#Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

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Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

^{Maxwell Zeff (Gizmodo)}

I really don't understand supermarket pricing. Small tin of butter beans 50p, full sized tin of same beans, same store's own brand, er, 48p. Um...

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