Leaked Walmart memo reveals competitive threats

Re:Leaked Walmart memo reveals competitive threats by Scoundreller on Saturday June 05, 2021 @04:18PM (#27408153)

The big bagging area will be one big scale. It's not that big of a deal when programmed correctly. You can place your own bags on it too (but there's usually a button you have to press so it tares it correctly).

The scanning area will have it owns weight sensor for unweighed fruits and vegetables. This scale is usually calibrated/verified by a government body because it relates to pricing. In Europe, it's common to bag and weigh your produce in the produce section, but in N. America, it's integrated with the checkout process.

I live near a Walmart "flagship" store and they are/were testing out a system where you scan items are you pick them and then can bag them in your cart, with a special aisle for exit. I suspect the cart also goes over a scale and they determine if it matches correctly.

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Re:Leaked Walmart memo reveals competitive threats by HeyLaughingBoy on Sunday June 06, 2021 @12:21AM (#27410777)

I guess the Walmarts near me are different. I just scan stuff and I can either bag it on the platform or put it straight into my cart. The portable barcode scanner means I don't need to take the 50lb bag of dog food out of the cart either. There's no special aisle to exit, you just leave the regular way.

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Re:Leaked Walmart memo reveals competitive threats by Scoundreller on Sunday June 06, 2021 @06:11AM (#27412048)

The special aisle is for this system where you scan items as you take them off the shelf.

Checkout-as-you-go instead of filling your cart and checking out at the end.

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Re:Leaked Walmart memo reveals competitive threats by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:24PM (#27438914)

Now that would be cool. I can't wait until they have it around here.

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