Waitrose Supermarket where payment accepted only through credit card or mobile apps

An effort is on at all levels to gradually eliminate the concept of payment by cash and herald in a cashless society. Stores are trying to kill off cash even though evidence shows that customers are suspicious of paying by tap and go cards or smartphone apps. Waitrose has taken the plunge and opened its first cashless store while Tesco has developed an app to allow shoppers to buy up to £400 of groceries with their phone at the till.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 11 April 2016.

Simultaneously, tech giants like Apple, Samsung and Google, have developed mobile phone apps to allow people to pay with their phone and Barclays has developed apps and wristbands that can be tapped on till readers to make purchases or pay for a bus ride.
The first Waitrose cashless store is located on the campus of Sky Central, the new office building at the heart of the broadcasting giant’s empire in west London and it will cater to over 3,500 staff on completion this summer - this could be a template for other stores where there are no conventional tills.
These moves are a part of a wider drive by banks, retailers, and public transport services to kill off cash.


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