So do you pack the things in your bag in the order they appear in the supermarket? Tomatoes in first, heavy tinned items on top? Or do you wander around picking the heavy items first, and then make a fresh circuit for the delicate items?
I use 2 or 3 bags. Fresh into one bag, ambient tins and packets into another etc.
It doesn't matter if you scan as you shop or prefer the more traditional staffed checkout, people aren't going to put heavy tinned items on top of more delicate items (unless they're really daft)!
I’m sure plenty of people do (and of course one doesn’t notice them) - but I assure you plenty don’t.
He said “excuse me” and pointed to the items in my hand. I said I was using SmartShop and he said I hadn’t scanned the code. I told him you don’t need to scan it on the way out, only as you enter, but he wasn’t having any of it and said “show me on your phone”. I showed him the receipt and he said “ok, you can go but make sure you scan out next time”. As I mentioned, it doesn’t matter whether you scan it or not as the shop is complete once you get payment confirmation. If you do scan it it just displays the receipt on your screen along with a finish button.
All very well for long-dated store cupboard stuff - but I wouldn’t want to rely on the picker’s choice of fresh produce.
Therein lies the problem.
That too
Not always but then it wouldn't be available in-store either !
I do find a lot of offers are on inflated prices.
My example is Mai Thai Jasmine rice 5Kg. Often price waivers around £5 or £6. Currently is £8 in Morrisons but with a More Card its £4.50 which is the cheapest it has been for quite a while. I think Lidl or Aldi or both have been a straight £4.50 in response. That is what I like about Lidl and Aldi (moreso) no gimmicks.
Irony is Morrisons don't do scan and go BUT my local has a two hour parking time limit whereas Sainsburys have a three hour parkking time limit.
I fear so.
I often have to re-organise the items in the trolley as and when heavy stuff gets added late. I try to get the heavy stuff first then all the smaller and fragile stuff affer. Easier when I am not trying to keep up with the missus loading the trolley. I really think two trolleys has an advantage as more room for juggling. I suppose it would be the same whether I am scanning on the go or using self scan. Challenge is stuff comes onto the belt in the reverse order to how I want to receive it after the staff have scanned it !. So I tend to leave a gap on the belt at the front of our shop for the heavy stuff last out of the bottom of the trolley.
Each to his own,generally I find that essential items are usually not a problem and if an item is not available and there is no suitable substitute I simply go without ! like I said it suits me,I have better things to do than wander around supermarket aisles ,I done that for the best part of 50 years !
This isn't accurate in my experience; it's far more nuanced than that. If you are looking at food in M&S or Waitrose etc, the quality will be vastly better than many European countries I can think of which I've visted! If you are, instead, comparing Morrisons and Asda with the supermarkets in countries such as Switzerland, then obviously that's a very different comparison.
Really?! At least the French supermarkets I have been in have been different in a most depressing way compared to, say, Tesco (veg past their prime, poorly maintained, etc.)…
I tend to be more Lidl than Aldi, but on the basis that they're fairly similar; the downside tends to be a smaller range and that you can't rely on items being there week to week.
M&S do scan-and-go in my local store, it’s tied to the Sparks card.
Agree 100%. There will often be fish & seafood counters, butchers, and a huge variety of salad for example. The bigger evidence of how Europeans engage with food though is their fabulous fixed and street stall food markets.
You either compete on price, the elusion of price or quality. UK supermarkets compete on price as the average brit appears to pit price before quality.
