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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (6 children)

That system has been a thing for at least a decade in most supermarkets in Sweden, is it not a thing in (I assume) the US?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Assumption wrong.

    Although may be correct. I don't know USA shops.

    In the UK some shops have had them for 10 + years but not all shops. Lidl for example did not.

    Although my current area is NZ. Some shops again do have them but not all.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah the little self scanner thing you can take around the store as you shop is not much of a thing in the US.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My local grocery store does it with their smartphone app. I shop this way almost every time. Bag as I go, then stop at a special self checkout at the end to pay.

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