Bosses at supermarket Morrisons are close to unveiling an unmanned store that allows customers to put items straight from shelves into their bags, and walk out.
The grocery giant – which is currently at the centre of a takeover battle – has been secretly working on the plan for more than a year and is likely to launch a pilot store to the public within months .
It will require customers to download an app on to their smartphone which must be scanned on entry.
In the bag: Shoppers won t even need to scan their groceries at Morrisons planned new stores, inset
Digital cameras then track where shoppers are in the store and record which items they place in their bags.
Morrisons plans shops with no checkouts
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Supermarket Morrisons set to unveil store with NO workers
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