new york there will be something missing at two whole foods stores opening next year the rows of cashiers amazon which owns the grocery chain said wednesday that it will bring its cashierless technology to two whole foods stores for the first time letting shoppers grab what they need and leave without having to open their wallets cameras and sensors track whats taken off shelves items are charged to an amazon account after customers leave the store with them but there will be an option for those who want to shop the oldfashioned way selfcheckout lanes will be available that take cash gift cards and other types of payment advt amazon first unveiled the cashierless technology in 2018 at an amazon go convenience store and has expanded it to larger amazon supermarkets but it will be the first time it has appeared at whole foods a chain of more than 500 grocery stores amazon bought four years ago one of the new stores will be in washington dc the other in sherman oaks california they will be stocked with the typical whole foods fare including seafood freshsqueezed orange juice and organic vegetables even with the technology amazon said it will still hire about the same number of workers for the stores that it normally would except they will have different roles helping shoppers in the aisles or at counters instead of standing behind a register the company declined to say how many people it will hire the company also declined to say if it plans to bring the technology to more whole foods locations ap published on sep 8 2021 at 0129 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app amazon amazon stores grocery amazon go whole foods homenewsamazon to open 2 cashierless whole foods stores next year