Amazon store eliminates checkout lines to make grocery shopping easier
Amazon announced June 15 that it will introduce what it calls Just Walk Out technology which allows customers to pay for their groceries without waiting in line for a cashier. (Photo Provided by/Amazon)
by: Moira Ritter, CNN Business
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Jun 15, 2021 / 08:18 PM EST
(CNN) Amazon wants to make grocery shopping as efficient as possible so it’s eliminating checkout lines.
The company announced Tuesday that will introduce what it calls Just Walk Out technology which allows customers to pay for their groceries without waiting in line for a cashier at its newest Amazon Fresh store. That store is set to open June 17 in Bellevue, Washington. (Customers are not obliged to use it, and can still check out the old-fashioned way.)
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