I went back to the Upland Amazon Fresh at noon, primarily to see how Amazon incorporates technology into its services.
Amazon Fresh supports the Dash Carts I discussed in a previous post. (The Whole Foods I visited this morning does not.) These let you scan your items as you take them from the shelves, speeding your checkout.
Another device speeds your checkout by weighing your produce before checkout. Looks like you have to manually input the item number, though.
This device appeared to be for returns, but I wasn’t really sure.
As I wandered through the store, I was impressed with the variety of groceries offered.
But I was unable to find one item in Amazon Fresh—something that is readily available at the Dollar Tree next door.
The missing item?
Books.
Remember when Amazon was only a book seller?
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