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While Lidl has already implemented the new self-checkouts throughout Romania, the major roll-out in Germany, as well as in other countries such as Spain and Italy, will apparently start in Lidl's next financial year, which begins in March and ends in February 2025.

Scottish retail co-operative Scotmid has extended its contract with Retail Insight to use its cloud-based WasteInsight software to reduce food waste in its 185 convenience stores.

Lekkerland has deployed its so-called 'Smart Shop' concept in live operation for the first time. In the newly opened Rewe Ready container store at the EnBW loading park in Lichtenau, near Chemnitz in the German federal state of Saxony, the Rewe Group company implemented smart fridges from Portuguese specialist Reckon.ai.

Aldi Süd is testing the use of a technology that makes the scanning of goods obsolete for the first time in the USA. However, for its Aldi Go store in the city of Aurora near Chicago in the US state of Illinois, the discount giant is not relying on AiFi technology to automatically recognise purchases, as in London, but on…

Australian retailer Coles will deploy Palantir's AI platform across more than 840 shops to improve its workforce management and in-store merchandising processes. As part of the three-year contract, the Australian supermarket operator will receive a range of HR strategy and analytics tools from the technology provider.

Rewe Group is installing automation technology from Cimcorp in its regional distribution centre in Oranienburg. The system from Finnish specialist picks fruit and vegetables-crates. In this way, the retailer aims to efficiently deliver fresh produce to its stores and combat shortage of staff.

MediaMarktSaturn is introducing a range of innovative applications based on Generative AI. These tools have been developed to provide comprehensive support for both customers and employees. The first application 'GenAI Sandbox' will be available to all employees at the headquarters in Ingolstadt in the coming weeks.

Four grocery retail giants are currently working together to find innovations in the field of retail technology with their Disrupt Retail initiative. Disrupt Retail was first launched in 2017 by Portuguese grocery retail market leader MC Sonae, which owns the Continente distribution lines, as a call for technology start-ups.

Sainsbury's is deploying software from Norwegian provider Strongpoint to pick food home deliveries from its stores. With the move, the British retailer aims to process customer orders more efficiently and accurately.

Biedronka has already 15,000 self-checkouts in use. All devices are supplied by NCR Voyix. The discount chain of Portuguese retailer Jerónimo Martins, which operates in Poland, already has the self-checkouts from the US company in 87 per cent of its stores. The SCOs are equipped with AI-based article recognition and loss prevention systems.