Amazon Brings Cashierless Checkout to Whole Foods on the West Coast

Sherman Oaks customers can Just Walk Out.

The News

• Amazon announced yesterday that it has opened a new Whole Foods in Sherman Oaks, California that features the company’s Just Walk Out cashierless checkout.

• This is the second Whole Foods to get Just Walk Out, following the tech’s launch at a Washington D.C. location earlier this year.

• The new store launch comes as other cashierless checkout stores are raising funds and rolling out new locations aggressively.

The Story

We’ve known that Amazon was going to open this second cashierless checkout Whole Foods location in Los Angeles for awhile now. The questions now are — how are consumers adopting the technology and how many Whole Foods will get cashierless checkout.