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[hannakournikova]

If anyone sees one of these performance planer can they let me know

 

[Lyons]

Was just in a Lidl in Liverpool there that had self checkouts- are there any at home with these that I have missed?!

I was more excited than I should have been probably.

 

[Boydie]

No not at home and def need them....

 

[Coog]

Plastic Tesco / Asda type crates are the solution. Stack 3 high in the trolley and can load them quicker than they can scan the shopping. plus don’t roll about the boot when filled.

 

[Ghisallo]

No not at home and def need them....

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That’s brilliant!

However, their business model is that you don’t pack your shizz at the till, but rather you shove it into your trolley as fast as the ninja cashier fires it through, and then you take it to the big shelf behind the till area to pack it to your satisfaction. (I discovered this by lamenting with a cashier on why to frig is there so little space to pack at the till!

 

[Boydie]

So i have heard but why be different from every single other shop from Russels to M&S

 

[gpaevo]

Was just in a Lidl in Liverpool there that had self checkouts- are there any at home with these that I have missed?!

I was more excited than I should have been probably.

High Street store Belfast, have self checkouts.

 

[Graham]

High Street store Belfast, have self checkouts.

Was just about to post the same.

 

[kharma45]

Do they? They didn't pre-Xmas. They had checkouts for 10 items or less but not self checkouts. The three or four to the left of the main tills.

 

[weeloaney]

Plastic Tesco / Asda type crates are the solution. Stack 3 high in the trolley and can load them quicker than they can scan the shopping. plus don’t roll about the boot when filled.

Self scanning in Tesco is far handier. Items scanned, straight into the bag and don’t need to come out trolley again till going into the car. Bar the 1in10 or so times they have to check your stuff.

 

[rupertfinch]

Was just in a Lidl in Liverpool there that had self checkouts- are there any at home with these that I have missed?!

I was more excited than I should have been probably.

This is one of the reasons I don’t pop into Lidl for a few bits. I always get stuck behind Agnes with a massive trolley who insists on paying with cash.
In England in the summer time it was a case of parking up, dashing in getting the kids some fruit, rolls, salami and cheese and out. A couple of minutes max. They need to roll this out all over the occupied six counties (oh and give us the English price on specials not the Free State mark-up we suffer).

 

[gpaevo]

Any self checkouts I used in France, you are in a pen type affair and can't leave until you scan your receipt. They've a security dude who does random spot checks like IKEA. The grocery stores here must lose a fortune with people robbing stuff on the self checkouts that don't weigh your items (like Eurospar ones).

 

[Gavlar]

This is one of the reasons I don’t pop into Lidl for a few bits. I always get stuck behind Agnes with a massive trolley who insists on paying with cash.
In England in the summer time it was a case of parking up, dashing in getting the kids some fruit, rolls, salami and cheese and out. A couple of minutes max. They need to roll this out all over the occupied six counties (oh and give us the English price on specials not the Free State mark-up we suffer).

X2

 

[Boydie]

Any self checkouts I used in France, you are in a pen type affair and can't leave until you scan your receipt. They've a security dude who does random spot checks like IKEA. The grocery stores here must lose a fortune with people robbing stuff on the self checkouts that don't weigh your items (like Eurospar ones).

Sure most places you have to walk through the security barrier but then again, who will chase you?

Scan and go is where its at - I am so surprised the lack of people who don't do this particularly in Forestside Sainsburys - you lift a scanner (or use your phone), pay as you go or pay at the till via the scanner - will take less than 5 mins unless you need approval for buying booze or are randomly selected. While at the same time, joe bloggs x 100 are queueing at the tills like Neanderthals not realising there is a 21st century method to shop with ease

M&S is even better, scan on your phone and pay there and then. Don't have to go near the tills

 

[Lyons]

Plastic Tesco / Asda type crates are the solution. Stack 3 high in the trolley and can load them quicker than they can scan the shopping. plus don’t roll about the boot when filled.

