Tesco tries out in-store avocado scanners to assess ripeness

Machines in five of supermarket’s stores work like tiny X-rays to allow shoppers to analyse fruit before buying

It is the millennial’s perennial problem: returning home after spending a small fortune on an avocado only to find the green fruit is either too squishy to slice for a salad or too hard to smash on toast.

One UK retailer, however, is claiming to have found the tech to solve the textural trouble. Tesco has begun trialling in-store avocado scanners that allow shoppers to asses how ripe the fruit is before they put it in their basket.