Woman Lives In The Appalachian Mountains. Then She Shows What The Self-Serve Dollar General Looks Like

North Carolina TikToker shows around a self-serve Dollar General in the Appalachia, and the internet is impressed

A completely human-less Dollar General is currently operating in the mountains of North Carolina, and it is drawing a lot of attention for its unique, cashier-less shopping experience. While major companies like Amazon have largely moved away from their own automated retail concepts, this specific store in Banner Elk continues to function as a fully self-serve location. The store is situated in a gated community called Eagles Nest, which sits ab…

Woman Lives In The Appalachian Mountains. Then She Shows What The Self-Serve Dollar General Looks Like

self-checkout machine (l) woman shares Dollar General experience (c) Dollar General entrance (r) Cashier-less stores, where shoppers can go in, grab what they need, and leave without ever having to interact with a human, are still very rare in the U.S. The best-known example was Amazon Go, which opened to the public in Seattle in 2018 and used Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” technology to track what shoppers picked up and charge them automatically. But…