Walgreens Replaced Fridge Doors With Smart Screens. It's Now a $200 Million Fiasco

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5. "If only there was some other technology that would let us see what's in there ... "

Shoppers may have other perspectives. Even though Cooler Screens resumed servicing Walgreens stores after the judge’s order, its smart doors continued to crash. When a set of fridges went dark at a Walgreens in Joliet, Illinois, in early 2024, an employee taped photos of the interior shelves to the exterior of each blanked-out display. In a viral Reddit post showing the scene, a customer joked: “If only there was some other technology that would let us see what’s in there...”