Asda lets shoppers use their own mobile phone checkout

Mobile phone checkout - ASDA grocery store

As grocery stores seek new ways to keep a contact-free experience the chain is skipping cash registers. UK grocery store chain, Asda, has rolled out a new option allowing shoppers to use a mobile phone checkout app and skip the lines at the checkout counters. The supermarket brand’s “scan and go mobile” option is now available in all 581 store locations. Previously, Asda had made the mobile phone checkout option available at about half of its locations. That said, it has now rolled it out across every grocery store. To…

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QR code shopping opens up for mobile supermarket experience

qr code shopping

A new “Smart Store” booth has opened in one of India’s biggest cities, allowing purchases with quick response code scans. A new form of QR code shopping has launched in India, letting consumers scan barcodes to purchase certain non-perishable staple food items from a booth. The new interactive booths have opened in three busy Metro stations located in Bengaluru. This lets commuters do a bit of QR code shopping on their way from one location to another. They can, for instance, pick up rice, grains or pulses on their way…

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Mobile commerce strategy unveiled by GroceryRun

Mobile Commerce Grocery Shopping App

The online grocery site has just released a new iPhone and iPad app. GroceryRun.com, an online grocery store, has just announced the availability of a new mobile commerce application for iPhone and iPad users. This launch has aligned itself with the strongest growth that GroceryRun has recorded in a single quarter. The website currently receives approximately 15,000 on a weekly basis, and has seen a significant demand from suppliers who have been rushing to add their offerings to the site. This has been bolstered by the notable shift that supermarkets…

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