"newshound" wrote in message
o.uk...
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,
Corse they are when you have one person per 6 self checkouts.
when you look at the capital costs
Those arent likely to be much higher
with self checkouts than manned ones.
and the fact that you need one person per few tills to sort out the
problems.
And to minimise fraud by the customers.