Tesco, trolley scales and Gateshead

Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead
Giant trolley scales are being trialled at a Tesco store in Gateshead sparking a mixed reaction from shoppers. Trolleys are weighed before checkout to identify any items customers who have used Scan as you Shop might have missed or scanned twice.
Shoppers slam Tesco for treating them like ‘thieves’ as store trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead
Shoppers claim Tesco is treating them like ‘thieves’ as the retailer tests giant trolley scales in a Gateshead store.
Tesco customers' mixed reactions to trolley change trial
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Tesco trials weighing Clubcard shoppers' trolleys at the checkout
However in the Gateshead Trinity Square Extra store, shoppers can now push their trolley on to the scales and if the weight matches the items they've scanned they pay as normal. If there is a discrepancy a staff member will do a manual rescan of the whole trolley, reports the BBC.
Shoppers claim Tesco has gone too far with new ‘dystopian’ checkout feature
The new scales, which some feel look rather ‘dystopian’, are intended to identify unscanned or overscanned items in a shop and alert shoppers to anything they’ve missed, or scanned incorrectly. According to Tesco, this will reduce the number of manual service checks colleagues have to carry out, as well as reducing queuing times at the tills.
Tesco shoppers slam trolley scale at self-checkouts
Tesco shoppers have slammed the introduction of an "Orwellian" self-checkout system in one UK store after being made to feel like thieves. The major brand has been trialling giant trolley scales at one of its shops in Gateshead, sparking a mixed reaction from customers.
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Tesco is trialling giant trolley scales at its Gateshead Trinity Square Extra store, sparking mixed reactions from shoppers.
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