A few months ago I was at a Costco in Carlsbad (near San Diego), long line and one person was scanning everyone's items which made checkout go faster and smoothly.

That had never occurred to me but it's a great idea. It could even be as simple as giving the baggers scanning guns and having them parallel scanning the easy stuff.

Undisciplined

I think one of the biggest gaps in current grocery store is the lack of a "over 30 items line". I mean there are express lines for people with 5 items, but why not the reverse?

Like it should be a double-staffed / double-conveyor belt line to process those that have lots of items....I mean on the surface its kinda crazy this hasn't developed.

The guy with a six pack of beer and sandwhich bread gets to zoom thru the line, but the mom with a $350 basket of goods waits the most.....

tech

econ

Why do grocery stores invest billions in self scan tech?

npub1zapsats

I think one of the biggest gaps in current grocery store is the lack of a "over 30 items line". I mean there are express lines for people with 5 items, but why not the reverse? 

Like it should be a double-staffed / double-conveyor belt line to process those that have lots of items....I mean on the surface its kinda crazy this hasn't developed. 

The guy with a six pack of beer and sandwhich bread gets to zoom thru the line, but the mom with a $350 basket of goods waits the most.....