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Aldi has opened its first checkout-free supermarket where people can shop without having to scan a product.

The grocer is operating a "trial" store in Greenwich, London, which allows customers to complete their shop and pay without going to a till.

Instead, customers can download the Aldi Shop&Go app, and will then be automatically charged for their purchases once they leave the store.

Aldi's new store follows similar moves by Tesco, Sainsbury's and Amazon.

The supermarket's new site will also allow customers to buy alcohol, using facial-age estimation technology, to check whether they appear to be over the age of 25.

People who cannot or choose not to use this system can have their age verified by a member of staff.

A series of hi-tech cameras will track customers as they do their shopping, and then bill them when they leave.

Giles Hurley, chief executive of Aldi UK and Ireland, said he was "looking forward to seeing how customers react" to the trial, which he said used the "very latest in retail technology".

Lewis Esparon, Greenwich store manager, added: "We have been working towards this day for several months now so it will be great to see how our customers react to the new technology.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60038681

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More people jobless

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It's the future

[GoldHeart]

Before you know it more and more supermarkets will be doing this rubbish , it's bad enough how self checkout has dominated most shops. I don't think everyone will be happy using an app instead of face to face customer service.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Before you know it more and more supermarkets will be doing this rubbish , it's bad enough how self checkout has dominated most shops. I don't think everyone will be happy using an app instead of face to face customer service.

Yeah im not a fan...same price for food but do the job of supermarket staff

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Also imagine the wait on having to get someone to ‘ID’ you because the app can’t do it,

And the amount of tech problems this is going to have

It will need more staff than manual stores currently have