Woolworths will trial a new ‘scan and go’ technology, which would do away with checkouts.
This technology, which is being trialled at a store in Sydney’s Double Bay, would allow customers to choose their products, scan the barcodes through their phone, then directly drop the items into their bags. For fruit and vegetables, special weighing scales will be used to display a barcode which can also be scanned and then feed the correct price into the app.
Woolworths says this new way to pay could transform the shopping experience.