Pain point 01
Speed matters. Every. Single. Tap.
C-store cashiers ring 60+ transactions an hour during morning rush. Quick-tender presets, scanner-first UX, and one-tap age verification are the difference between a 3-minute line and a 30-second one.
Grocery & Convenience
Built for the speed of a c-store counter.
Weight pricing for produce + deli, age verification for tobacco + alcohol, lottery payouts that reconcile to the drawer, and (optional) forecourt fuel-pump prepay — all in the same checkout flow.
The problem
What this industry actually struggles with.
Pain point 02
Forecourt integration costs more than the pumps did.
Forecourt integrations often bring separate vendor fees, certification work, and reconciliation risk. Pre-pay mismatches can still lose money on every drive-off.
Pain point 03
Compliance is everyone's problem.
WIC + EBT tender, age-gated SKU enforcement, lottery payout audit trails — every cashier needs the right gates without slowing them down.
The platform
What Commerce OS gives you for this industry.
Every feature below ships with every plan. No add-on per-vertical SKU, no separate license, no integration tax.
- Weight pricing with PLU lookup at the scale + auto-tare
- Age-verification gating per product + per category (cigarettes / alcohol / lottery)
- Lottery payout flow with audit trail + drawer reconciliation
- Forecourt pump pre-pay (optional add-on, vendor-agnostic adapter)
- EBT-eligible tender scaffolding (WIC follows in Phase 2)
- Quick-tender presets ($5 / $10 / $20 / exact change) for cashier speed
“We're collecting real merchant testimonials during pilot. We'd rather earn the quote than fabricate it.”
vs. the competition
How Commerce OS compares.
Industry-specific capabilities side-by-side with the category leaders. Notes describe the structure of each gap, not point-in-time pricing.
| Capability | Commerce OS | Toast | Square | Lightspeed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight pricing with PLU at the scale | ✓ | — | ▲Variable-price items, not weight pricing | ✓ |
| Age verification per product + per category | ✓ | ▲Bar/alcohol verification only | ▲Cashier-prompt only, no per-product gate | ▲Available, requires custom config |
| Lottery payout with audit trail | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Forecourt fuel-pump prepay (vendor-agnostic) | ✓Optional adapter; vendor fees may apply | — | — | — |
Weight pricing with PLU at the scale
- Commerce OS
- ✓Included
- Toast
- —Not offered
- Square
- ▲Variable-price items, not weight pricing
- Lightspeed
- ✓Included
Age verification per product + per category
- Commerce OS
- ✓Included
- Toast
- ▲Bar/alcohol verification only
- Square
- ▲Cashier-prompt only, no per-product gate
- Lightspeed
- ▲Available, requires custom config
Lottery payout with audit trail
- Commerce OS
- ✓Included
- Toast
- —Not offered
- Square
- —Not offered
- Lightspeed
- —Not offered
Forecourt fuel-pump prepay (vendor-agnostic)
- Commerce OS
- ✓Optional adapter; vendor fees may apply
- Toast
- —Not offered
- Square
- —Not offered
- Lightspeed
- —Not offered
Comparison reflects publicly-documented capabilities as of May 2026. Vendor pricing + add-on names change frequently — we describe the structural gap rather than dollar figures so the comparison stays honest as competitors evolve. Have a spec correction? Tell us.
A POS that keeps up at 6 AM rush.
Talk to our team about a pilot. We'll review your current speed-of-checkout, vendor stack, and forecourt integration spend.