Grocery shopping increasingly high-tech

Grocery shopping increasingly high-tech
Tags: Retail Self-Service, Self check-out systems
January 22, 2006

RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER: With self-checkout stations now commonplace at grocery stores around the country, a new generation of technology is taking convenience to a whole new level. Shoppers can pay with finger prints, ring up groceries as they place them in their carts and even track down recipes as they navigate the aisles.

"Retailers know this stuff works and that consumers like it when it's done properly," said Phil Lempert, an industry analyst known as the Supermarket Guru. But getting it into local stores takes a serious investment.