A futuristic store with no checkouts has been praised by shoppers - as it lets customers leave with unscanned groceries.
The Hudson Nonstop outlet in Los Angeles has worked closely with Amazon's Just Walk Out technology to create a shop where shoppers can pick items up from the shelves, and then just walk out.
The new technology allows customers to skip self-checkout machines and cashiers - with many shoppers praising the idea.
Idan Abda, a TikToker, posted the viral video online to show how the technology works, writing: “Welcome to the future. This store you just enter your credit card."
He inserts his credit card into the machine and waits for the gates to open - and then can pick up as many items as he wants before leaving the store.
Customers are only charged for the items they pick up and take out of the store - with any groceries that are put back, removed from the virtual shopping trolley.
The technology is powered by scanners and cameras that follow customer's shopping trollies around the store.
In the video, customers were alarmed at some of the prices including bags of sweets costing more than $6, which left one user horrified. They commented: "$6.49 for the candy is crazy."
However, there were some items that were more reasonable including large bags of crisps which were around $3.
The Hudson store has outlets in Dallas Love Field, Dallas Fort Worth, Chicago Midway, and O'Hare airports.
A Whole Market store in Washington, DC, was the first store to try out Amazon's Just Walk Out technology in February.
The technology is due to feature in a second store in Los Angeles later this year, according to the company.
Whole Foods Market was purchased by Amazon for $13.7billion in 2017 - with the tech giant looking at ways to change customer's shopping experience.
Meanwhile, Kroger and Dollar General have also been exploring ways to help make shopping easier for customers.
The company allows shoppers to put their reusable bags in front of the trolley and scan and pack as they shop - avoiding interaction with the self-checkouts and cashiers.
Shoppers can pay for their items using the card machine on the trolley and leave via the self-checkout lane.
They have worked closely with tech firm AiFi and released a cashier-less service in one of its stores in North Carolina.
The technology, which is said to be similar to Amazon's Just Walk Out, has been praised by some customers who are thrilled at not having to use a self-checkout.
According to the company's president, Vincent Furrie Jr, the future of shopping will be "limiting human interaction."
He revealed: “Many big grocery brands have decided to phase out their cashiers and replace them with self-checkout machines. They believe limiting human interaction is the future of retail shopping.
"While stores test this theory, we at Sparkle will not be turning to self-checkout.”
