Re: I made a nice "duvet" cover

Joy Beeson wrote:

I like shopping at Aldi's, where the clerk chucks things back into the
cart -- so to get them piled up in the correct order, all you have to
do is put them on the conveyor belt in the correct order -- and then
you move to a long counter out of the traffic pattern and pack to suit
yourself.

Or if you've forgotten your bags -- as happened the only time DH went
with me -- you can wheel the cart out to the car and re-chuck into the
trunk.

Joy Beeson

I think I must be fortunate. At my store (Raley's) the cashier unloads the cart onto the checkstand as the items are passed through the scanner. The nearly always have someone to bag, even if it's the store manager. There is always someone to push the cart into the parking lot and unload it into the car, and they do not accept tips.

Another local market, Save-Mart that used to be Albertson's, has the customer unload the cart onto a circular checkstand, and they also have self-service checkouts. I only go there for things I've forgotten or for some things they carry that my store does not.

When you look at it, you realize that having the customer unload the cart, then the cashier scan it actually doubles the handling. Raley's cashiers take the items out and pass them through the scanner - the carts are counter height, so it's a very smooth operation.
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