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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