Supermarkets

Are self-checkouts here to stay or will we soon be paying without scanning or stopping? Greg Foot examines the future of supermarkets and considers wonder products and trends that might rise to success.

Greg is joined by experts and entrepreneurs to discuss what is shaping today's everyday technology and what it may look like tomorrow, before the futurist Tom Cheesewright offers his predictions on what supermarkets might be like within five, ten and fifty years.

In this episode:

-David McIntosh - chief connected stores officer at Instacart which supplies smart trolleys to supermarkets that scan and weigh goods as they are dropped in and display a running basket total.

-Nick Carroll - principal strategist for retail at the research insights company Mintel where he helps the UK's biggest retailers understand what's coming next

-Anders Eriksson - chief executive of Swegreen which supplies the kit and support for supermarkets to grow their own fruit and vegetables inside their stores

Among the topics up for consideration:
What more can be done to stop people from stealing at self-checkouts?
Why are printed pricetags disappearing from supermarket shelves?
Could smart shopping trolleys steer us to discounts?
And might the supermarket of the future not just sell but also grow your produce?

Produced by Jon Douglas. Dough is an Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.