Originally Posted by
tmiw
IMO in order to meet the deadline you needed to have had new terminals at your stores pretty significantly far in advance; that's why the retailers I listed were able to turn things on with time to spare (and soon Walgreens, Best Buy and probably Kroger). Safeway didn't start installing them until recently so I don't expect them to make it. Though, perhaps they'll flip it on at the stores that have upgraded equipment already.
They don't need to certify each terminal just the initial software. They can install it at a later date.