Family-owned and operated Quik-e Foods recently installed an IP-camera in the rear of one of its 12 convenience stores. “The camera actually paid for itself on Day 2,” stated Quik-e Vice President Todd Burgess.

The March Networks camera captured images of an employee stealing cigarettes by taking them out in trash bags through the back door. Quik-e, which also operates five automated car washes and a laundromat within about a 40-mile radius of Lynchburg, VA., is a longtime March Networks end user, working with certified reseller and installer Integrated Technology Group.

The chain gradually has been upgrading its March Networks NVRs to the next-gen 8000 Series Hybrid NVRs. The product is allowing Quik-e to move from analog cameras to IP-cameras at its own pace as finances allow. Quik-e also plans to soon deploy March’s Searchlight for Retail video analytics software. The recent upgrade at Quik-e sites is “feature-rich,” Burgess said.

“Our storage capacity has quadrupled. Where before I had systems that would only hold [images] for 30 days, I now can get up to three months. And it’s all user driven.”

The ROI Burgess experienced is not unique, confirmed March Networks project manager Ali Mahmoud. Customers can use the system for 10 minutes each morning and capture $5,000 in thefts each week, he said.

“The ROI is pretty quick,” and the fact that it’s hybrid so users don’t have to rip out old equipment is another plus. […]