Device lets shoppers scan as they go

Device lets shoppers scan as they go
Tags: Kiosks / Self-Service, Self-Checkout, Supermarkets & Grocery Stores, Technology
January 9, 2008

SouthCoastToday.com: A new way of grocery shopping has been introduced at the Super Stop & Shop in Fairhaven, Mass. It's called easySHOP. Customers carry a handheld scanner with them as they cruise the aisles, scanning the goods they buy and then bagging them right away if they wish, either in their own bags, or paper or plastic they pick up at the kiosk. At checkout — either at one of the self-service registers or a traditional, cashier-staffed one — they download the tally from the gun, pay and go.