Britain’s Tesco tests checkout-free shopping

FILE PHOTO: A girl looks at hair products displayed for sale on shelves at a Tesco supermarket in south London, Britain, October 9, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

WELWYN GARDEN CITY, England: Britain's biggest retailer Tesco is trialling a checkout-free method of payment for its convenience stores, allowing customers to scan products on their mobile devices and then walk out with them, it said on June 28. 

The supermarket group is testing the smartphone app at the Tesco Express convenience store located in the campus of its headquarters at Welwyn Garden City, north of London.