Sainsbury’s launches UK’s first till-free grocery store

Sainsbury’s is launching the UK's first till-free store at its Holborn Circus branch to allow customers to pay through their phones.

Customers can use the Smartshop app to scan groceries as they go round the store, pay in the app and scan a code before leaving to confirm payment.

The store, which has been chosen as 82% of payments at the London branch are currently cashless, has been refurbished to remove all tills and self-checkouts in a three-month experiment.

The in-app payment technology is available in seven other Central London stores, in Blackfriars, Mansion House, Paternoster Square, Shoreditch, Clapham North, Clapham High Street and Clapham Old Town, however, the Holborn branch is the first to go completely digital.

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