BurlingtonFreePress.com: There are fewer and fewer people asking, "Paper or plastic?" at supermarket checkout aisles throughout the Burlington area and across the country.
At Price Chopper's Burlington store, eight of 19 checkout lanes are equipped with automated "Easy Scan Checkout" machines. Each of the two sets, known as "quads," has four automated checkout stations and one employee to verify age for alcohol purchases, witness credit card transactions and assist shoppers.
The rest of the duties are left to customers: punching produce codes, weighing vegetables, scanning for prices and bagging food. To pay, shoppers feed cash into the machine or swipe a credit or debit card.
"They are embracing the opportunity to participate in a process that will help them move faster," Price Chopper spokeswoman Mona Golub said of the shoppers, adding that those who ring-up their own purchases experience "a sense of accomplishment."
Supermarket self-checkouts on the rise [BurlingtonFreePress.com]
There are 5 responses to "Supermarket Self-checkouts".
I did the same kind of topic few weeks ago on my blog :) I think the self-checkout will become an important part of the checkouts in supermarket, but normal ones will still be there for a long time.
c u
Ludovic
Posted by: Ludovic at February 23, 2007 9:17 PM
self-checkouts are spectacular. they definitely translate into lower costs for the retailer, but will those costs be transferred to the customers? doubt it.
Posted by: mikelite at February 24, 2007 3:30 PM
Not so new...we have this in Ireland in Tesco for some time now (i think at least one year)
Posted by: Sean at March 4, 2007 12:11 PM
I use the self-checkouts, while staring at the few remaining employees, They soon enough will also be replaced with machines. Do they realize this? I do not collect any paychecks from the market for my cashier position or my bagging positions, which they pay their employees. I do the same work, and receive no paycheck.
Interesting, isn't it.
Posted by: bstef at February 3, 2008 11:22 PM
Hi, i think it's a great idea, i like to apply it in Lebanon.What do you think? it gonna work?waiting a reply.thanks
Posted by: Rana El Zayed at July 24, 2008 8:13 AM
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