Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S...
by jeffwask on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:12PM
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Stop and Shop (in New England) had hand scanners you could do this with 15 years ago. I have been shocked that the technology didn't spread. It was so easy to scan and bag then just plug the scanner in at checkout and pay.
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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S...
by NovemberWhiskey on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:18PM
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Stop and Shop now has self-checkout where you have to scan and move your items one at a time into your bag, because it's doing continuous weight-based reconciliation.
So if you have six of the same yoghurt, you have to scan them and then place them in your bag one at a time. And if you have a 24 pack of sodas, you need to haul it out of your cart onto the scales as you're checking out. And if anything goes wrong (item didn't weight what the system expected; you moved the item too fast onto the scales etc) then you get a "please wait while someone helps you", which involves an employee having to come and clear the error.
Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S...
by Workaccount2 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:27PM
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There should be a hand scanner and a "skip bagging" option that allows you to keep heavy things on your cart. I'm pretty sure I have seen it at stop and shop before too.
Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S...
by Noumenon72 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @09:24PM
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Scanning each yogurt individually is usually required for cashiers too because otherwise people scan similar items under the same barcode.