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Aramark has announced it will be using AWM Smart Shelf technology to open a new cashierless, fully autonomous convenience store\u2014launching for the first time ever in a luxury apartment community.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the help of a mobile app, members of the Nineteen01 apartment complex in Santa Ana, CA<\/a>, as well as the general public, will be able to access The QuickEats Close Convenience store in the apartment complex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The contactless shop\u2014an added convenience during the days of social distancing\u2014will sell food and personal care items such as sodas, bottled water, sandwiches, fruit, cleaning products, and pet food.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen we planned the launch of QuickEats many months ago, we never could have imagined the circumstances our community now faces, as Orange County practices social distancing due to coronavirus,\u201d said AWM Chief Executive Officer Kevin Howard<\/a>. \u201cWe made the decision to open our doors because QuickEats can provide vital food, drink, and personal care items to Nineteen01\u2019s residents in a completely frictionless environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s how it works: customers download the QuickEats app, available across iOS and Android devices, to access a QR code that allows them to enter the store. Customers are assigned a random, anonymous ID when they begin shopping and cameras track store traffic. Using deep learning algorithms, the system detects how customers interact with a product and whether or not they place it in their shopping cart. After leaving the store, customers are then charged to their digital wallet for the items they take, and will receive a receipt via email.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aramark<\/a> is a U.S. food service provider serving nearly two billion meals per year. They are known globally for their many food service locations in universities and colleges, sporting arenas, and conference centres, but this apartment complex will be a first for Aramark.\u00a0If this launches smoothly, there’s a chance Aramark extends the technology to other locations such as the 37 major league teams and stadiums it provides services for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The launch of QuickEats may be a first for Aramark but is not a first for contactless payments. Earlier this year, Amazon launched its \u201cJust Walk Out<\/a>\u201d technology, separate from its Amazon Go locations, and 7-Eleven<\/a> has been piloting its own cashierless convenience stores. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Need to Know\u00a0 Joining the likes of Amazon and 7-Eleven, Aramark is launching its first cashierless convenience store. Using only an app, customers can access the store and pay for products without interacting with anyone. The technology was developed using deep learning algorithms and cameras tracking store and product movement and is the first to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76314,"featured_media":116765,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3414],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-116781","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News","category-technology-News"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/116781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/76314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/116781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/116765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116781"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=116781"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=116781"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=116781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}