 

[Jbridges522]

Plastic Tesco / Asda type crates are the solution. Stack 3 high in the trolley and can load them quicker than they can scan the shopping. plus don’t roll about the boot when filled.

This is the most accountant thing I’ve heard in a while tbh bet you are as smug as hell observing the fools with bags to

Ps, its a great idea.

 

[Boydie]

@Coog at home making crates, new venture for Lidl

 

[Coog]

I’m a dull middle aged man that does his Lidl shop at 8am on the same day every week.

Done it this way for years. I can leave, cross traffic in Belfast, get the weekly shop in for 4 people and have it unpacked into the cupboards inside an hour, often less.

I have a route round the store and an order to load and unload the trolley for the most efficiency.

A real game changer for the whole operation was moving from bags to stackable crates and interjecting weighable & bread counter items to slow the checkout assistant down. There's no hard and fast rule there, you just have to feel the situation out at the time.

The worst scenario is coming up to an empty conveyor. Unloading whilst simultaneously allowing the checkout person to scan sinks the operation pretty early on. I'll either join a queue, allow someone to jump ahead or as a last resort send bulky / heavy items down first to jam up the checkout goods waiting area so that they can't scan any more and have to wait.

Before they ask you let them know it's card payment and you should be able to simultaneously punch the pin into the card reader while chucking stuff into the top most crate with the other hand if your operation has had a mishap half-way through.

Anything less is quite frankly school boy stuff. I can and will judge you. 100% fail if the next person is getting stuff scanned and you're still there packing.

 

[rupertfinch]

I’m a dull middle aged man that does his Lidl shop at 8am on the same day every week.

Done it this way for years. I can leave, cross traffic in Belfast, get the weekly shop in for 4 people and have it unpacked into the cupboards inside an hour, often less.

I have a route round the store and an order to load and unload the trolley for the most efficiency.

A real game changer for the whole operation was moving from bags to stackable crates and interjecting weighable & bread counter items to slow the checkout assistant down. There's no hard and fast rule there, you just have to feel the situation out at the time.

The worst scenario is coming up to an empty conveyor. Unloading whilst simultaneously allowing the checkout person to scan sinks the operation pretty early on. I'll either join a queue, allow someone to jump ahead or as a last resort send bulky / heavy items down first to jam up the checkout goods waiting area so that they can't scan any more and have to wait.

Before they ask you let them know it's card payment and you should be able to simultaneously punch the pin into the card reader while chucking stuff into the top most crate with the other hand if your operation has had a mishap half-way through.

Anything less is quite frankly school boy stuff. I can and will judge you. 100% fail if the next person is getting stuff scanned and you're still there packing.

I’m falling in love with you…stop it.

 

[Boydie]

@Coog do you drift round the corners like a D1 pro with perfect execution mimicking a single turbo manual supra?

 

[Gavlar]

That's impressive!

 

[pablo]

@Coog

You need to join this

 

[Coog]

@Coog do you drift round the corners like a D1 pro with perfect execution mimicking a single turbo manual supra?

While I'm on the topic, one thing I noticed and I think it's deliberate, is there are 5 aisles and 6 rows of shelves. Using the down one, up the other technique means you finish up furthest away from the tills and so need to make your way back down to check out. Normally I use this as an opportunity for a second glance at the middle aisle, which resulted in this incident earlier this week:

How to tell someone you're a purveyor of s***e without actually telling them you're a purveyor of s***e.

 

[hannakournikova]

The worst scenario is coming up to an empty conveyor. Unloading whilst simultaneously allowing the checkout person to scan sinks the operation pretty early on. I'll either join a queue, allow someone to jump ahead or as a last resort send bulky / heavy items down first to jam up the checkout goods waiting area so that they can't scan any more and have to wait.

Don’t tell me you’ve never strategically placed a bottle of wine side ways so rolls in situ to allow you some extra time!?

 

[Apis]

Not a middle isle thing, but their Freshona Coconut Milk is the best one I've tried. Really thick and creamy.