Amazon‘s cashierless store experience Just Walk technology was used for the first time in a store. The tech giant brought this technology to a Whole Foods store for the first time, allowing customers to shop and leave with their products without having to interact with any cashiers. The store in question opened in the Glover Park neighborhood on February 23. In fact, there was a store in this neighborhood for 20 years, but with the integration of Just Walk Out technology, the store has also been renewed.
Amazon actually Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh operates cashierless convenience stores in branded stores, but this is the first time this technology has been integrated into a Whole Foods store. In a news we shared with you in 2020, we said that Amazon’s cashierless grocery technology can be used by Whole Foods. we mentioned. According to the news, it was shared that Whole Foods could start using Amazon’s cashierless grocery technology from the second quarter of 2021, but there was a 1-year lag in the estimated time due to the pandemic.
According to shop visitors, Whole Foods has Amazon’s palm recognition technology alongside typical QR codes. Also, the store still has a number of employees working at various stalls explaining how cashierless technology works.
Amazon bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in 2017 had bought. Whole Foods is one of the first supermarket chains that comes to mind when it comes to organic and healthy products. Founded in 1978, Whole Foods now operates in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom with many stores.
