Weis Markets Completes Technology Transformation with Toshiba’s ELERA® Security Suite

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 2, 2025--

Weis Markets is expanding its investment in innovative retail technology by partnering with Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and successfully implementing ELERA® Security Suite to enhance loss prevention measures and improve the overall customer experience.

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ELERA® Security Suite is now operational across self-checkout lanes in all 199 Weis locations, with plans to extend the technology to dual-use and cashier lanes. ELERA® Security Suite – which includes ELERA® Loss Prevention and ELERA® Produce Recognition offers a comprehensive solution that delivers key benefits for security and checkout experiences.

“Our goal is to upgrade our technology stack and invest in ELERA® Security Suite to provide a frictionless experience for our customers. Our customers have embraced produce recognition, with over 94% selecting to use it at self-checkout,” said Greg Zeh, CIO and SVP of Weis Markets. “We are one of the first retail chains with ELERA® Security Suite across our stores, ensuring speed, privacy, and performance. It is already strengthening real-time loss prevention.”

Effective loss prevention solutions must include dynamic human factors, speed, and data. Empowered by edge AI, ELERA® Security Suite enables real-time, on-device processing at self-checkout stations to automatically identify produce items and proactively correct loss-related behaviors. Unlike systems that only detect incidents after they happen, the suite prompts immediate action with minimal customer disruption.

“Weis Markets has been a trusted partner for over two decades, and we’re thrilled to support their continued innovation. By understanding the real-world complexities of shrink, we designed a system that helps retailers like Weis Markets to enhance the shopping experience and empower associates,” said Yevgeni Tsirulnik, SVP Portfolio Management at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions. “ELERA® Security Suite represents a significant leap forward in self-checkout solutions. Its edge AI operates locally at checkout, shifting loss prevention from reactive detection to proactive influence and built to evolve with changing business needs.”

The implementation is part of Weis Markets’ ongoing ELERA® journey with Toshiba. The scalable solution boosts operational performance and reduces store costs through serverless, energy-efficient edge processing, providing Weis Markets with powerful, real-time insights. Its modular design integrates seamlessly with existing store hardware and the ELERA® Commerce Platform POS used by Weis Markets, lowering infrastructure costs and complexity. With an integrated dashboard for loss prevention and produce recognition, Weis Markets can proactively manage and streamline store operations while driving meaningful cost savings. ELERA® also safely handles all customer and payment data across POS, self-service, mobile, loyalty, and payment systems to deliver a faster, more secure experience for shoppers.

Toshiba will showcase ELERA® Security Suite and other retail innovations across software, hardware, and services in their booth at the upcoming NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show in January.

About Weis Markets
Founded in 1912, Weis Markets, Inc. is a Mid Atlantic food retailer operating 197 stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and Virginia. For more information, please visit: WeisMarkets.com or Facebook.com/WeisMarkets.

About Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions:
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions empowers retail to thrive and prosper through a dynamic ecosystem of smarter, more agile solutions and services that enable retailers to resiliently evolve with generations of consumers and adapt to market conditions. Supported by a global organization of devoted employees and partners, retailers gain more visibility and control over operations while enjoying the flexibility to build, scale, and transform retail experiences that anticipate and fulfill consumers’ ever-changing needs. Visit commerce.toshiba.com and engage with us on X, formerly known as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, to learn more.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Tec Corporation, which is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Weis Markets implements Toshiba’s ELERA® Security Suite to enhance loss prevention measures and improve the overall customer experience.

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James Cameron, left, and Billie Eilish pose for photographers upon arrival a the screening of the film 'Hit me Hard and Soft: The Tour' on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Martyn Ford, from left, Tati Gabrielle, Adeline Rudolph, Lewis Tan and Mehcad Brooks pose for photographers upon arrival at the European Fan Event of the film 'Mortal Kombat II' on Thursday, April 30, 2026, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)