On 04/01/2018 16:02, tim... wrote:


"charles" wrote in message
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Â* whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 4 January 2018 12:06:00 UTC, Bob EagerÂ* wrote:
On Thu, 04 Jan 2018 03:49:09 -0800, whisky-dave wrote:

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I must admit that I;ve never noticed anyone queuing with theri shopping
on the belt and carrying an empty basket.

No, you place the basket in the pile at the end of the belt.

They won't let you refill a basket.Â* They have this fear that you will
steal it


They had that rule when they introduced baskets. Before that they didn't
have baskets - it was a trolley or nothing.

Now they let you take the baskets through, and have stacking points. At
least in my local stores - does seem to vary, judging by the comments here.

It's interesting that they let many of their practices evolve - expand
parking (they knocked down a brand new retail unit to create extra
space), bakery, packing areas, trolley/basket types. It's not as if it's
a new business model, so they seemingly shape (within fairly narrow
parameters) to local circumstances.


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Cheers, Rob