By ChinRes 
It is possible that going grocery shopping will feel like a chore to you, unless you are one of those people that genuinely enjoys doing it. And there are instances when it is one of the most hectic and chaotic duties you have to complete throughout the whole week, particularly if you are buying for a prestigious event or gathering.
Simply considering the possibility of entering a large-scale retail establishment during the week before Thanksgiving has the potential to get our pulse rate up. Any action that a retailer can do to simplify the shopping experience for the customer is something that we are interested in.
By implementing these new checkout technologies, it would appear that Sam’s Club is laying the groundwork for a more streamlined shopping experience.
An entirely digital location is going to be opened by Sam’s Club
At the beginning of this year, Sam’s Club made the announcement that it will be implementing new technology in its clubs. This new technology would eliminate the requirement for a staff to personally scan the receipts of each and every visitor as they leave the club.
In order to confirm that all of the things in your basket have been processed and purchased appropriately, new exit arches match your receipt to the items in your cart. However, the computers are able to accomplish this far more quickly than the personnel could.
The new walkthrough trusses that Sam has developed are currently being installed in all clubs around the country; however, one shop in Texas is pushing the technology to an even higher level.
On October 17, Sam’s Club inaugurated its first all-digital shop, which is located in Grapevine, Texas. This new club location is the first of its kind for the business. Not only will the exit trusses be implemented at the new location, but the checkout procedure that is currently in place will be completely eliminated. This indicates that the store will totally rely on the Scan & Go service that is offered by Sam’s Club.
Customers are able to shop and scan simultaneously to take advantage of the Scan & Go feature, which is accessible through the Sam’s Club app and has been in use across the whole club for many years. Following the completion of the scanning of all the things in your shopping basket using your mobile device, you will be able to make payments immediately through the application. After that, you will proceed to the exit, where either a staff will scan the paperwork or you will just walk through the new gates.
Customers will only be able to shop via the Scan & Go system at the Grapevine site, and they will leave the store through the three trusses located at the front of the store, making it a completely digital experience.
According to Steven Zapata, the senior manager of business communications at Sam’s Club, the location that would have been the usual checkout area has been replaced with a “omnichannel showroom.” The “treasure hunt” items, such as the much-loved Enzo storage cabinet and seasonal treasures, as well as things that can only be purchased on SamsClub.com, are displayed in this section of the website.
In spite of the fact that Scan & Go will take the place of the traditional checkout procedure and, thus, the requirement for cashiers, Sam’s Club has said that there would be “no changes in the number of associates staffing this club.” Despite the fact that there will still be personnel available to assist members, particularly at the exit, the objective is for the technology to “free up” colleagues so that they may concentrate on other responsibilities, such as processing online purchases.
The Grapevine location is not just the first-ever all-digital shop, but it will also function as a “innovation center” for Sam’s Club, where the company will test out new technologies and non-technical projects that it may introduce other clubs in the future.
Earlier this year, Walmart, which is the owner of Sam’s Club, conducted a covert test of a system that is comparable. However, due to the fact that Walmart Scan & Go is only accessible to paying users of Walmart+, the shop was unable to permanently close down the checkout queues. At some Walmart stores, the self-checkout queues have been eliminated in favor of the more conventional cashier-led registers.
Is it possible that the future of supermarket shopping will revolve on shopping with our smartphones only? It is not yet quite obvious. What we do know, however, is that members of the Sam’s Club in Grapevine, Texas, will have a say in the decision-making process over that matter.