WASHINGTON - At most supermarkets, a cashier rings up items or patrons run items through a scanner themselves. Soon, both practices may be obsolete.
Through a pilot program, Stop and Shop grocers are allowing customers at three stores in Massachusetts to scan their purchases with their iPhones as they go, pay on their phones and leave without waiting in any lines.
Many grocery store chains like Wegmans, Giant and Food Lion also offer free smartphone applications, allowing shoppers to find stores, check the latest specials and create an electronic shopping list. Some even allow customers to refill prescriptions or place an order at the deli counter.
The Wall Street Journal reports Stop and Shop plans to bring it to more stores soon, and at least two other large but un-named supermarket chains are getting ready to roll out similar apps.
Stop and Shop is owned by the same company as Giant Food, which operates a number of stores in the D.C. region.
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