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Default Aldi, the German discounter

I often get conjunctivitis so I'm immune to that one.

And another thing....:-)
Brian

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On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 2:15:52 PM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Huge wrote:
Because it would slow things down, their tills operate at the speed
of
light,


Another reason not to go there, then. What's the point if the checkout
operators go faster than you can pack?


You put everything back in the trolley and pack at the car. If they are
too fast for you to keep up.

Which is why I like self service. Don't get stuck in a queue of those
with
all the time in the world.

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Fact is, Aldi/Lidl have got more things right than the other supermarkets.
Bigger isn't better, and both staff and customers benefit from the smaller
scale. They pay well too, and it shows.