Customers need to scan a barcode on their phone to enter and hi-tech cameras will track what they pick up as they shop.
Tesco has launched a checkout-free store where shoppers can pick up groceries and leave without having to go to a till.
It is the latest supermarket giant to open an outlet where hi-tech cameras track the items consumers are buying. The new store, named GetGo, opens in London's High Holborn today - the same branch that was the first to go cashless.Hi-tech cameras will pick up what customers buy, while weight sensors on shelves will also determine which products are sold
opened its first Amazon Go shop in the UK in February before expanding to five more sites, and Aldi also launched a till-free shop last month. Tesco has been testing"frictionless" technology at a trial site in its Welwyn Garden City headquarters since 2019.They will pick up the items they wish to buy and walk straight out of the shop, receiving a receipt and being charged for products when they have left.
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