JP2010191498A - Merchandise sale data processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a merchandise sales data processing system for positively promoting "local production for local consumption" by strongly impressing a consumer with the shipping distance of merchandise related with the prevention of global warming. <P>SOLUTION: The merchandise sales data processing system includes: a reading means for reading a label L attached to purchased merchandise; and a calculation means for, about merchandise read by the reading means, calculating points for each purchased merchandise based on a distance from the place of production to the place of selling of the merchandise. That is, it is possible to reduce amount of CO<SB>2</SB>emission required for the shipping of the merchandise whose shipping distance of short. It is therefore possible to prevent global warning by adding large points to the merchandise whose distance from the place of production to the place of selling is short. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data processing system.

In recent years, global warming due to greenhouse gases such as CO ₂ has been feared. Therefore, it is important to reduce the amount of CO ₂ emitted for transporting goods from the production area to the sales area. Therefore, a movement called “local production for local consumption (local production for local consumption)”, which means that agricultural products and marine products produced in the region are consumed in the region, is being promoted.
Here, a system has been proposed in which information such as a production location and a producer is displayed when a product is purchased at a store (see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2001-243308 A (Abstract) JP 2002-056278 (Abstract)

  However, it is difficult to appeal to consumers for “local production for local consumption” simply by displaying the production location on the product.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a product sales data processing system that can impress consumers with a strong impression of the transportation distance of products related to the prevention of global warming and can actively promote “local production for local consumption” It is to be.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the product sales data processing system of the present invention includes a reading unit that reads a label attached to a purchased product, and a product read by the reading unit from a production place to a sales place of the product. Calculating means for calculating points for each purchased product based on the distance.

According to the present invention, since points are added for each purchased product based on the distance from the production area to the sales area, it is possible to appeal to the consumer for “local production for local consumption”. That is, since a product with a short transportation distance requires less CO ₂ emission for transportation, it is possible to prevent global warming by adding a large point to a product with a short distance from the production area to the sales area.

FIG. 1A is a schematic configuration diagram showing a product sales data processing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1B is a chart showing the recorded contents of the point card, and FIG. 1C is a point card. It is a graph which shows the modification of recorded content. 2A is a schematic front view showing a label, FIG. 2B is a schematic front view showing a receipt, and FIG. 2C is a schematic front view showing a modification of the receipt. 3A is a chart showing the storage contents of the product master storage section, FIG. 3B is a chart showing the storage contents of the point storage section, and FIG. 3C is a chart showing the storage contents of the purchase point storage section. is there. FIG. 4 is a chart showing the contents stored in the production area code storage unit. FIG. 5 is a table showing the storage contents of the product master storage unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6A is a schematic configuration diagram showing a menu proposal system, and FIG. 6B is a schematic front view showing a recipe and a coupon issued by the system. Fig.7 (a) and FIG.7 (b) are schematic block diagrams concerning the modification of a menu proposal system. FIG. 8A is a schematic front view showing the issued recipe, and FIG. 8B is a display screen of a recipe issuing machine according to a modification of the menu proposal system. FIG. 9 is a schematic front view showing a display screen of a recipe issuing machine according to a modification of the menu proposal system.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the apparatus further includes a storage unit that stores a food self-sufficiency rate in advance for each product, and the calculation unit calculates a point for each purchased product based on the food self-sufficiency rate stored in the storage unit. .

Here, the “food self-sufficiency rate” may be used as an index indicating how much of the domestically consumed food is covered by domestic production. Indicates the ratio of domestic products to each product. For example, a product produced domestically has a food self-sufficiency rate of 100%, and a product imported from abroad has a food self-sufficiency rate of 0%. On the other hand, in the case of minced meat or the like, 60% of domestic meat is used and 40% of foreign meat has a food self-sufficiency rate of 60%.
If you depend on foreign food, there is a risk that a sufficient amount of food may not be supplied to the country due to transportation problems or embargoes of the export partner country. Therefore, it is important to improve the ratio of domestic food.

  Therefore, according to this aspect, since the point for each product is calculated based on the food self-sufficiency rate for each product, a large point is added to the product having a large proportion of domestic food. As a result, consumers can be strongly impressed with the need to stabilize the foundations of national life by increasing the proportion of domestically produced food.

