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I'm absolutely shocked big chains aren't doing this already. I hate the lines at my local grocery, it's fucking annoying as hell, a terrible UX and everyone always seems upset (i try to be chill, fwiw.. for the cashier sake lol).

I sort of doubt i'll ever see these Amazon stores though, Brick and Mortar is quite hard. I suspect i'll see someone (Amazon or otherwise) add this to the big chains i already use, though.

Either way, lets get rid of lines please.

I wouldn't be shocked. Remember the now-shut-down retailer payments app CurrentC? And this seems even MORE difficult.

You are shocked big chains aren't doing this? What big chain has a robust R&D department working on image recognition? The profit margins at major grocery stores won't support anything like this.

"I'm absolutely shocked big chains aren't doing this already."

They don't have the money. It's a very competitive business and margins are not high enough to be doing that level of cutting-edge computer science research.

I've seen them try just to build software that allows you to shop from home and get it delivered either curbside or to your home. They can. But in my opinion, it's also clearly at the limit of their capability, and with all due respect to the programmers involved, also clearly just barely staffed adequately.