Here's How Walmart Plans To Improve Your Shopping Experience

DALLAS, TX — The Walmart experience could soon change for shoppers in certain Dallas-area stores as the grocery giant rolls out new technology that would allow customers to avoid the checkout line. In a blog post Tuesday, the company announced that more than 100 stores across 33 states will get a chance to try out the new Mobile Express Scan & Go service.

The service comes to shoppers through a mobile app — available to both Android and iPhone users. Shoppers simply scan the barcodes on items they plan to purchase using their smartphone camera. The technology enables shoppers to pay for their goods from their phone, allowing them to bypass cashiers all together. Walmart said it "securely stores" credit and debit card information.

The Scan & Go service is already available at every Sam's Club store in the United States. As an added benefit, it allows shoppers to see the price of individual items along with a running total. Walmart says this tool will be helpful to those looking to stay on a budget.

For security reasons, customers will still be required to pass through a Mobile Express lane, where an employee will zap their mobile receipt. And voila! Off to the car to battle rude drivers in the parking lot.

"Scan & Go is one of many options we're testing to give our customers the shopping experience they are looking for," Walmart communications staffer Justin Rushing said in the post."We continue to listen, test and learn – all to give our customers more options to shop how they want while also helping them save time," Rushing said.

Kiosks have been installed at some Walmart stores so shoppers can pick up handheld devices and test out the service for themselves before downloading the app.

Scan & Go is currently being tested in a few areas, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Orlando and northwest Arkansas. When customers launch the app, it automatically lists participating stores nearby.

Patch has reached out to Walmart several times to find out which new stores will feature the new technology and will update when we hear back.

In the meantime, you can try it out at any of these existing locations:

Arkansas

4208 Pleasant Crossing Blvd. Rodgers, AR 72758
5000 West Pauline Whitaker Pkwy., Rodgers, AR 72758

California

600 Showers Drive, Mountain View, CA 94040
301 Ranch Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035

Florida

11930 Narcoossee Road, Orlando, FL 32832

Georgia

2795 Chastain Meadows Pkwy, Marietta, GA 30066

Kentucky

1550 Nashville Road, Franklin, KY 42134
120 Sam Walton Drive, Russelville, KY 42276

Tennessee

915 North Chancery Street McMinnville, TN 37110
225 Wilkinson Lane, White House, TN 37188
1626 Highway 12 South, Ashland City, TN 37015
2315 Madison Street, Clarsville, TN 37211
5824 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN 37211
4424 Lebanon Pike, Hermitage, TN 37076
2675 Decherd Blvd., Winchester, TN 37398
1334 No. Ellington P, Lewisburg, TN 37091

Texas

25800 Kuykendahl Road, Tomball, TX 77375
1200 North Highway 77, Waxahachie, TX 75165
601 NO. FM 1821, Mineral Wells, TX 76067
1836 South Main Street, Weatherford, TX, 76086
9500 Clifford Street, Fort Worth, TX 76108
300 Kings Fort Parkway, Caufman, TX 75142
2041 North Redbud Blvd., McKinney, TX 75069
1800 Lawrence Street, Gainesville, TX 76240
1750 South Broadway Street, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482
7401 Interstate Highway 30, Greenville, TX 75402
2750 West University Drive, Denton, TX 76201

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