Published on December 2nd, 2021 📆 | 1514 Views ⚑
0Zippin Checks In at JFK With Autonomous Checkout Technology
In a hurry but still hoping to grab a snack before you jump on your flight? If youāre at JFK in New York City, you might be in luck, at least if youāre passing Gate B 42. Because thatās where the airport just teamed up with Zippin, a maker of AI-powered cashierless checkout technology, and SSP America, an airport foodservice operator, to launch a new grab-and-go convenience concept called Camden Food Express.
According to the release sent to The Spoon, hereās how it works: Customers enter the store through a turnstile tapping their credit card as they enter and begin shopping by picking items off shelves. As they do, Zippinās AI system automatically identifies the items and builds the customerās virtual cart with the corresponding monetary value. When the customer leaves the store, the total amount spent is automatically charged to the card the customer used to check-in at the store entrance.
For Zippin, its partnership with JFK and SSP is a nice feather in the cap for a company with a portfolio of deployments, including hotels, stadiums, and grocery stores. Zippinās move into airports follows other cashierless tech platforms like Amazonās Just Walk Out, which showed up in Dallas airport earlier this year.
The embrace of cashierless tech is part of a broader exploration by airports of food tech. In recent years weāve seen airports roll out delivery robots, pizza robots, and coffee robots, to name a few, as well as next-generation vending machines. For JFK, the rollout of Camden Food Express follows the October launch of a multi-brand automated retail center created in partnership with Hudson.
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