{"id":4293,"date":"2022-01-09T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T08:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/09\/do-smart-supermarkets-herald-the-end-of-shopping-as-we-know-it\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T08:36:13","slug":"do-smart-supermarkets-herald-the-end-of-shopping-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/09\/do-smart-supermarkets-herald-the-end-of-shopping-as-we-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Do smart supermarkets herald the end of shopping as we know it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new breed of supermarkets means the days of queues, checkouts and shoplifting are numbered. But what else will we lose when no-transaction shopping becomes the norm?<\/p>\n

Welcome to the supermarkets of the future. They may look and feel like the supermarkets we are all used to \u2013 and stock the same bread, butter and bananas \u2013 but these shops are now fitted out with more than \u00a31m of the latest technology that their bosses promise will put an end to our biggest frustration (queueing) and our most persistent crime (shoplifting).<\/p>\n

Jill French, a legal secretary in her 30s, wearing a sharp navy suit and matching beret, has just left a Tesco Express on London\u2019s Holborn Viaduct empty-handed. It\u2019s coming up to 6.30pm on a Thursday and, like dozens of others, French has popped in for a few essentials on her way home. \u201cI just went in to grab pasta, milk and some broccoli,\u201d she says. \u201cBut there was such a queue I got frustrated and walked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nA new breed of supermarkets means the days of queues, checkouts and shoplifting are numbered. But what else will we lose when no-transaction shopping becomes the norm?
\nWelcome to the supermarkets of the future. They may look and feel like the supermarkets we are all used to \u2013 and stock the same bread, butter and bananas \u2013 but these shops are now fitted out with more than \u00a31m of the latest technology that their bosses promise will put an end to our biggest frustration (queueing) and our most persistent crime (shoplifting).
\nJill French, a legal secretary in her 30s, wearing a sharp navy suit and matching beret, has just left a Tesco Express on London\u2019s Holborn Viaduct empty-handed. It\u2019s coming up to 6.30pm on a Thursday and, like dozens of others, French has popped in for a few essentials on her way home. \u201cI just went in to grab pasta, milk and some broccoli,\u201d she says. \u201cBut there was such a queue I got frustrated and walked out.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new breed of supermarkets means the days of queues, checkouts and shoplifting are numbered. But what else will we lose when no-transaction shopping becomes the norm? Welcome to the supermarkets of the future. They may look and feel like the supermarkets we are all used to \u2013 and stock the same bread, butter and …<\/p>\n

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