Retailer Schnucks Offers Apple Pay Option In Stores

Schnucks, the St. Louis, Missouri-based retailer, said on Friday (July 24) that it is now accepting Apple Pay at locations across the United States.

In a release, the company stated that the Apple payments platform is now accepted at all of the Schnucks retail locations, which number 98 outlets across five states, which include Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. Within those 98 retail locations, the company operates 93 “in-house” pharmacies.

Schnucks said in the press release that consumers can “forego their wallets” in order to use the iPhone, Apple Watch or the iPad to pay for items at the point of sale terminals.

According to Schnucks Vice President of IT Infrastructure David Steck, the company had completed the new payment terminal rollout tied to Apple payment platforms in June. The company was then certified by Apple earlier in July.

“We’re very excited about this new payment option that we can offer our customers. To begin, users must simply link their credit or debit cards directly to their device by using the Passbook app,” Steck said in the company release. “Then all they have to do is hold their device near the contactless reader, and it will let them know when their payment is successfully sent.”

And in reference to security features that come alongside using Apple devices in the company’s stores, Steck noted that “when using Apple Pay at checkout, a unique Device Account Number is assigned. This number, along with a transaction-specific dynamic security code, is used to process your payment so your actual credit or debit card numbers are never shared by Apple or transmitted with payment,” according to the statement. The security features run the gamut from the iPhone 6, Apple Watch, iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, Schnucks noted.



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