Australian retail giant Woolworths is piloting self-scanning shopping carts, developed in collaboration with Hanshow. The technology allows shoppers who are member of the retailer’s loyalty scheme to scan their items at the trolley using a touchscreen device. Customers still need to pay at the regular checkout.
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Ahold Delhaize, Tesco, Canadian Sobeys (Empire Company) and South African Shoprite Group have joined the venture capital activities of the Australian Woolworths Group. Under the name W23 Global, the companies have founded a new venture capital company based in London. Woolworths Australia has been investing in retail technology start-ups under the name W23 since 2019. The companies now want to…
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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…
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Australian supermarket chain Woolworth is planning its first online fulfilment centre in Auburn, in Western Sydney. The new logistics site will deploy automation technology from Austrian supplier Knapp and is scheduled to begin operations in 2024.
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At Woolworths Australia, Tiliter's self-scanning scale automatically indentifies produce. This also interests European grocery retail companies.
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