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Grocery shopping on your mobile phone – Peapod App for iPhone,Android and webOS

I am a big fan of doing most thing in my pajamas. This now includes grocery shopping via the Peapod app available on iOS, Android and even webOS devices. The app is free, but the groceries won’t be. The app is pretty simple, much like the online site. I can search for foods, use my more »

New App Store app lets you grocery shop from home

Global grocery and general merchandising retailer Tesco wants your grocery business but doesn’t mind if you stay home to do it. The UK’s retailer plans to release an app store application that allows Tesco account holders to browse the shelves without leaving, well, wherever you are. Head of R&D at Tesco Nick Lansley’s blog indicates more »

Shoot to kill at the supermarket; personal barcode scanners invade

Even little suburban towns cannot escape the march of technology as this past weekend saw the introduction of Scan It: a self scan/self check system of getting your groceries. High tech groceries? Yes, and the benefits are for both store and for us shoppers.

Hello Moto?

In their free time, when not designing $2000 cell phones, the team at Motorola is coming up with handheld scanners, like the one imaged above. Upon checking in at the scanner kiosk/recharging station, a simple scan of my store loyalty card releases a scanner to shoppers. The scanners feature a barcode scanner and a color screen complete with sounds. . . .