Whether it’s the opening of Amazon Go and Moby Mart in the US, or of Bingobox in China, in-store automation is increasingly common. But with two-thirds of Americans afraid robots will take over human jobs by 2065, and 58% favouring physical stores over e-commerce because of the attention they receive in-store, completely staffless stores are a tough sell.

Self-service checkouts, with their ‘shouty’ voices and technical hiccups, have a bad reputation among Britons. So, how would they feel about an entirely automated retail experience? Canvas8 spoke with 20 people from across the UK to find out whether they would shop at a staffless grocery store.

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