New Checkers smart trolleys help you speed run your grocery checkout

CapeTalk’s Pippa Hudson speaks with Checkers’ Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Neil Schreuder.

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Checkers is planning to make shopping easier with their new Xpress trolley.

The trolley has a built-in scanner so you can scan and pack products as you go and avoid the checkout line.

The trolley will also tell customers where they can find certain items in the store.

Schreuder says to use the trolley you will scan your Xtra Savings card which logs you in. You will then scan the items on the trolley, and walk through the express lane to quickly pay and leave.

The trolley has a built-in sensor, scale, and camera - so if you remove an item, it automatically adjusts your total.

The price will be displayed on the trolley so you can track your spending.

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“People love it. It is bringing a bit of joy back into the physical grocery store experience.” 

- Neil Schreuder, Checkers’ Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer 

This is being tested at two of their Cape Town stores, the Brackenfell store at Fairbridge Mall and their Constantia store, within the next two weeks.

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