At Aldi Süd, two new cash register systems are being tested, which are supposed to make shopping noticeably easier. The focus is on an intelligent shopping cart equipped with cameras. Will we soon no longer have to stand in line at the discounter?

Aldi Süd: Smart shopping carts take into account

Now the future has also begun at the Aldi discounter. In some branches of Aldi Süd, self-checkouts are now being used, where customers can use the Simply take over the payment process yourself. This is certainly not revolutionary, because many other supermarkets already rely on such registers. In addition, Aldi Süd has also come up with something special. Amazon’s Go supermarkets should serve as a model here.

In a branch of Aldi Süd in Mülheim now comes a smart shopping cart for use. These come from an Israeli start-up and are equipped with both a display and two cameras. Customers put the desired article in the trolley as usual. The cameras capture the goods and add them to the invoice. An interim invoice can be viewed on the display so that the costs can be seen at all times (source: Food newspaper).

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When customers have all the articles they want together, they navigate to the intelligent one Shopping carts to a terminalwhere payment is made by card. Possible discounts are deducted here directly. If an article is removed from the cart while shopping, the system also recognizes this process.

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Smart shopping cart at Aldi: so far only one test

It is not yet clear whether Aldi Süd will also introduce the concept in other branches. One would like that first Customer feedback wait. Data protection should also play a role here. In contrast to Amazon’s Go supermarkets, Aldi focuses on the shopping trolley itself and is monitored by cameras. Amazon’s cameras, on the other hand, are distributed throughout the branches.