Self-Checkouts In Supermarkets

[Braders]

You must go to a supermarket with a higher spec scanner than the new Sainos up from London Road is all I can say.

easy enough for me , the Somerfield one is abit more temperamental as it relies on you putting the item in the holder before you can scan the next one but easy enough.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

They now have portable scanners at my local Waitrose - I haven't tried them yet, has anyone here?

Yep. They are BRILLIANT. Scan everything as you take it off the shelf, put it straight in your bag, fetch up at the special checkout (where there is no queue - because so few people have signed up to this system), pay the bill instantly (cash or card) and walk straight out of the shop.

 

[Braders]

You will be an old fart one day so show some respect for the senior citizens

purely tongue in cheek , sorry if I caused any offence obviously.

 

[Gully]

Is there anyone else who thinks the hand-held scanners, which I have never used myself, are a shoplifters delight.

Apparently supermarkets do random checks on bags at the till, but how easy would it be to say that you had scanned everything and an item must have not scanned properly if they found something extra...that you might have been intending to nick?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Is there anyone else who thinks the hand-held scanners, which I have never used myself, are a shoplifters delight.

Apparently supermarkets do random checks on bags at the till, but how easy would it be to say that you had scanned everything and an item must have not scanned properly if they found something extra...that you might have been intending to nick?

Well, you have to have that inclination in the first place. It's interesting that in a study where people shopped and paid only what they "guessed" they owed, on average people tended to pay more than what was due.

 

[BensGrandad]

A survey carried out in the USA said that self service tills take twice as long to get through as a manned till with the same no of items.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Over the past few years I've noticed the emergence of what I believe are restaurants/cafes using supermarkets as wholesalers. I'd feel slightly miffed if I went to a restaurant and was served up Tesco food.

 

[armchairclubber]

QUOTE=BensGrandad;3839802]A survey carried out in the USA said that self service tills take twice as long to get through as a manned till with the same no of items.[/QUOTE]

agreed

 

[Gully]

Over the past few years I've noticed the emergence of what I believe are restaurants/cafes using supermarkets as wholesalers. I'd feel slightly miffed if I went to a restaurant and was served up Tesco food.

Indeed...how good would it be if you could go into the cafe at your local supermarket and be served up an M&S curry!

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Over the past few years I've noticed the emergence of what I believe are restaurants/cafes using supermarkets as wholesalers. I'd feel slightly miffed if I went to a restaurant and was served up Tesco food.

If they're serving Tescos pre-made foods, then it rather defeats the point of eating there and wouldn't go again. If it's raw materials, veg etc. then either you're paying over the odds for your meal or their profits are beign cut by paying more for the items. I would very much doubt any decent eatery is using supermarket produce for anything other than emergencies - I can't beleive they undercut the wholesalers.

 

[BensGrandad]

Over the past few years I've noticed the emergence of what I believe are restaurants/cafes using supermarkets as wholesalers. I'd feel slightly miffed if I went to a restaurant and was served up Tesco food.

I went in a cafe and saw, after ordering my breakfast, that everything was Tesco blue and white, Sausages, Beans, Bread, Spread, sauce even the coffee. The price didnt reflect that they were using cheap products but the next time I went in there, 12 months later, it had changed hands and the chap, Spanish or Italien was using proprietary brand stuff like Heinz Beans, uncut bread etc and it was so much better.

 

[KneeOn]

I've tried them a couple of times and won't be using them again. There's the double fear of a) accidentally scanning something through twice and paying over the odds for your shopping and b) accidentally not scanning something through and being done for shoplifting. When the technology's improved to the point whereby you can place your basket of shopping down on the pad and it tots it up on the spot then I may be persuaded to have another go. Until then, thanks but no thanks, don't need the aggro.

fear a) When an item is scaned and it registars then the scanner is disabled until you put the item in the bagging area.
fear b) You can't be done for shoplifting unless you have since the bagging area is fitted with a scale of some sort i'm guessing since it knows when you've put something you shouldn't in the bag and will warn you and disable the scanner
its simple really!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I remember a visit to Tesco's "restaurant" in Lewes a few years back. It was about 1.45pm and most of the items on the menu weren't available. Their excuse was something along the lines of "We've run out of bacon, I'm afraid, sir".

"But you're a supermarket".

"Yes, but we can't get our supplies from the shop. We get our stuff delivered to the kitchen and the delivery isn't due until later this afternoon".


Unbelievable. The caff has now shut and been replaced by a Costa.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

If they're serving Tescos pre-made foods, then it rather defeats the point of eating there and wouldn't go again. If it's raw materials, veg etc. then either you're paying over the odds for your meal or their profits are beign cut by paying more for the items. I would very much doubt any decent eatery is using supermarket produce for anything other than emergencies - I can't beleive they undercut the wholesalers.

It tends to be raw-ish materials. The bags of chlorinated salad leaves are very popular with the bulk buyers.

I'm not certain they are restaurants/cafes but I have a feeling they are. If you go to the Hove Tesco at 8am I guarantee you will see someone with a trolley with a lot of repeat items e.g. 20 bags of salad leaves, 10 packs of steak, 10 loaves of bread etc.

 

[BensGrandad]

I remember a visit to Tesco's "restaurant" in Lewes a few years back. It was about 1.45pm and most of the items on the menu weren't available. Their excuse was something along the lines of "We've run out of bacon, I'm afraid, sir".

"But you're a supermarket".

"Yes, but we can't get our supplies from the shop. We get our stuff delivered to the kitchen and the delivery isn't due until later this afternoon".


Unbelievable. The caff has now shut and been replaced by a Costa.

I had a similar experience at Tesco in Haslemere I wanted an omlette but they had run out. My answer was you have trays galore of eggs in the supermarket to whcih the cafe manager said 'The staff are not qualified to make them we have to use frozen microwave ones.' Absolutely incredible.

The trouble is the cafes are being replaced by Costa which are just a rip off and definitely not VFM

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It tends to be raw-ish materials. The bags of chlorinated salad leaves are very popular with the bulk buyers.

I'm not certain they are restaurants/cafes but I have a feeling they are. If you go to the Hove Tesco at 8am I guarantee you will see someone with a trolley with a lot of repeat items e.g. 20 bags of salad leaves, 10 packs of steak, 10 loaves of bread etc.

... and then there was the time I bumped into the landlord of my local pub, bulk buying canned lager and bottles of spirits at Tesco's - for a private party he was organising.

"I can't afford the prices in the pub" was his excuse.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I just detest supermarket shopping full stop, the whole experience is draining, soul destroying, & I hate it.

True. Very true. I have always made sure I live near shops so I can just buy food as and when I need it and not have to do lengthy weekly shops.

 

[m20gull]

While there is a choice I will never use the self service check outs because of the loss of jobs referred to above. Prefer to queue.

They've helped to close local businesses and I am not going to help them get rid of local jobs.

Do you therefore never use an ATM? Or a self-service petrol station.

Or, come to it, any online service.

 

[BensGrandad]

... and then there was the time I bumped into the landlord of my local pub, bulk buying canned lager and bottles of spirits at Tesco's - for a private party he was organising.

"I can't afford the prices in the pub" was his excuse.

Also the takings from the party probably didnt get recorded for tax/vat purposes and the tesco receipts just lost.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Yep. They are BRILLIANT. Scan everything as you take it off the shelf, put it straight in your bag, fetch up at the special checkout (where there is no queue - because so few people have signed up to this system), pay the bill instantly (cash or card) and walk straight out of the shop.

True. It's so good that I now get really fed up if I have to go through a till at a supermarket. It's like so 20th century.