Grocery shopping? Don't forget your iPhone...

Fri, 04/18/2008 - 13:02 — Andy Space

 Looking forward, five major firms are working with high street stalwart, the Kroger Co. on a new mobile shopping coupon scheme.

The firms, which include Procter & Gamble, The Clorox Co., Del Monte Corp. Kimberly-Clark, and General Mills Inc., plan a four month test later in the year to see if shoppers take to the idea of using their mobiles to hand over virtual discount coupons for their shopping.

Kroger Co. runs multiple US shops: convenience stores like Turkey Hill and Kwik Shop; department stores including Smith's Marketplace, Fred Meyer and Fry's; and locations such as Food 4 Less, City Market and PayLess.

Sure, we're not saying iPhone's going to be part of the trial - to be honest, we don't know, but we do recall Forbes mention of Apple patents to let iPhone (or iPod touch) users order goods using their iTunes account (conceivably) at high street shops such as Starbucks. But speculation isn't fact, just expression of what's possible.

 

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Comments

i hate computers RTARD

i hate computers RTARD

This is an awesome idea. I

This is an awesome idea. I hate paper cupons and never use them. This just adds more amazing uses to buy an iPhone for.

Thingamalist

Already doing it here www.thingamalist.com

iPhone and thingamalist

Sweet! Just checked it out. Thingamalist has an iphone Safari compatible web page. Can't wait to use this the next time I go shopping!

-Just visit thingamalist.com on your iphone and it will redirect to the iphone compatible page.

Electronic Coupons

Wow - that's going to go good_

It just makes it that much easier to forge or make fake copies of coupons_ This simply eliminates the need to go to a copier to replicate the coupon_

I can see the abuse now_

 Hmm, I'm wondering how

 Hmm, I'm wondering how relevant all this chatter is to TheBlackApp, TheBlackApp - The First iPhone Consumer Network 

 

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