Post by a_muppet on Jun 20, 2024 2:50:23 GMT -5
Once you have completed your shopping there is an area next to the main checkouts that is basically a set of payment machines. There is a store assistant hanging about if you need any help. You scan a barcode on the screen with your handset then your scanned items are downloaded to the machine and the total displayed. Then you choose a payment option.
This system can be open to abuse though. Anyone could place an item in their shopping bag without scanning it, however, supermarkets can do spot-checks on your purchases to see that everything tallies.
Items that have security tags on them; e.g. meat, alcohol, clothes, etc., set off a red light on the till so an assistant comes over to remove the tag. Once you have finished your purchase you still have to leave through a detector machine so it is not worth it to try to be naughty.
I will give it a go next time I go. I go for ryevita fruit crunch. Only the big supermarkets sell it.
