Schnucks: Out-Innovating Amazon, Walmart And Everybody Else In Grocery

The most innovative grocer in America is not Walmart
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. Heck, it isn’t even Amazon
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. The most innovative grocer in America is now, hands down, Schnuck Markets out of St. Louis.

In a surprise revelation a few weeks ago, Schnuck Markets (aka “Schnucks”) announced a new partnership with Instacart to introduce Caper Carts within its stores. Caper Carts are, in essence, smart carts, meaning they use “AI and computer vision to automatically identify items shoppers put into them, allowing shoppers to then skip the line and check out.”