In the present invention, it further comprises storage means for storing the production area in advance for each product, and the calculation means sets a first predetermined point for the product when the production area is produced in the prefecture, and the production area is domestic. In the case of production, it is preferable to set a second predetermined point.
According to this aspect, by adding the second point to domestically produced products and adding the first point to the second point for domestically produced products (domestic and prefecture-produced), it is always The point of products produced in the prefecture will be larger. Therefore, local production for local consumption can be further promoted.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4 show a first embodiment.
overall structure:
As shown in FIG. 1 (a), the product sales data processing system includes a plurality of registers 1 connected to a POS (Point of sale) controller 2.
This system has a register function and a point card processing function.

First, the configuration and function of a general register function will be described.
Register 1 configuration:
The register 1 includes a barcode reader (an example of a reading unit) 10, a card reader / writer 13, a printer 14, a numeric keypad 15, a display unit 16, a money storage unit 17, and the like.
The main body of the register 1 includes a CPU (calculation means) 11 and a memory (storage means) 12. The CPU 11 is provided with a deposit / withdrawal processing means 11a and the like.

The barcode reader 10 reads the barcode B of the label L attached to the product M (FIG. 2B) and transmits the product information recorded on the barcode B to the CPU 11.
The card reader / writer 13 reads and writes point cards to be described later.
The printer 14 prints and issues the receipt S1 shown in FIG.
The display unit 16 displays the price of each product, the total amount, the amount received from the customer, change, and the like, and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display.
The money storage unit 17 is a part that stores cash, and stores cash and change received from a customer. The money storage unit 17 protrudes in front of the operator whenever cash is exchanged.

Register function:
Next, a method for operating the register function will be briefly described.
The register function using the POS system collates product information such as product price by reading the barcode B (FIG. 2A) printed on the label L attached to the product M with the barcode reader 10. can do. Therefore, it is not necessary to input the price of the product from the numeric keypad 15.

  When the operator places the product M to be purchased on the barcode reader 10, the barcode reader 10 reads the recorded content of the barcode B (FIG. 2A) of the label L attached or printed on the product M, The CPU 11 displays the price on the display unit 16 based on the product information corresponding to the product M. The operator puts the products M to be purchased one after another on the barcode reader 10, and the CPU 11 adds up the prices of the products M.

  When the operator performs a predetermined operation after the input of the barcode B of all the products M scheduled to be purchased, the total amount of all the products M is displayed on the display unit 16. When the operator receives money from the customer and performs a predetermined operation, the money storage unit 17 protrudes and opens in front of the operator, and the deposit / withdrawal processing means 11a issues a receipt S1 (FIG. 2B), The amount of change is displayed on the display unit 16. The operator stores the money received from the customer in the money storage unit 17 and takes out the change displayed on the display unit 16 from the money storage unit 17 and passes it to the customer.

Configuration for card processing:
Next, features of the present invention will be described.
The card reader / writer 13 reads and writes a point card (food self-sufficiency card: abbreviated SS card) distributed to each customer. Examples of the point card include a magnetic stripe. An IC card using a magnetic card or a semiconductor memory can be used.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, customer information of a customer who owns the point card including the personal ID, name, accumulated points, and previous points is recorded on the point card. The accumulated points and the previous points are updated every time the customer makes a purchase, and after new information is overwritten and recorded, the points are returned to the customer.

Storage units 12a to 12d:
As shown in FIG. 1A, the memory 12 of the register 1 is provided with a merchandise master storage unit 12a, a production area code storage unit 12b, a point storage unit 12c, an installation location storage unit 12d, a purchase point storage unit 12e, and the like. It has been. The contents stored in the storage units 12a to 12c may be contents transmitted from the POS controller 2 or contents directly input to the register 1 by the operator.

Product master storage unit 12a;
As shown in FIG. 3A, in the product master storage unit 12a, product information including a product number, a product name, a unit price, a food self-sufficiency rate and a production area code is stored in association with each other.
As the food self-sufficiency rate, a value of 100% is stored for domestic production and 0% for foreign production. When domestic and foreign foods such as minced mince are mixed, the proportion of domestic foods (for example, 50%) is stored.

