Shopping support apparatus and shopping support method

A shopping support apparatus that performs a support operation of shopping at a store when a consumer performs shopping at the store, the shopping support apparatus comprising:

• a reader that reads a data code indicating store-specific setting information;
• a memory that stores the store-specific setting information;
• and
• a processor that performs the following processing of
• causing the reader to read the data code and obtaining the store-specific setting information,
• storing control mode information included in the setting information in the memory,
• determining, on a basis of the control mode information of the setting information stored in the memory, whether to set a first mode for shopping support at the store as the control mode of the processor or set a second mode for a task restricted to an operation of an authorized person as the control mode of the processor,
• performing, in a case where the processor determines that the first mode is set as the control mode, the support operation of shopping on a basis of the obtained setting information, and
• performing, in a case where the processor determines that the second mode is set as the control mode, the task restricted to the operation of the authorized person.