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Kroger offering a shopping world with handheld scanners and fewer cashiers

Judy Walden, a manager at Kroger, holds a scanning device Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, at the Jesse Jewell Parkway location in Gainesville. The Scan, Bag, Go system is a new way to check out at Kroger and has been in place at the Jesse Jewell location for a couple months now. Shoppers scan the items they wish to purchase as they pick them from the shelves. - photo by Scott Rogers

08282019 SCAN 1.jpg — Judy Walden, a manager at Kroger, holds a scanning device Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, at the Jesse Jewell Parkway location in Gainesville. The Scan, Bag, Go system is a new way to check out at Kroger and has been in place at the Jesse Jewell location for a couple months now. Shoppers scan the items they wish to purchase as they pick them from the shelves. - photo by Scott Rogers

After spending 25 years as an elementary school teacher, Judy Walden is used to efficiency. That’s what her days were all about — getting things in order, corralling children and finding the best way to help them finish their tasks.