Scan It Allows You to Check Out Your Own Groceries

by Mark R in Miscellaneous Gadgets

7 Comments on “Scan It Allows You to Check Out Your Own Groceries”

Dustin Says:

February 25th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

Uh, we’ve had these things at our local stop n shop for over a year… Watertown St. in Watertown, MA.

Richard Says:

February 25th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

I love the idea but think about how many people are touching that thing. It’s like a shopping cart, a breeding ground for germs.

ira Says:

February 25th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

Stop & Shop in CT has had the item in the picture in use for almost a year. Using the self checkout with this scanner is awesome.

Picasso Says:

February 26th, 2009 at 6:05 am

2 stars on green idea- not fully developed idea. If it was me who had this idea, I’d put the scanner device in my shopping cart, meaning, the cart should already have the device on board, so you just swipe it across the top of cart and stick in your cart. Once you have all groceries you want and scanned by cart, you pay right at front before leaving and no bags. Just bring a box/es in your car to put all your groceries in when you go to your car. The store can carry boxes for those who are ignorant of being green and make them feel stupid by everyone seeing they don’t care or are too dam lazy to do a simple task of bring their own boxes.

The cart integrated with these scan devices will make the carts a bit expensive at first to the store, but it will pay for itself when they see how much more people will use them and how much faster the lines go- soon all stores would follow their pattern.

Picasso Says:

February 26th, 2009 at 6:09 am

When will people realize that any green idea is not ONLY beneficial but more profitable so it’s in every business out there to think GREEN! Think GREEN and make GREEN! Easy slogan and easy step.

Christopher Says:

February 26th, 2009 at 11:49 am

I love these, we have had them in CT for a while now. They also added stations by the vegetables to weigh them yourself and print a barcode, which you can scan with this device. The scanner also notifies you of any promotional deals going on/savings. and one really cool part is that if you put a deli order in on the touchscreen stands, as soon as it’s ready, the scanner will let you know your order is ready to be picked up, even before they announce it on the intercom.

Someone Says:

June 14th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

Picasso: S&S did try it with the carts (Shopping Buddy), but I would imagine it got too expensive for them.

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