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UK Grocery Chain Tesco Unveils ‘Scan-Free Checkout,’ Customers Just Walk Out And Are Charged Automatically

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By Jacob M. Thompson

The British grocery store chain Tesco has unveiled a new contactless form of purchasing items, which is sometimes referred to as “frictionless” or such as Amazon’s Just Walk Out; which operate by outfitting the store with a plethora of cameras and sensors that monitor what customers place in their carts, and then when shoppers leave their purchases are automatically deducted from their bank accounts.

Tesco is slightly different. Their version requires customers to present their items to a self-checkout station, but the items do not need to be individually scanned, but instead provide a final confirmation of the order via the high-level security in the store, and then confirm the list on their Tesco app.

The company explained the process in a press release on November 23rd, which reads:

Tesco is trialing an exciting new technology innovation that means customers don’t need to scan their items at the checkout on self-service tills.

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