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Pretty much the title. Like, get those handheld scanners and attach them to the carts. I scan items as I put them in, roll up to a "register" where the cart is weighed and verified by a cashier. I just hand over the cash then leave. Or even better, install load sensors in the cart.

Usually I like to pack my groceries into my boxes as I get them into the cart. Keeps things orderly and neat and I also don't buy more than I can carry home. But this means I have to unpack them to place on the belt then pack them all over again after paying. It would be kinda nice to just pay by the cart load.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 day ago

We have that in one shop. It started with just a scanner and at the register you'd get random searches. By now the scale is integrated into the cart.

It sucks a bit because with the first system you could quickly scan ten items and throw them into the cart. But now you have to wait a bit after throwing something into the cart for the scale to give the ok.

They don't weigh at the end because that way you can have your shopping bags or boxes in the cart. That way the cart's weight at the beginning is registered as 0 and when you're done shopping you just have to lift your bags directly from the cart into your car. I guess that could be mitigated by having a scale at the entrance of the shop.

But for all the waiting after scanning one item it's still much nicer than having to load everything from the cart to the register and then back into the cart again.