First cashierless Amazon Go Grocery Store opens today in Seattle and we were there

Today on Tuesday 25.February 2020 Amazon unveiled it’s first cashierless store in Seattle, WA at 610 E. Pike Street.

[whohit]First cashierless Amazon Go Grocery Store opens today in Seattle and we were there[/whohit]Here you can view the official information page: Amazon Go Grocery

The concept is simple. There are banks of cameras and sensors overhead which track everything put into a shopping cart, with the help of artificial intelligence — rendering unnecessary the old-fashioned ritual of scanning and paying at a checkout stand. Items are charged to a shopper’s Amazon account shortly after they walk through the exit.

Apart from the larger size, the store is very similar to the Amazon Go convenience stores that first opened to the public in Seattle in January 2018. Amazon Go has expanded to 25 locations across cities including San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

I created this video review and guide which you can watch:

Amazon’s goal is to generate accurate receipts, no matter how long you stand over the avocados or apples, shifting them around and picking them up before settling on three and then changing your mind to two. There is no need to put the fruits or vegetable on a weight.

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) called Amazon a “clear and present danger to millions of good jobs” in a strongly worded statement reacting to the company’s new grocery concept. “The brutal truth is that Amazon is focused on one thing — eliminating as many jobs as possible to enrich one multi-billionaire, Jeff Bezos,” the union said.

The UFCW represents 1.3 million workers in grocery stores, meatpacking, food processing, retail shops and other industries, and said that Amazon’s “ruthless strategy” is designed to destroy those jobs. The union encouraged politicians and voters to reject Amazon’s business model and protect “the future of work.”

Amazon Go Grocery at 610 E. Pike St. is open Sunday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m. to midnight. Underground parking is free for one hour.

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