Locality code storage unit 12b;
As shown in FIG. 4, the production area code storage unit 12b stores production area codes corresponding to prefectures and country names in association with each other.

Point storage unit 12c;
As shown in FIG. 3B, the point storage unit 12c stores the first and second points.
The first point is a point when the product is produced in the prefecture, and the second point is a point when the product is produced outside the prefecture.

The points of products from overseas, prefectures and prefectures are calculated as follows.
Foreign production = 0 points Foreign production (domestic production) = 10 points (2nd point)
Local production (domestic and local production) = 10 points + 10 points (second point + first point) = 20 points

Installation location storage unit 12d;
A code (FIG. 4) corresponding to the installation location of the register 1 is stored in the installation location storage unit 12d shown in FIG. The installation location is input and set when the register 1 is installed in the store. For example, when this register 1 is installed in Miyazaki Prefecture, the production location code 45 corresponding to Miyazaki Prefecture is stored as the installation location based on the storage contents of the production location code storage unit 12b shown in FIG.

Purchase point storage unit 12e;
As shown in FIG. 3 (c), in the purchase point storage unit 12e, every time the operator reads the product M to be purchased from the customer from the bar code reader 10, the customer purchases the local and non-prefectural products purchased by the customer. The number of points to be accumulated is accumulated and stored.

Operation method of this product sales data processing system:
When the customer gives the point card to the operator when purchasing the product M, the operator inserts the point card into the card reader / writer 13 shown in FIG. 1, and the card reader / writer 13 records the customer information recorded on the point card. Is read.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (a), when an operator puts a product M to be purchased by a customer on the barcode reader 10, the barcode reader 10 attaches the barcode B on the label L (FIG. 2) to the product M. Read the product number from (a)). Based on the product number, the CPU 11 reads the product information corresponding to the product number from the product master storage unit 12a shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the CPU 11 compares the installation location code of the register 1 stored in the installation location storage unit 12d with the production location code included in the product information.
As shown in FIG. 4, when 45 (Miyazaki Prefecture), which is the code of the location where the register 1 is installed, matches the production area code of the product, the CPU 11 determines that the product is produced in the prefecture.
When the production area code of the product is 01 to 47 (in Japan) excluding 45 (Miyazaki Prefecture), which is the code of the location where the register 1 is installed, the product is determined to be from outside the prefecture.
When the production region code of the product is 50 to 69 (overseas), it is determined that the product is produced overseas.

When the CPU 11 determines that the product M is non-prefectural, the CPU 11 stores the second point (10 points) in the non-prefectural product column of the purchase point storage unit 12e. When it is determined that the product M is produced in the prefecture, the second point + the first point (20 points) is stored in the prefecture produced column of the purchase point storage unit 12e. In the case of foreign production, no points are stored in the purchase point storage unit 12e.
The CPU 11 calculates points from the prefecture or from outside the prefecture for each commodity scheduled to be purchased, and accumulates and stores them as points from the prefecture and outside the prefecture in the purchase point storage unit 12e shown in FIG.

Note that in the case of the product M in which domestic products (prefectural or non-prefectural products) and foreign products are mixed, points are calculated based on the proportion of the weight of domestic products.
For example, if the weight of meat produced in the prefecture is 50% and the weight of meat produced in the country is 50%, as in “Grind Mince” shown in FIG. Multiplying the weight ratio of the product, (2nd point + first point) × (50%) = (10 + 10) × 0.5 = 10 points is calculated.

  In this way, points are calculated for each purchased product based on the rough distance from the production area to the sales area, such as local production, non-prefectural production, or foreign production.

  At the same time, as described above in the section of the register function, the deposit / withdrawal processing means 11a of the CPU 11 calculates the purchase price by integrating the prices of the products M.

  When the barcode B (FIG. 2A) is read for each of the products M scheduled to be purchased and the barcode B of all the products M scheduled to be purchased is read, the operator performs a predetermined operation. The display unit 16 displays the total price of the product M scheduled to be purchased.

  When the operator receives money from the customer and performs a predetermined operation, the money storage unit 17 protrudes and opens in front of the operator, and the CPU 11 causes the printer 14 to issue a receipt S1 (FIG. 2 (b)). The amount is displayed on the display unit 16. The operator stores the money received from the customer in the money storage unit 17 and takes out the change displayed on the display unit 16 from the money storage unit 17 and passes it to the customer.

