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Handheld scanners should displace both self-checkout kiosks and traditional kiosks. I can scan things straight into the bag in my trolley. And if I've used my
by oliwarner 4y ago
Handheld scanners should displace both self-checkout kiosks and traditional kiosks.
I can scan things straight into the bag in my trolley. And if I've used my phone as the scanner, I can pay and leave without going anywhere near a physical terminal. If this could be the experience for the 90%, and you only needed a couple of tills open, supermarkets could reclaim 10% of their floorspace and several jobs.
When self-checkout kiosks came alone, there was an argument that the supermarket is making you do their job, but there's little I resent more than loading everything into a trolley, and then having to get it all out again before repacking it all in a massive hurry. I'd much sooner fight an awful app on my phone and do it once than do it all twice.
- julianlam 4y agoI can't believe I didn't even think of that as a solution. All the stores in my area already have an app. Allowing barcodes to be scanned would be a gamechanger. Hell, I'd buy a barcode scanner that connects to your headphone jack, just for this (assuming it exists.)
- woleium 4y agolaser baarcode scanners are surprisingly expensive.
- oliwarner 4y agoA camera works fine, FWIW. It's all integrated at API level. Some supermarkets here let you use your phone (and could take payment further, to remove the physical checkout process), and others use handheld scanners which could also integrate with phones for checkout (direct NFC payment, or scan a barcode on your phone to upload your cart, pay for it). So many options, such glacial movement. https://smartshop.sainsburys.co.uk/ https://smartshop.sainsburys.co.uk/ https://secure.tesco.com/clubcard/scan-as-you-shop https://secure.tesco.com/clubcard/scan-as-you-shop