aha! The snack section! They have Stax! Pringles knockoffs that are slightly more rigid than regular Pringles, encased in a plastic cylinder that is both more difficult to get the chips out of than a Pringles can and more likely to cut your hands when you do. The whole point is to experience the delicious and liberating freedom of walking in, grabbing something off the shelf, and walking out without having to interact with a human or directly exchange money for a good. what to do? Maybe grab a Butter Chicken With Cilantro-Mint Chutney and heat it up in either the Amazon Go microwave or back at the office? No, damn it, if I want a Butter Chicken With Cilantro-Mint Chutney, I'll get it fresh at the Indian place on the way back. One thing they don't have, however, is a hot tray, which puts a lunch-sized dent in my lunchtime plans to eat hot food for lunch. All very civilized.Īmazon Go offers re-heatable entrees and a microwave, but not hot-tray setup. And, for the lunchtime or after-work boozers, there's a wine and beer nook. There's also a fairly large shelf boasting two-person take-home meals such as Chile Con Carne and Thai Red Curry. There's a cooler filled with some dairy products and meats and a freezer containing a mid-sized selection of microwaveable edibles. The shelves are loaded up with various foodstuffs: drinks, sandwiches, re-heatable entrees, salads, breakfast items, and more. ![]() In fact, it's about the size of your typical 7-Eleven or my apartment, perhaps a bit smaller. A bank of four self-serve checkouts cost about 125,000 each and Amazon Go’s serious computing power and hi-tech sensors. ![]() You hold your phone out with the app displaying your QR code entry pass, scan it on the subway-like barriers at the door, the barriers swing aside, and you walk right in. However, Amazon Go’s hi-tech solution is unlikely to work everywhere. The employees say the line's been going fast, just a couple of minutes, but the opening-day surge is a bit more than that: 15 minutes 07 seconds and 53 miliseconds by my stopwatch as I finally enter.Įntry is as demonstrated on the app. The closures, slated for April 1, are the latest changes to Amazons physical store network. Waiting in line on opening day for Amazon Go took more than 15 minutes. Amazon Go stores will close in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle, Amazon said on Friday.
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