On the other hand, the CPU 11 in FIG. 1A causes the printer 14 to issue a receipt S1 shown in FIG. For example, the following items are printed on the receipt S1.
For each product, the price, place of production (prefectural, non-prefectural or foreign), percentage of food self-sufficiency ratio (%) and points are printed, and the total amount, cash paid by customers, fishing, and point cards are read. ID No., customer name, previous point, current point, breakdown of current point (prefectural and non-prefectural), cumulative points, etc. are printed.

  On the other hand, the CPU 11 in FIG. 1A causes the card reader / writer 13 to record the accumulated points and the previous points. That is, the card reader / writer 13 records the total of purchase points of local and non-prefecture products stored in the purchase point storage unit 12e on the point card as new previous points in FIG. A value obtained by adding the purchase points to the accumulated points read from the point card is recorded on the point card as new accumulated points.

  When the accumulated points exceed a predetermined number of points, for example, it may be exchanged for a predetermined product such as domestic rice, or a discount may be performed.

In this way, the higher the food self-sufficiency rate, the more points are added, so that producers make efforts to improve the food self-sufficiency rate, and consumers feel the advantage of purchasing domestic products. Therefore, it is possible to raise public awareness to reduce the proportion of food imported from abroad and increase the proportion of domestically produced food, and to raise public awareness to reduce the dependence on food abroad. it can.
In addition, by setting more points for products with shorter transportation distances and higher food self-sufficiency ratios such as those produced in the prefecture, producers will strengthen efforts to improve food self-sufficiency ratios and encourage consumers to purchase domestic products be able to.

  In addition, like receipt S2 shown in FIG.2 (c), you may make it print the ratio of the in-prefecture production, the non-prefecture production, and the foreign production of the whole purchased goods, respectively, as shown in FIG.1 (c), You may make it record the total amount of money purchased on the point card, the total of the ratio of the product purchased so far within the prefecture, the prefecture outside the country, and the country outside.

  In such a case, the magnification of the points to be added may be set based on the cumulative ratio of the purchased products. For example, if the cumulative ratio of domestic products (prefectural products + non-prefectural products) is 50% or more and less than 80%, double points are added, and the cumulative ratio of domestic products is 80% or more. If so, it is possible to add three times the points.

In addition, you may make it set the said point and the magnification of this point according to food mileage (The amount of greenhouse gas emission until the goods line up at the store sales floor).
In addition, a mobile phone IC chip may be used instead of the point card.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment.
In Example 1 described above, points were calculated for each purchased product based on the approximate distance from the production area to the sales area, such as in-prefecture, out-of-prefecture or overseas production, but in this Example 2, As shown in FIG. 5, the transport distance is calculated more accurately, and points are calculated around the distance from the production area to the sales area.

  The distance from the production area to the sales area can be calculated using, for example, a car navigation (Satellite Navigation System) mounted on a truck or the like. In addition, entrance information and exit information of toll roads by ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System) may be used.

CPU11 shown to Fig.1 (a) calculates a point for every purchased goods based on the transport distance from the production center of the said goods M to a sales place.
Specifically, for example, 20 points when the distance is 50 km or less, 15 points when the distance is 51 km to 100 km, 10 points when the distance is 101 km to 1000 km, and 5 points when the distance is 1001 km or more. Settings may be made. In the case of a foreign product M, the above points are set to 0 points.
Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the same portions or corresponding portions, and the description thereof is omitted.

Indication of CO ₂ emissions required for transportation:
Here, consumers' needs to purchase foods with short transportation distances from production areas to sales areas to reduce CO ₂ emissions, which are the main cause of global warming, is a warming gas is doing. However, at present, there is no mechanism for calculating the CO ₂ emission necessary for transport can not tell CO ₂ emissions required for transport to the consumer.

Therefore, in order to inform consumers of the amount of CO ₂ emission required for transportation, for example, a system provided with a measuring instrument as described below is constructed.
A label or IC tag that records information on the transportation distance from the production area of the raw material to the retail and transportation means is issued. In addition, car navigation, ETC, etc. are used for calculation of transport distance.
For example, in a receiving yard such as a supermarket, the information such as the label and the IC tag is read, and the measuring instrument acquires the transport distance and transport means for each product.

