KEY POINTS
  • The rapid shift to online grocery ordering has been labeled as the next phase of grocery shopping, but legacy grocers and retail heavyweights are both investing in technology in their brick-and-mortar stores.
  • Price Chopper, Wegmans and Giant Eagle have introduced checkout-free technology in some of their stores.
  • Retailers view contactless technology as a way to make shoppers feel safer when they visit their stores.