Tesco GetGo: opening of a cashless supermarket in London
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(Pocket-lint) – You may have heard of Amazon Go, the ‘just walk out’ style of supermarket, but now there is a very British rival that is open in Holborn, London: Tesco GetGo.
GetGo aims for a no-payment experience, with customers being able to download the Tesco Grocery & Clubcard app – available for Apple iOS and Android devices – and then simply exit the store after making their selections.
The cameras around the GetGo store, combined with artificial intelligence (AI), will automatically recognize what you have packed in your shopping cart and then you can leave for automated invoicing through the app.
However, this is not completely free, as restricted items such as tobacco and alcohol require a staffed station to verify the legal age of customers prior to such sales.
Tesco GetGo comes after trials of a similar setup at the supermarket giant’s headquarters in Welwyn Garden City were successful. That’s a bit on Amazon’s heels, of course, as the American giant has already rolled out many of its Go stores in the United States, ahead of the opening of its first Amazon Fresh equivalent in Ealing, London, in March 2021.
So, is this the future of shopping? Tesco says it will launch the GetGo in-store trial to see “how customers react.” If it is successful, we will surely see more contactless and cashless experiences roll out in various parts of the country. And we suspect that its main rivals, such as Sainsburys and Waitrose, won’t be too far away either …
Written by Mike Lowe. Edited by Rik Henderson. Originally published on .