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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology

Tap-app-map. How to find what you want at the supermarket

Satnav around a supermarket
Take a left, turn right after two metres . . . Photograph: Andy Sacks/Stone

At the next aisle take a left and after two metres turn right. You have reached your destination – now pop the cornflakes into your trolley.

Tesco is trialling the ultimate trolley dash dream in one of its Essex stores – a satnav system to help you find what you want. No more aimlessly wandering the aisles. Tap the product into an app on your smartphone and a map will pop up showing your position and where you can locate it.

That's the theory. Let's see how it goes in Romford first . . .

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