Al Meera Consumer Goods Company is all set to open its first ‘Al Meera Smart’, fully autonomous checkout-free store in Qatar, at Aspire Park after a successful final test run.
The first Al Meera Smart store is powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, which will eventually be applied in different locations within Al Meera’s growing network in Qatar.
Al Meera Smart store will offer services to customers based on a quick and self-service method, providing snacks, beverages, grab-and-go meals, and other basic goods supported by a cashier-less process. The store operates through a collection of cameras and sensors that tracks customers from point of entry until they leave.
Saving customers the need to queue for payment after picking their items, shoppers can create a virtual shopping cart, put the items in their pocket, bag, and purse, or simply carry them, and the software will directly charge the cost of the purchased items from the customers’ credit card as soon as they leave the shop.
The store is a unique addition to the existing number of checkout-free lines in Al Meera branches across the country, besides the operational self-service branch in the Qatar Energy tower in Al Dafna, West Bay.