Home » South Africa: Shoprite rolls out smart trolleys, designed in-house by the tech division South Africa: Shoprite rolls out smart trolleys, designed in-house by the tech division In 2 Checkers hypermarkets, the South African giant is testing a smart connected trolley technology developed by ShopriteX, the tech entity of the parent company. Trolleys are equipped with cameras and control scales. Designed in-house, will this innovation be more economically viable than those from Caper (Instacart), Hanshow, Shopic or Trollee? Through Sophie Baqué. Published on 01 September 2025 à 9h28 - Update on 01 September 2025 à 10h23 Resources In Cape Town, the grocery retailer Checkers (Shoprite Group, turnover for the financial year ending June 2024: US$13.3 billion, up by 6.3% on a comparable basis) launched a smart trolley called ‘Xpress Trolley’ on August 19, 2025. The trial involves 2 large grocery stores in Hyper Brackenfal and Constantia, each with 10 trolleys. When questioned by mind Retail, Shoprite did not specify the cost of each trolley or the expected R.O.I. The technology was developed by the retailer’s technology division,… Sophie Baqué CaperCheckersHanshowInstacartPayment & securityretail techself check-outShoprite Read more Instacart adopts technology to combat out-of-stock in the U.S. After Woolworths, Hanshow is going to test its smart cart at 2 French retailers Computer vision: Walmart adopts new technology to reduce "scan & go" fraud Automatic checkouts: Specialist retailers follow in supermarket footsteps Dollar General is rolling out self-check-out
