Tag: Supermarkets
Waitrose finishes bottom in online supermarket freshness investigation
Waitrose has finished bottom in a Which? investigation of online supermarket grocery freshness, with delivered food and drink going off around two and a half days earlier on average than top performer Tesco. With grocery freshness emerging as an important consideration for soaring numbers of online grocery shoppers, the consumer watchdog looked at how the six major online supermarkets compared when…
Will self-braking trolley put an end to supermarket smashes?
A shopping trolley that can brake automatically when a possible collision is detected has been invented in a bid to prevent bored children causing chaos as their parents do the food shop. Ford has created the prototype self-braking trolley, which is fitted with sensors to spot people and objects ahead, similar to the technology used…
Amazon opens checkout free supermarket in Seattle, Amazon Go
UK supermarkets including Tesco and Sainsbury, not to mention several thousand employees, will be nervously looking over their shoulder as Amazon opens its first supermarket without any checkouts. Called Amazon Go, the self-service supermarket opens its doors in Amazon's home town of Seattle today (22/01/18). In a move that could revolutionise the way we buy…
