Grocery stores have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, quickly updating store policies to keep customers and employees safe. One way to follow social distancing guidelines and quickly scan a full cart is with a secondary barcode scanner for added flexibility.

How Can Secondary Barcode Scanners Help Your Cashiers?

In addition to the scanner at the checkout, a handheld scanner has many uses for grocery store clerks – it lets you easily scan large items left in the cart, or scan heavy items without picking them up, and easily scans a customer’s store card or a coupon displayed on their phone.

Right now, they also allow the store to minimize contact. A secondary scanner can scan store apps, coupons and store cards without physically touching the items.

Shop Honeywell Grocery & Retail Solutions at Barcodes, Inc.

Honeywell’s Xenon Extreme Performance barcode scanners are a powerful tool for busy grocery and other retail stores. The Xenon XP 1952g wireless scanner is a popular option with several key features for retail:

• Easily reads barcodes, even on damaged packaging or poor-quality printing
• Optimized for scanning printed barcodes and codes on smartphones
• Can perform 450 scans off a single 60-second charge or 50,000 scans with a full charge

If you want a scanner customers can use to scan membership cards or coupons themselves to minimize contact even more, consider the Honeywell Vuquest 3320g scanner instead:

• Universal mounting option for fixed wall-mount scanning
• Scans 1D and 2D barcodes & screens like smartphones
• Laser-free aiming removes the risk of eye injury to customers

Contact Barcodes, Inc. today to discuss your grocery business needs and discover how Barcodes, Inc. and Honeywell can help.