Edeka, Kaufland and Co.: A revolution at the checkout! What customers should know

Anyone who regularly shops at Edeka, Kaufland and Co. usually rushes through the aisles and routinely places the groceries already on the list into their shopping cart. Once you have the most important items, you can go straight to the checkout to leave the store as quickly as possible and quickly transfer the cold-stored products to your own refrigerator.

While all customers have similar shopping patterns, they differ significantly at checkout. While some people whip out their debit card or add cash up front, others sit back and hold their smartwatch or cell phone up to the card reader. Now the technological evolution must move to the next round.

Edeka, Kaufland & Co.: New Technology Revolutionizes Payments

At Edeka, Kaufland and Co., cash has long been a thing of the past. While most people only have a last nest egg of banknotes and coins stashed away at home, most customers have switched to cashless payments. More and more people are holding their mobile phones or watching them skilfully in front of the reader and replacing the NFC tag with traditional payment methods. Now another technology is on the rise – the “multi-purpose tap”.

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This is intended to make payments at Edeka, Kaufland and Co. faster and, above all, more secure in the future. In addition, paperless receipts should be more widely disseminated and the age verification of alcoholic products should be integrated, for example. At the same time, “retailers could send specific advertisements to customers directly during the payment process,” says a report by CHIP.de.

But how long will it take for the “multi-purpose faucet” to become widespread?

The exact time when customers will be able to test the new technology at Edeka, Kaufland and Co. is not yet known. However, preparations are well underway and a more convenient shopping experience will not be long in coming.