"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:38:36 +0100, "Ophelia"
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>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:10:21 -0400, S Viemeister
>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>On 6/23/2013 4:23 PM, sf wrote:
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>>>>>>>> If I had a smart phone, I'd figure out how to keep my grocery list
>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> that because I often drop by the store on a whim after being out
>>>>>>>> doing
>>>>>>>> something else... which means I don't have my list with me.
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>>>>>>>My d-i-l has a shopping list app for her smartphone - she finds it
>>>>>>>very
>>>>>>>useful.
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>>>>>> I do too. I can either scan the item and it will be added to the
>>>>>> list,
>>>>>> or I can use the voice feature. I'd be lost without my iPhone.
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>>>>>Good heavens! Is the scanner part of an 'ap'? Forgive me, my phone is
>>>>>new
>>>>>and I am still a bit lost in 'Ap land'!
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>>>> The app I have is called Grocery IQ and those features are part of
>>>> that app. When I run low on an item, I just get my phone, open the
>>>> Grocery IQ app and from that app I can scan the item I'm getting low
>>>> on, and it's automatically added to my shopping list; or, I can use
>>>> the voice option and speak the name of the item and it's added to my
>>>> list.
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>>> But how would that work with things like produce or meat?
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>> When things are weighed here, they put a price sticker on the package and
>> that has a barcode on it.
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> They used to do that at Weis market in PA. I didn't know that and was
> just picking stuff up to buy. When I went to check out, I couldn't. Had
> to go back to a little station in the produce department. This was at the
> start of when they started putting the little stickers on the produce.
> But now you can easily check out at the self check with your produce. You
> just put it on the scanner where it automatically weighs it and you use
> the touch screen to put in what you bought. Of course someone could enter
> in the code for something cheaper and hope they don't get caught!

Yes, we have those checkouts too. I prefer to go to the checkout and they
scan everything,
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