Washington Post: Giant Food Shoppers Can Scan as They Go
From The Washington Post, May 5,
2009
By Ylan Q. Mui
Supermarket chain Giant Food has added handheld scanners at about 60 of
its 182 stores in the Washington area that allow customers to tally the
cost of their groceries as they shop.
The scanners were introduced in the fall and have been
phased in over the past several months, said Bob Bennett, director of
front-end operations and customer service for Giant Food, based in
Landover. They are being used in about 1 million shopping trips each
month at Giant and its sister chain, Stop & Shop, the company said.
"We had customers ask for it," Bennett said. "Customers
have wanted another self-checkout type solution."
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