Albertsons Inc. is taking supermarket self-checkout to the next level by introducing handheld scanners that shoppers in Dallas can use as they move up and down the aisles, bagging their groceries as they go.
The chain is installing the technology first in the Dallas area, a key market where Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bumped it from its perch as the No. 1 grocer last year.
Called Shop ´n´ Scan, the system has been tested in several Dallas stores and will be installed in all 103 Dallas-area Albertsons stores by mid-April, the company said.Full text here.
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