On 04/01/2018 11:30, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:26:38 +0000, alan_m
wrote:

On 04/01/2018 10:18, wrote:

One thing puzzles me about them: why no self-service checkouts? They are cheaper.


Are they? Possibly only in stores where the check-out staff are so
inefficient. When I use Tesco/Sainsbury/Asda I find their checkout so
slow compared to the no nonsense approach of my local Aldi/Lidl

Always long queues in our local Lidls; never enough tills manned
(womanned? personned?)


One of the ways they keep their costs down. One of the reasons Lidl and
Waitrose have a somewhat different demographic.

No idea whether self-service checkouts are cheaper or not, when you look
at the capital costs and the fact that you need one person per few tills
to sort out the problems.