Aldi Süd is currently testing two new cash register systems that should make shopping noticeably easier. The focus here is on an intelligent shopping cart that is equipped with cameras. So we no longer have to stand in line at the discounter.

Aldi Süd: Smart shopping trolleys in use

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 place 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 in order to have an overview of the costs 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 directly here. If an article is removed from the cart while shopping, the system also recognizes this process.

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Intelligent shopping cart: so far only one Aldi test

It is not yet clear whether Aldi Süd will also introduce the concept in other branches. First of all, you want that Feedback from customers 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.