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Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead

Jennifer Meierhans
Business reporter, BBC News
Reddit Three giant scales in front of Tesco Scan as you Shop checkouts. They have a large metal plate on the ground and barriers either side with numbers one to three above. Reddit s have posted that they look like airport security scanners.Reddit
A Reddit posted a picture of the new scales in the Gateshead Trinity Square Extra store

Giant trolley scales are being trialled at a Tesco store in Gateshead sparking a mixed reaction from shoppers.

Trolleys are weighed before checkout to identify any items customers who have used Scan as you Shop might have missed or scanned twice.

But some shoppers are unsure whether the new technology will take off with some likening it to airport security. "Am I at border control or Tesco":[]}