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Honestly we all carry a barcode scanner in our pockets. If I were running a grocery store, I’d be investing in scan and go instead of self checkout
Many German supermarkets do this. You scan as you put items in the trolley.
Same in the Netherlands.
Sam's club has this and it is amazing
You got that right. It's so great walking right by everyone queued up at the registers.
Where do you live that supermarkets don’t have this?
The bigger supermarkets such as Walmart have it here, but the regional ones are still putting in the self checkouts.
Here you can choose between scanning at the self checkout (easiest if you just have a basket with a few items and you don’t have a free hand for the scanner), or you get a hand scanner, or you use the app on your phone.