In the measuring instrument, the CO ₂ emission amount for each raw material is stored in the commodity master. Note that, for example, when the transportation means is changed halfway, such as when a commodity is transferred to another truck, a value obtained by integrating the CO ₂ emission amount for each transportation means is stored in the commodity master.
The measuring instrument has a printer, and the printer adds the CO ₂ emission amount of the raw material during transportation and the separately stored CO ₂ emission amount of the packaging material when the raw material is produced (measured). Print on the label. When using an IC tag, the CO ₂ emission amount may be recorded on the IC tag.
Note that the CO ₂ emission amount of the raw material per predetermined weight may be displayed or printed on an ESL (electronic shelf label system) or POP.
When a customer purchases a product at the cash register, the label based on the L or IC CO ₂ emissions recorded in the tag, the CO ₂ emissions of all purchased goods are accumulated, the purchased total items on the receipt CO ₂ The discharge amount is printed.

Thus, writing the CO ₂ emissions label or an IC tag during raw stock, by reading the CO ₂ emissions recorded in the bar code or IC tag label of the product in register, CO ₂ emissions per product The amount can be displayed on the display unit 16 of the register 1 or printed on a receipt by the printer 14. Therefore, the consumer can know the CO ₂ emission amount of the product that he / she purchased. Therefore, enlightenment activities can be promoted by specifically informing consumers about global warming due to increased CO ₂ emissions.

Thus, by printing the CO ₂ emission amount on the label, the consumer can select a product based on the CO ₂ emission amount. As a result, retail stores can appeal to consumers as environmentally friendly companies.
Note that a discount service may be provided for a product with a relatively small amount of CO ₂ emissions.

Indication of CO ₂ emissions for metered products:
By the way, in recent environmental problems, reduction of CO ₂ has been an issue based on the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. In food products, the indication of CO ₂ emissions (or CO ₂ reductions) is about to begin in Europe.
However, it is difficult to display CO ₂ emissions for fresh foods that are sold at supermarkets.

Therefore, the CO ₂ emission amount is printed on a label affixed to the measured sale product by the method described below.
A CO ₂ emission amount per predetermined weight (for example, 100 g) of each product is stored in advance in the measuring instrument, and the CO ₂ emission amount is calculated according to the weight of the product. Incidentally, the combination products such as lunch is the meter allowed to pre-stored CO ₂ emissions of each ingredients, CO ₂ emissions per weight of the respective ingredients used were respectively calculated, CO ₂ emissions per total food Accumulate the amount.

Further, the CO ₂ emission amount per 100 g of the product may be written on a POP or a shelf label in the display place of the product.

A system that relays CO ₂ emissions from the production area to individual commodities may be constructed. CO ₂ emissions and means of transport during takeover of the CO ₂ emissions, all of CO ₂ emissions made of CO ₂ emission amount based on the power consumption of the processing equipment, such as by cutting the number and yield during product production by adding CO ₂ emissions, it suffices to calculate the CO ₂ emissions required to produce individual products, further, it is possible to calculate the CO ₂ emissions per exactly product.

Points, special coupons, coupons, etc. may be given based on the CO ₂ emission amount. Also, like the point adds CO ₂ emissions may be calculated based on the numerical value obtained by aggregating the monthly depending on the reduced-CO ₂ emissions.

Thus, prevention of global warming can be promoted by encouraging customers to purchase products that lead to reduction of CO ₂ emissions. In addition, efforts to reduce CO ₂ emissions can be promoted not only to customers but also to contractors. Furthermore, it becomes possible to feed back information such as how CO ₂ emissions have been reduced to customers and contractors.

Food mileage display:
In recent years, proposals have been made to display a numerical value called food mileage on products such as food. The food mileage is a value obtained by multiplying the weight of food by the transport distance of the food. Therefore, the food mileage has a small value when the food production area is close to the sales place (consumption area), and a large value when the food is carried from a distance.
Therefore, food mileage is a value based on the idea that when the production and consumption areas become far away, more energy is required for transportation, which places a heavy burden on the global environment.

