EDEKA Paul installs AI-powered age verification self-service checkouts
The store located in the village of Freckenfeld allows customers to quickly pick up any age-restricted item through automatic age recognition.
It is now possible to quickly pick up a packet of flour or a bottle of wine around the clock in the EDEKA Paul store located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The local store in the village of Freckenfeld had been closed since May 2023 and was recently reopened as "Dorfladen Freckenfeld – Powered by EDEKA Paul." Under new management, the site has been refurbished into a 24/7 grocery store with self-service.
"We are delighted that, together with the residents of Freckenfeld, we have been able to develop a new approach to convenient local shopping that optimally meets the needs of our customers with a modern store concept and innovative technologies, while at the same time enabling cost-effective operation," said Benedikt Paul, operator of the EDEKA Paul store.
In the mornings, employees are on site to replenish the shelves and assist customers when required. During this temporary presence of staff, the purchase of age-restricted goods such as alcoholic beverages can also be carried out using automatic, AI-based age verification.
When an item is scanned at the self-service checkout, the Vynamic Smart Vision I Age Verification solution from Diebold Nixdorf asks customers whether or not they would like automatic age recognition. Once consent has been given, the customer's facial characteristics are analyzed to determine their age. If this age is above a predefined threshold, the transaction can be continued.
