Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free

Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by ghaff on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:20AM (#26399585)

I've never seen that in the US and produce isn't barcoded unless it's shrink-wrapped--which it isn't in most stores. And I'm not sure that seems any easier than a normal self-checkout in any case.

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Re:Shops return to rural Sweden but are now staff-free by dhimes on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @11:47AM (#26400599)

There are scales and look-up tables for the produce out in the produce area (the look-up tables are also programmed into the scales but the UI is slow and tedious).

So you gather your, say broccoli, look up the PLU code (it also might be on a sticker affixed to the item), put it on the scale, enter the code, and the scale prints out your bar code that you scan.

I'm a dozen miles north of Boston, MA.

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