"Express" 12 Items Or Less

[The Dad Fisherman]

Just another way for them to monitor your shopping habits....Pretty soon all you have to do is FEEL like having a steak and someone will show up at the door with one.

They will start to have a favorites list for you after you've been there a couple of times

Originally Posted by cheferson

Have you seen the new scanners S&S are rolling out? You scan as you go,bag items as you go, adds up your total, tells you where items are located and all kinds of other crap. At checkout all you do is scan your card and pay, no scanning each item at the check out.

[MoroneSaxatilis]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Just another way for them to monitor your shopping habits....Pretty soon all you have to do is FEEL like having a steak and someone will show up at the door with one.
They will start to have a favorites list for you after you've been there a couple of times

Come on now, I'm sure you know that that is already OLD technology.
As soon as S&S and Shaws introduced thier "Savings Cards", tracking your shopping/spending habbits is exactly what they were doing.
Look at you receipt: How much your total savings was on that particular shopping trip.
"Rewards Savings So Far This Year", etc.
They taylor the coupons they give you based on your purchases.
They send you coupons in the mail based on what you've spent so far in a given period.
I wouldn't mind someone showing up at my door with a nice, fresh Delmonico as long as it's on sale.

[justplugit]

Never use the self check outs Cashiers offer young kids a chance to make money. Even more important bagging is one of the few jobs that can offer mentally handicaped people employment and some feeling of self worth.

[Skip N]

Originally Posted by justplugit

Never use the self check outs Cashiers offer young kids a chance to make money. Even more important bagging is one of the few jobs that can offer mentally handicaped people employment and some feeling of self worth.

Thats a good post. Theres a couple kids that used to live on my street that are mentally handicapped. They both work at a local super market and take pride in what they do. Good post, i never looked at it that way before.

[RIROCKHOUND]

All good points;
However I dont notice less registers open at my local S&S then pre-self scanners. I think that it offers a convience when you need a few things.
Weekly shopping I use regular checkout
Honey, can you pick up milk; I use self check-out.
As far as theft.. The one in gansett still employes someone (generally young) to watch the machines and help out with problems, so it isnt completly automated.

[Mike P]

I will tell you this---Stop&Shop was not a bad company to work for. In the first part of my life, I worked for them for 13 years, both part time while I was in school and full time when I wasn't. You always started at almost double minimum wage, even as a bagger. I don't know what their benefit package is nowadays, but even a part-time bagger had full medical and dental, plus TDI. 3 weeks vacation for full-timers. Plus, you had a raise schedule in your CBA, and with a shift premium if you worked an overnight, you could take home 300 clams a week. That wasn't bad for a 24 year old kid in the late 70s..

Cashiers start around $9 or $10 an hour now. It's a great job for a high school or college age kid.

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I will tell you this---Stop&Shop was not a bad company to work for. In the first part of my life, I worked for them for 13 years, both part time while I was in school and full time when I wasn't. You always started at almost double minimum wage, even as a bagger. I don't know what their benefit package is nowadays, but even a part-time bagger had full medical and dental, plus TDI. 3 weeks vacation for full-timers. Plus, you had a raise schedule in your CBA, and with a shift premium if you worked an overnight, you could take home 300 clams a week. That wasn't bad for a 24 year old kid in the late 70s..

Cashiers start around $9 or $10 an hour now. It's a great job for a high school or college age kid.

Me.......around 75 to 76 in a meat cutting facility in Marlborough