For example, a bread using wheat domestic, Pan using american wheat, CO ₂ emissions associated with been CO ₂ emissions and transport discharged to produce these differ greatly. Until now, consumers have tended to seek cheap food, but recently there has been an increasing tendency to review food from an ecological point of view due to the concept of local production for local consumption. Therefore, by describing the food mileage for each product, it can be used as a guide for the consumer to select a product with less CO ₂ emissions.

However, products sold at retail stores such as general supermarkets, especially foods wrapped in wrapping, contain only the name of the locality such as “Chile” or “Thailand”. It is not possible to know the approximate value of CO ₂ emissions required for transportation.

Therefore, food mileage is printed on the label by the system described below.
In the following description, an automatic packaging pricing system will be described as an example.
An installation location (for example, an address) where a device such as a measuring instrument is used is input, and the installation location is stored in the device. On the other hand, the device stores in advance in the database the CO ₂ emission amount that is emitted during transportation from the production area of the food material that is the product to the installation location of the device, with a value converted per unit weight.

When the production area information of the product to be packaged is entered, the CO ₂ emission per unit weight from the production area to the packaging work place is automatically retrieved from the database, and it is necessary for transportation by integrating with the measured weight. The calculated approximate CO ₂ emissions are calculated. The calculated CO ₂ emission amount is printed on a label and attached to a product.

In addition to the conventional product name, place of production, expiration date, weight and price, the label is printed with the CO ₂ emission amount.

In this way, even for wrapped fish or meat, CO ₂ emissions corresponding to the weight are written on the label as food mileage, so consumers use the CO ₂ emissions as one option. be able to.
In addition, retail stores such as supermarkets can support the flow of local production for local consumption, and can promote efforts as environmental measures.

For example, since CO ₂ emissions per unit weight of merchandise are greatly different between mass transportation by ship and air transportation, it is preferable to multiply the food mileage by a coefficient corresponding to the transportation means.

Display of CO ₂ emissions:
In recent years, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has begun to develop a guideline for displaying the total CO ₂ emissions emitted in the process of producing foods, etc. on a product as a carbon footprint (Carbon footprint).

Therefore, a system is provided that automatically calculates the total CO ₂ emission amount corresponding to the carbon footprint of the product purchased by the customer in the register and prints it on the receipt.
In order to realize the system, the total product CO ₂ emission amount for each product (or the total CO ₂ emission amount per product internal capacity) is stored in advance in the product master storage unit of the register, and is stored in each product in advance. The total CO ₂ emission amount of the product is recorded on a barcode to be attached, a two-dimensional code, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification), or the like.
Automatically read the total CO ₂ emissions attached to the purchase planned product in the register, for all of the purchase planned product, by integrating the total CO ₂ emissions, the total CO ₂ emissions of all purchase planned product Is calculated.

By introducing such a system, the customer can know the sum of the total CO ₂ emissions of all the purchased products. As a result, customers can be conscious of environmental protection, and retailers can expect the advertising effect of considering the environmental environment from a collological perspective.
Furthermore, a sales promotion effect can be achieved by performing a discount or adding points according to the total CO ₂ emission amount of the purchased product.

Menu suggestion system:
By the way, most housewives come to retail stores such as supermarkets without deciding on a menu, and decide on a menu while looking at the ingredients in the store. In addition, young people tend to rely on cooked foods because the cooking method is unknown even when looking at the ingredients. For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare raises awareness of dietary education and requires a balanced diet.

  On the other hand, in the food maker and wholesale industry, there is a demand for efficient use of sales promotion costs to increase market share and increase sales without relying on price reductions to the retail distribution industry. As part of this, proposals for recipes (cooking methods) and sales promotions using coupons can be mentioned. However, the distribution method and operation method are complicated.

On the other hand, in the retail and retail industry, provision of recipe cards at stores is one of customer services for housewives who are troubled with daily menus, and continuity is required.
However, in the method of providing recipe cards in dedicated racks before food display shelves, etc., employees are required to refill daily recipe cards and refurbish old recipe cards, for example, monthly. It is cumbersome because it must be done.
Further, the number of printed recipe cards is large, a large number of card storage locations on which various recipes are printed are required, and old recipe cards need to be discarded. Therefore, the use of a recipe card requires a great deal of cost.

