Amazon to open two cashierless Whole Foods storesAP, NEW YORKThere will be something missing at two Whole Foods Market Inc stores opening next year: the rows of cashiers. Amazon.com Inc, which owns the grocery chain, yesterday said that it would bring its cashierless technology to two Whole Foods stores for the first time, letting shoppers grab what they need and leave without having to open their wallets. Amazon first unveiled the cashierless technology in 2018 at an Amazon Go convenience store and has expanded it to larger Amazon supermarkets, but it would be the first time it has appeared at Whole Foods, a chain of more than 500 grocery stores Amazon bought four years ago. They are to be stocked with the typical Whole Foods fare, including seafood, fresh-squeezed orange juice and organic vegetables. It also declined to say if it plans to bring the technology to more Whole Foods locations.

Source: Taipei Times September 08, 2021 15:56 UTC