Case Study: Sheetz achieves 24/7 fault‑tolerant EFT transaction switching and cost savings with ACI Worldwide

Sheetz Convenience-Stores Drive Transactions with ACI Retail Commerce Server

Sheetz, a convenience store chain with about 300 locations and more than $6 billion in annual sales, needed a payments system that would deliver uninterrupted 24/7 EFT switching as transaction volumes grew. To meet that challenge, Sheetz implemented ACI Worldwide’s Retail Commerce Server payment processing application (deployed on a fault-tolerant Stratus ftServer platform) to ensure dependable payment acceptance across cards and fleet/gift options.

ACI Worldwide’s Retail Commerce Server running on a Stratus ftServer 6500 provided continuous, fault-tolerant EFT switching without the complexity or cost of clustered or proprietary systems. The solution—benchmarked at over 10× the highest customer volume—delivered industry-level uptime (designed for 99.999% availability), freed IT staff for other priorities, and reduced ongoing costs by avoiding third-party routing fees, resulting in more reliable transactions and measurable operational savings.

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Rich Steckroth

Manager of Business Development and eCommerce