Card machine for your supermarket

Reliable card payments across every checkout - competitive rates for high volume grocery retail.

Common challenges

  • Multiple checkouts all needing terminals simultaneously
  • Extremely high transaction volume demands best rates
  • Need absolute reliability - downtime costs sales
  • Speed at checkout is critical for customer satisfaction
  • Current provider doesn't scale well across lanes

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PAX A920

Portable/countertop Android terminal with 4.9-inch touchscreen, built-in Wi-Fi & 4G connectivity, and thermal printing. Its form-factor means it's ideal when payments need to be taken away from the counter. Easily handles over-the-phone payments, and is configurable for full POS integration with many third-party POS systems.

  • 4.9-inch HD touchscreen
  • Built-in printer
  • Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity
  • Contactless, Chip & Pin, over-the-phone
  • Can be integrated with multiple POS systems
  • Android payment-only terminal
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Why independent supermarkets choose uno

Independent supermarkets need every checkout processing card payments reliably, all day, every day. With the volume you process, even small differences in rates have a big impact on your bottom line.

Multi-lane support

We supply and configure terminals across all your checkouts, managed through one provider relationship and one set of competitive rates.

Volume-based rates

The more you process, the more leverage you have on rates. We negotiate across providers to find the best deal for your monthly volume.

Zero downtime

A temperamental terminal at a busy checkout costs you real money. We supply ultra-reliable hardware, and provide responsive support to keep every lane running.

What you get from uno

  • Terminals across all checkouts
  • Volume-negotiated competitive rates
  • Reliable hardware and responsive support
  • On-site installation and staff training

Common questions from supermarket owners

Our average transaction values, which solution will be the cheapest deal?

We'd need to analyses your trading in details to offer a definitive comparison based on your basket sizes and the transaction volumes.

Is Shift4's POS a good choice for our supermarket, as we're dissatisfied with our current tills?

Supermarkets need a retail-focused POS built for multiple checkouts, barcode scanning, weighed goods and stock control. A hospitality-first POS is designed around table service and order management, and handles none of those well whatever card machine sits alongside it. uno matches supermarkets to a retail POS and to card machines that integrate with it.

We have multiple checkouts - each with an existing till / POS. Can your terminals integrate?

The answer depends on which POS system runs at each checkout. The PAX A920 integrates with the majority of tills and POS systems found in supermarkets. uno confirms compatibility against the specific system in use before recommending anything.

We do 300+ card transactions a day, so which card machine would be best for us?

The PAX models are built for sustained high-volume use, so a busy processing 300–400 transactions daily won't see any slowdown, as they're designed with this kind of constant use in mind.

During our busiest periods like Christmas our transaction count doubles. Will your terminals keep up?

All the terminals we supply are built for sustained high-volume use. Doubling your normal transaction count won't cause any performance issues at all, as each transaction takes a couple of seconds to process, then the terminal is ready for the next one - significantly quicker than counting cash and change.

General questions about uno
Which card machine is right for my business?

The right card machine depends on how the business trades. A fine-dining restaurant in Covent Garden, a market trader at Glasgow's Barras and a pub beside Cardiff Arms Park take payments in completely different ways, and no single machine suits all three. uno starts by understanding how a business actually operates, and only then recommends - from a range of providers rather than from one.

Do all the card machines uno recommends take contactless?

Yes, every one of them. Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards are accepted as standard on every machine uno recommends; contactless is how most UK customers now pay, and every machine features it as standard.

Will I be able to take 'over-the-phone' payments?

For most merchants, yes - available on-screen along with contactless and Chip & Pin. The small minority of high-risk business-types that are not offered over-the-phone payments by default are the exception - for the vast majority, 'over-the-phone' payments will be offered as standard.

How can we process refunds?

From the card machine, in a few taps. Refund a sale on the same day and it is cancelled outright, with the money never leaving the customer's account; refund it after the provider's daily cut-off and the customer's bank typically takes 3-5 days to return it. Every machine uno recommends handles both, and the difference is only in how quickly the customer sees the money.

Is PCI compliance as much of a chore as it is with my current provider?

With several of the providers uno works with the merchant does nothing at all, because the provider handles PCI on their behalf; with the others it is a few minutes once a year. Nobody uno works with makes it complicated, and uno tells a merchant which they are getting before anything is signed.

How long does it take to get set up?

Most businesses are up and running within a few days. uno handles the installation and configuration, then walks the merchant and their staff through everything.

Ready to choose the right card machine?

We make the effort to understand how you operate, and only then recommend the solution that's right for your business - not the provider's.

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