  Therefore, if the customer can issue the necessary recipe when necessary, the cost can be greatly reduced. In addition, printing coupons on recipes can provide a bargain and become a new sales promotion tool.

A system operation method for achieving the above object will be described below.
As shown in FIG. 6A, a plurality of types of recipes using ingredients delivered from food manufacturers A and B and wholesaler C are created and stored in the master server 100.
When the customer connects the recipe and the recipe issuing machine 101 to the master server 100 and the customer touches the menu key displayed on the touch panel of the recipe issuing machine 101, the recipe sheet 102 shown in FIG. 6B is printed. Issued. On the recipe sheet 102, a coupon is printed together with the recipe.
The recipe issuing machine 101 is preferably installed at a store, for example, and preferably allows the customer to issue the recipe sheet 102 before shopping.

  The other system shown in FIG. 7A shows a case where cooperation with the POS system is performed. As shown in FIG. 7A, in this system, the store controller 110, the recipe issuing machine 101, and the register 1A are connected to each other.

According to this system, in cooperation with the store controller 110, recipes and coupons can be set in the recipe issuing machine 101 in accordance with product settings that match the sales promotion schedule.
In addition, by printing the coupon bar code of the product introduced in the recipe on the recipe sheet 102, the customer can further promote “the next purchase” in which another product described in the recipe content of the recipe sheet 102 is purchased. can do.

The other system shown in FIG. 7B shows a case where cooperation with the measuring instrument 111 is performed. As shown in FIG. 7B, in this system, the store controller 110, the measuring instrument 111, and the recipe issuing machine 101 are connected to each other.
The recipe issuing machine 101 stores a plurality of recipe numbers, recipe contents, presence / absence of coupon addition, and the like associated with each other for each product code / product name.

  When the customer scans the barcode B of the label L attached to the food with the recipe issuing machine 101, a recipe list corresponding to the food is displayed on the recipe issuing machine 101. The customer selects a menu from the recipe list, and causes the recipe issuing machine 101 to issue a recipe sheet 102 (FIG. 6B).

Coupon issue number limit function;
Here, as shown in FIG. 8A, in order to prevent an increase in the burden on the food manufacturer due to the large number of coupons issued, settings such as the coupon issuance time limit and the number of issued papers are set in the recipe issuing machine 101 (or the master server 100 or the store). A server such as the controller 110 may be provided with a coupon printing prohibition function.
In other words, a coupon issue deadline is set in advance, and when the issue deadline is exceeded, printing of the coupon on the recipe is prohibited. Is prohibited.

  In order to use the issue prohibition function, first, the coupon issue deadline is input, and the issue number is input. At the time of normal issuance, an eye catch Va such as “I have a coupon” is displayed on the display screen V of the recipe issuing machine 101. When the customer touches the display screen V, the coupon is printed on the recipe sheet 102 along with the recipe contents.

  When the coupon issuance time limit is exceeded, or when the number of issued coupons exceeds a predetermined number, only the eye catch Va is displayed on the display of the recipe issuing machine 101 as shown in FIG. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 8B, the printing of the portion related to the coupon from the recipe 102 is stopped.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, you may incorporate recipe software in the self POS system which a customer pays directly. For example, when a customer scans a product that is the subject of a recipe, or when a payment screen V2 is displayed, a recipe selection screen V3 is displayed. And the contents of the recipe are printed on the receipt.

  The present invention can be applied to a merchandise sales data processing system for promoting local production for local consumption.

10: Bar code reader (an example of reading means)
11: CPU (calculation means)
12: Memory (storage means)
L: Label

Claims (3)

Reading means for reading the label attached to the purchased product;
A product sales data processing system comprising: a calculation unit that calculates points for each purchased product based on a distance from a production place to a sale place of the product for the product read by the reading unit. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores a food self-sufficiency rate in advance for each product.
A product sales data processing system in which the calculation means calculates points for each purchased product based on the food self-sufficiency rate stored in the storage means. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores a production area in advance for each product.
Product sales data processing in which the calculation means sets a first predetermined point for the product when the production area is produced in the prefecture, and sets a second predetermined point when the production area is domestic production system.

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