‘Just walk out’: cashier-free technology to be rolled out at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium

A shopper scans a phone at a cashier-free Amazon grocery store in the US. Amazon’s ‘just walk out’ technology’ will be rolled out at Marvel Stadium, the AFL says. Photograph: David Ryder/Getty Images

Footy fans at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium will be able to grab pies, hot chips and beers without waiting for a cashier when the venue becomes the first in the southern hemisphere to use cashier-free technology from Amazon.

The AFL on Tuesday announced the venue will roll out the company’s “just walk out” technology, allowing people to use their digital wallet or bank card when they enter the store and skip the checkout queue. The technology detects the products chosen and charges them to customers’ cards when they leave.