set by the operator) are applied automatically. 

Higher Inventory Turns, (Movement)

By tracking deliveries, sales of individual inventory items, and any adjustments made by the operator, (breakage, spoilage, store use, etc.), backoffice software will calculate exactly how aggressively each item turns in your store. Every linear inch of shelf space should be performing in your store; with backoffice you can track the performance of every item and it's product category. 

Once you determine how each product is performing, our software will enable you to sort all of your products from the worst performer to the best. You simply start at the top of the list and eliminate the "dogs". Imagine meeting with your grocery vendor with accurate sales data in hand. Making changes to your category mix just got easier and more accurate. 

A retail operation that is generating maximum gross profit margins and the highest turns possible will make more money for operator. It's that simple. 

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Petro Data, Inc.
5025 119th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98006
Phone: 425-531-2316     Fax: 425-943-0012
info@cstoreprofits.com       www.cstoreprofits.com

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