Posted on 02/27/2020 8:26:10 AM PST by RightGeek
Amazon has opened its first-ever full-size, "cashierless" grocery store, providing shoppers an experience that does not require any human interaction.
The project, called Amazon Go Grocery, has been in development for five years. Starting Tuesday, customers can scan a QR code from Amazon's mobile app, walk into the Seattle store, take any item they want to purchase and walk out without paying at a cashier station.
Amazon said it is employing technology that senses when a product is taken from or returned to a shelf and keeps track of items in a virtual cart. When a customer leaves, they are sent a receipt and their Amazon account is charged.
The first and so far only Amazon Go Grocery store sits at 10,400 square feet, while a typical grocery store averages 40,000 square feet, CNBC reported.
The new store contains nearly 5,000 items, including produce, dairy, packaged seafood, meats, baked goods, meal kits, household items and a full liquor selection.
It includes some items sourced from Whole Foods providers, though an executive told CNBC that the Amazon Go Grocery story aims to complement brands that can be found at Whole Foods.
The same cashierless scanning technology has previously been used at several Amazon Go locations, designed to service business centers with breakfast and lunch foods.
The new Amazon Go Grocery is created for consumers to fill their pantries with items to cook meals at home, not just premade food.
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The store will have several employees on staff to start, helping with stocking shelves and aiding any shoppers who may need assistance.
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This will be great until teens take over
And the prices are reduced by how much since no employee labor is required for check out?
How do they weigh veggies?
None. The pricing reflects a “convenience fee” for not having to hassle with a traditional checkout.
I worked in a grocery store when I was a kid.
The fact that it employed four or five dozen young female cashiers was its main attraction. ;)
Grab it and go. Your Amazon account gets charged after you leave the store with your purchases.
Contactless grocery shopping. No need to wait in a checkout line.
What would be hilarious is if hundreds of Seattle homeless people claimed the place as their home....
I don’t think the homeless are too far away...this store is at 610 Pike St
I avoid self-checkout like the COVID-19.
Note how self-check replaces one moderate skill job that requires normal customer interaction, with multiple TSA-like goon positions of people who are learning to trust no one for minimum wage.
What an f’ed up idea.
Its not free. They take it out from your bank account. The convenience I think will bring a lot of people on board.
It cuts overhead costs and lowers prices throughout the store. A concept whose time has come.
The name of the store.
“TakeWhatYouWant”
PayForItLater
At least all the cashiers will be making a living wage...wait, what?
Seattle won’t prosecute low-level shoplifting, so I’m guessing not very long.
No cashiers. None are needed. Contactless payment has eliminated the need to have a human middleman handle and process payments.
It's happening all over, people better learn to code.
Shoplifting groceries isn’t something that can be easily done except for easily concealable items.
Do it at your own risk.
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