If you have a Costco membership, don’t be surprised if the next time you visit one of their supermarkets you have to scan your membership at the entrance.
This was reported by several shoppers who had to pass their membership through some sort of digital identity scanning station at the front door of a Costco warehouse near Issaquah, Washington.
Once the registration is scanned, a screen shows the buyer’s face for the employee to examine, said a user on the Reddit platform, to which he attached photos.
While Costco hasn’t made any official announcements, it may be a new practice to continue to control subscription sharing.
The Costco in Issaquah is typically used by the company to test new concepts before rolling them out to other supermarkets.
This wouldn’t be the first measure Costco has taken to prevent further member sharing.
Since July last year, those paying at self-service checkouts have been required to present photo ID in addition to registration.
“We do not believe it is fair for non-members to receive the same benefits and pricing as members,” the company said in a statement.
THE CHANGE SAM WILL ADOPT
For its part, Sam’s Club announced this week that it will soon stop scanning receipts to verify its members’ purchases.
Just how you feel it. No more waiting in line at the checkout to check your cart and receipt, a mandatory practice at supermarkets where items are sold in bulk, such as Costco, Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale Club, among others.
And this, on many occasions, leads buyers to waste time in line before this check is carried out, even if only for a few seconds.
Wholesale company Walmart made the announcement this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas: This practice will end at Sam’s.
“Even the few seconds it takes to scan a receipt at checkout are worth the few seconds it takes,” announced Megan Crozier, executive vice president of Walmart.
But if you think that reviewing what you have in your cart will completely end, you are wrong. From now on this will happen through Artificial Intelligence.
Sam’s Club will set up some sort of portals, similar to a door, that you will have to pass through. This will have “machine vision and digital technology” to verify purchases, Crozier explained during his presentation.
This technology is already implemented in 10 Sams and is expected to be operational in all 600 supermarkets nationwide by the end of the year.
2024-01-13 23:24:07
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