Metro Inc. will soon test scan-and-go technology and increase the number of self-checkout machines in its grocery stores as it looks to offset higher minimum wages in Ontario and Quebec.
The scan-and-go system — still at the experimental stage — allows customers to scan items as they put them in their shopping cart and pay as they leave the store.
Walmart has scan-and-go technology in some Canadian stores while Amazon is also testing its own system.
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