Tesco trialing giant trolley scales

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Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead
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.
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However in the Gateshead Trinity Square Extra store, shoppers can now push their trolley on to the scales and if the weight matches the items they've scanned they pay as normal. If there is a discrepancy a staff member will do a manual rescan of the whole trolley, reports the BBC.
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