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Amazon opens full-size, 'cashierless' grocery store in Seattle
The Hill ^ | 2/25/2020 | Kaelan Deese

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: amazon; bluezones; grocery; livingwage; seattle; urban
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To: goldstategop

What if a person without an account shows up?


21 posted on 02/27/2020 8:45:13 AM PST by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: Bigg Red

They won’t be allowed in the store. They check if you have an Amazon account.


22 posted on 02/27/2020 8:46:23 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: 1Old Pro

Even Chicago has had those transponder toll booths for years.


23 posted on 02/27/2020 8:48:26 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

moderate skill job? It’s a low skill job that is being automated. This is just the beginning ... more automation on the way.


24 posted on 02/27/2020 8:49:34 AM PST by plain talk
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

“I avoid self-checkout like the COVID-19.”

I love self checkout. Check out in a quarter of the time or less than waiting in line.


25 posted on 02/27/2020 8:50:16 AM PST by setter
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To: nascarnation

They have cameras. You drive on a toll road without a transponder, it snaps a picture of your license plate.

You get the bill in the mail.


26 posted on 02/27/2020 8:50:22 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: cgbg

So how do you know when a woman has the “hots” for you? What does she say or do? I’m serious. I’d like to know what cues I’ve been missing.


27 posted on 02/27/2020 8:50:28 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: 1Old Pro
It's happening all over, people better learn to code.

No need, since I already know how to farm.

28 posted on 02/27/2020 8:51:18 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Bigg Red
What if a person without an account shows up?

They contact The Cochran Firm and file a discrimination suit.

29 posted on 02/27/2020 8:51:28 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: setter

Lines have been eliminated. In the 80s, I hated waiting in line at DMV to pay my registration fees and get my drivers license renewed.

Today, it can be done in a few minutes all online and no waiting.


30 posted on 02/27/2020 8:52:53 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Yes I get those from Kentucky on the Ohio River bridge at Louisville. The darn cameras work really well, I’ve gotten them in bad weather and with working to get the car behind really close.


31 posted on 02/27/2020 8:53:00 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: RightGeek

I went through the Amazon Go store last summer in Seattle. You are allowed in through a turnstile after scanning your Amazon ID. My son scanned his card 4 times for our party to enter. You literally just walk in and take things from shelves and walk right out the exit. There were no employees present. I grabbed a can of Diet Coke and it was only .60. Yes, everything was cheaper. When our party of 4 met back up outside my son checked an app on his iPhone to see what everyone bought. It was accurate. I know I picked up a few items just to read labels before returning items to shelves too!
It was awesome.


32 posted on 02/27/2020 8:54:17 AM PST by Danette
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To: RightGeek

The crooks and scammers will have to hurry to beat the homeless.


33 posted on 02/27/2020 8:55:20 AM PST by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: RightGeek

Our Walmart tested that system here but abandoned it.

The really good part about it was that the buggies had a special phone holder that held the phone and the shopping list. They did away with those holders when the system was abandoned. Now the phone slides through the cracks as it did before.

i actually liked to use the voluntary system. You select an item and then scan it with your phone. The phone has your credit card number and when through shopping, you point the phone at a check out stand and it records the transaction and pays for it. On your phone, you have a complete record of what yo bought.

A problem was that you could pick up an item and not scan it. I do not know how Walmart intended to get around that very obvious loophole.


34 posted on 02/27/2020 8:56:05 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: RightGeek

I hope their Ribeye and New York steaks are inexpensive.
I was at Costco and the Premium cuts were $53 for 3 small steaks. The Choice were $45....


35 posted on 02/27/2020 8:56:05 AM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: 4Runner

She is not very subtle...

—Starts talking to me every time...
—Stares at me, and then starts giggling nervously
—Touches me every time, on the shoulder, on the arms, for no reason...
—Gets very nervous when she is talking to me....
—Does not do this with other customers


36 posted on 02/27/2020 8:56:11 AM PST by cgbg (The Democratic Party is morphing into the Donner Party)
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To: goldstategop
Grab it and go. Your Amazon account gets charged after you leave the store with your purchases.

And when the door opens to let you in, if someone else follows you in, who does not have an Amazon account, and he grabs a bunch of stuff and leaves, what happens?

37 posted on 02/27/2020 8:56:42 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Danette

Anything that simplifies our lives and make it easier is progress in my book.


38 posted on 02/27/2020 8:57:06 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: RightGeek

If you wrap the goods in tin foil could you walk out with “free” stuff?


39 posted on 02/27/2020 8:57:37 AM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: nascarnation
Even Chicago has had those transponder toll booths for years.

Kentucky, Tennessee, New Jersey. Jersey since the '90's

40 posted on 02/27/2020 8:57:58 AM PST by 4Runner
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