Pick n Pay, supermarket, Mr D app, Takealot, Project Red, grocery store, Pick n Pay split

[FILE] Pick n Pay announced two new steps it’s taking, from a new store to the introduction of the Mr D app. Photo: Supplied

Bitcoin for bread: Pick n Pay expands crypto payment trial – here are the stores

Shoppers will now be able to pay for groceries with cryptocurrency at Pick n Pay stores across South Africa.

Pick n Pay, supermarket, Mr D app, Takealot, Project Red, grocery store, Pick n Pay split

[FILE] Pick n Pay announced two new steps it’s taking, from a new store to the introduction of the Mr D app. Photo: Supplied

Pick n Pay is the first major retailer in Africa to test cryptocurrency payments at tills. The group is expanding the trial from the Western Cape to branches across South Africa.

CRYPTO PAYMENTS AT PICK N PAY

The cryptocurrency payments are facilitated through Lightning Network Payments and to pay with cryptocurrency shoppers must use a standard lighting wallet on their smartphones.

Muun or BlueWallet are the recommended lightning wallets but the process has been tested with a number of different wallets.

The payment method was first trialled in 10 Western Cape Pick n Pay stores but now it will be available at 39 stores including:

  • Langeberg Mall, Mosselbay
  • Sedgefield
  • Stellenbosch Central and Stellenbosch Square
  • Paarl Mall
  • Willowbridge
  • Local Big Bay
  • Table Bay Mall
  • Cavendish
  • Kenilworth
  • Kenilworth Campus
  • Kenilworth Pam Golding
  • Seapoint
  • Waterfront
  • Mall of Africa
  • Mall of the North
  • Mall of the South
  • Menlyn Mall
  • Nelspruit
  • PnP on Nicol
  • Liberty Midlands Mall
  • The Pavilion
  • Tshwane Mall
  • Beacon Bay
  • Uitenhage
  • Bedfordview
  • Centurion
  • Fourways Mall
  • PnP Qualisave Carlton Centre
  • PnP Qualisave Diepsloot
  • PnP Qualisave Midrand
  • PnP Qualisave Rustenburg
  • PnP Qualisave Commercial Road
  • PnP Qualisave North Beach
  • PnP Qualisave The Workshop
  • PnP Qualisave Goodwood
  • Hyper Bloemfontein
  • Hyper Durban North
  • Hyper Northgate
  • Hyper Ottery

HOW IT WORKS

Shoppers must download the CryptoQR scanner app and link their lightning wallets.

  • When ready to pay for a purchase at the till select the “Contactless QR” payment option on the point-of-sale device.
  • Scan the QR code with the CryptoQR scanner app, which should redirect you to the Lightning wallet to complete the payment.
  • Once payment is completed, a till slip will be printed.
  • The transaction is complete.

‘Should anything go wrong and the point of sale does not confirm payment, you will need to wait 90 seconds for the point of sale to reset. If you sent a payment from your wallet, it will be returned to you within a few minutes,” said Crypto Convert.

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