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Instacart Caper Cart

A shopping cart that recognizes items as shoppers put them in, weighs produce, keeps a running total and lets them pay at a dedicated checkout lane.

by Instacart · last checked Oct 18, 2026

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What has been shown

In use at named grocery retailers in the US, the UK and Australia.

Evidence support Company-reported · Customer-confirmed

Ongoing operation Morrisons says Instacart's Caper smart trolleys went live at Morrisons Preston on July 28, 2026. They identify items as shoppers place them in the trolley, weigh fresh produce and show a running total, and shoppers pay by scanning the trolley screen at a dedicated Caper lane. Morrisons

As of Oct 18, 2026 · Morrisons (named customer), Instacart (company source)

Can you get it?

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Sold to grocery retailers through Instacart's Connected Stores business; prices are not published. Shoppers use the carts free in participating stores.

As of Oct 18, 2026 · Instacart (company source), Caper Cart (company source)

Is it still alive?

Active
    As of Oct 18, 2026 · Instacart (company source), Morrisons (named customer)

    Sold to grocery retailers by Instacart; in stores across more than 100 US cities, at Morrisons in the UK and at Coles in Australia. Prices are not published.

    What the evidence says

    1. Company claim

      Instacart says Caper Carts have basket-facing camera sensors, weights-and-measures-certified scales, location tracking, outward-facing cameras and a touchscreen. NVIDIA's 2026 case study says each cart has five cameras, three of them facing the basket.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Instacart (company source), NVIDIA (company source)
    2. Company claim

      According to NVIDIA's case study, an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX module on each cart fuses the three basket-camera views with scale and location data to recognize items, while vision-language model encoders and ad and recommendation ranking run in the cloud. Instacart describes the system as edge computing on the carts combined with cloud AI. Neither source says which cart generation this describes.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · NVIDIA (company source), Instacart (company source)
    3. Company claim

      Instacart said in June 2026 that Caper Carts are in more than 100 cities across 15 US states and that it had tripled the number deployed year over year. It names Kroger, Schnucks, Wakefern banners (ShopRite, Fairway Market), Coles in Australia, Weis Markets and Foodtown as retailers using them.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Instacart (company source), Instacart and Allegiance Retail Services Expand Partnership to Power a Connected Omnichannel Experience (company source)
    4. Customer-confirmed

      Morrisons says it is the first UK retailer to bring the trolleys to its customers; they went live at its Preston store on July 28, 2026 and show loyalty savings when shoppers scan their Morrisons More Card.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Morrisons (named customer)
    5. Company-reported · Customer-confirmed

      The cart's screen shows product recommendations and promotions as well as the running total.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Morrisons (named customer), NVIDIA (company source)

    Price

    • Retailer purchaseContact salesPrices are not published. Checked Oct 18, 2026. Instacart (company source)

    What we don't know yet

    • No public price.
    • Where it can be bought or used is not stated in the cited sources.

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