Second UK supermarket introduces ?checkout VAR? after widely-mocked ...
...It follows a similar move by Tesco in May, which was widely mocked on social media after the scheme was compared to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology used in football matches....
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/second-uk-supermarket-introduces-checkout-var-after-widely-mocked-tesco-scheme/ar-AA1IfGa5
Lidl follows Tesco in rolling out ?checkout VAR? to tackle ...
...Lidl has followed Tesco in introducing controversial ?checkout VAR? technology as part of a wider crackdown on shoplifting, which has reached record highs across the UK....
https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2025/07/lidl-checkout-var/
Second UK supermarket introduces ?checkout VAR? after? - inkl
...When it picks up on a potential theft, it replays a life-action recording of the item not scanning before the shopper can pay. It follows a similar move by Tesco in May, which was widely mocked on social media after the scheme was compared to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology used in football matches....
https://www.inkl.com/news/second-uk-supermarket-introduces-checkout-var-after-widely-mocked-tesco-scheme
Lidl joins Tesco and Sainsbury's in making huge change to self-service ...
...Lidl has become the latest supermarket to trial new "VAR-style" self-service checkouts in select UK stores. The new self-service checkout systems feature "non-scan technology", which detects when a shopper fails to scan an item. Playback clips, recorded by cameras at the till, will then be shown to ......
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lidl-joins-tesco-sainsburys-making-080244391.html
Tesco shoppers mock 'VAR'-style cameras at self-checkout - BBC
...Tesco's introduction of AI technology to some self-checkouts has led to customers joking that it bears a striking resemblance to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology used in football....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20q5q92y2yo
Lidl rolls out new anti-theft feature after Tesco?s ?VAR?
...In full Second UK supermarket introduces ?checkout VAR? after widely-mocked Tesco scheme...
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/lidl-overhead-checkout-cameras-thefts-b2785516.html
Huge change to Tesco's self-checkout mocked by shoppers as 'VAR-style ...
...To crack down on shoplifting, supermarkets have introduced VAR-style replays at self-service checkouts - but shoppers aren't convinced. The new system uses AI to detect when an item may not......
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/35147698/tesco-self-checkout-mocked/
Tesco makes huge change at self-service checkouts with 'VAR-style ...
...Tesco has introduced a significant update to its supermarkets by becoming the latest shop brand to implement VAR-like instant replays at its self-service checkouts....
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/tesco-makes-huge-change-self-31731843
Lidl trialling new 'VAR-style' self-service checkouts in UK
...Lidl is not the only major supermarket in the UK using what shoppers have labelled the "VAR-style" checkouts. Tesco rolled out the new technology back in May, just a few weeks after Sainsbury's....
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/25302870.lidl-trialling-new-var-style-self-service-checkouts-uk/
Second UK supermarket introduces ?checkout VAR? after widely-mocked ...
...The Independent The world?s most free-thinking newspaper Lidl has become the second retailer in the UK to introduce a new anti-theft software that has been dubbed ?supermarket VAR ?. In a bid to reduce shoplifting, the store has installed overhead cameras at its self-checkouts, to identify when a customer has failed to scan an item properly....
https://newswav.com/article/second-uk-supermarket-introduces-checkout-var-after-widely-mocked-tesco-sch-A2507_YeZpkF