Amazon opens full-size grocery store with no cashiers

Amazon’s grab-and-go shopping technology has landed in the produce section.

The e-commerce colossus is opening a supermarket Tuesday with no cashiers as it grows its presence in the massive grocery industry.

The “Amazon Go Grocery” store is slated to open in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, just about a mile from the company’s corporate headquarters. After scanning a code from the Amazon Go app at the entrance, shoppers will be able to pick up veggies, meats, bread and other grocery staples and walk out before the app charges their credit cards and sends a receipt.

“See something you want? Grab it off the shelf and pack your bag or cart as you shop. Change your mind? Put it back, no problem,” Amazon says on a website for the store.

The market uses the same technology as the company’s existing Amazon Go convenience stores: an array of cameras and sensors that detect which products customers pick up off the shelves. But the grocery store has four times as much shopping space as the first cashier-free shop Amazon opened in January 2018.

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