Aldi Nord

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…

Aldi Süd is now also allowing customers at its scanless Shop&Go store in London’s Greenwich district to shop without using the app. To enter the store shoppers can now also scan their payment card at the entrance.

Netto opened its second Pick&Go store with technology from Israeli provider Trigo this week. Customers can shop in the 800 square metre store of the Edeka Group's discounter in Regensburg without a check-in and without having to scan goods.

Food waste is a major problem. In Germany alone, 11 million tonnes of food ended up being thrown away in 2020, according to the National Statistics Office. Of this, 7 per cent (0.8 million tonnes) came from the retail sector. To combat food waste, 14 major German wholesale and grocery retailers signed an agreement with the Federal Ministry of Food…

Rewe Markt, the supermarket division of Rewe Group in Germany, has announced that it will be equipping three more stores with Pick&Go technology in the coming months: in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. Rewe already operates such stores with Trigo technology in Berlin, Cologne and Munich. One of the stores to be added in the spring will be the largest scanless store…

Aldi Nord is expanding its self-scanning and self-checkout pilot to 18 stores in the Netherlands. In May this year, the discounter had started the tests in the Dutch town of Berkel-Enschot. Customers can scan their items in these stores via a self-checkout terminal (SCO) or through the Aldi Nord app installed on their smartphone and pay cashless.

Aldi Nord is testing the Too Good To Go app in 30 of its stores to sell off fresh produce left over at the end of the day. The measure is set to complement other initiatives against food waste by the discounter.

Aldi Nord allows customers to shop at its cashierless store in the Dutch city of Utrecht without the Shop & Go app.The discounter is testing a new feature from technology partner Trigo that also accepts card payments without app.

Aldi Nord and Süd have completed the Europe-wide introduction of reusable fruit and vegetable containers from Ifco. The recyclable load carriers save logistics costs and packaging waste.

US convenience store operator Casey's General Stores will use Relex Solutions to optimise inventory, demand planning and space planning.