Tom Simmons departs Tesco GetGo project to take on new loyalty challenge at UK grocery giant
Tom Simmons is starting a new position as Senior Product Manager - Loyalty at Tesco.
Simmons previously served as Product Manager - GetGo, working on the grocery giant’s check-out free shopping project.
In February, Tesco opened its latest GetGo location, Aston University Express.
Powered by Trigo technology, this is located in Birmingham, the UK’s second largest city.
It is the final instalment of Tesco’s announced three autonomous stores deployment throughout the UK, the other sites being Chiswell Street Express in central London, and Fulham Reach Express in Parrs Way, London.
It is the largest autonomous Tesco store to date at over 4,000 square metres.
In an online post, Trigo noted: “The location has another distinct quality, its largely student demographic who shop at the store poses a unique use case for autonomous store technology - the seasonal shopper.”
“These features, alongside the store’s hybrid format, make it a classic application of autonomous store technology.”
In a LinkedIn post, dated 16th February, Simmons, said: “Exciting day yesterday as we switched GetGo on at Aston University Express in Birmingham.”
“We're delighted to take GetGo to a new part of the country as this is our first store outside of London/South East. Lots of positive feedback on day one, looking forward to hearing more from our customers over the coming weeks/months.”
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