Here's A Major Change In How To Shop At 100 Walmarts

Walmart wants to upend how you shop at its stores, announcing it is testing new technology that would allow customers to avoid the most dreadful part of shopping: the checkout line. In a blog post on Tuesday, the retail giant announced that 100 more stores across 33 states will get to try out its Mobile Express Scan & Go service.

Shoppers can download the app — available to both Android and iPhone users — and scan the barcodes for their desired items using their smartphone. Once the customer has everything they want scanned and put into their shopping cart, they can pay right on the phone. Walmart said it “securely stores” credit and debit card information.

The Scan & Go service — already available at every Sam’s Club store in America — also lets shoppers see the price of individual items as they scan them along with a running total — a useful tool for those looking to stick to a budget.

After paying, customers will go through a Mobile Express lane, where a smiling employee in a yellow vest 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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