It all feels like it’ll be irrelevant in the coming decade anyway. Surely some form of just-walk-out technology will eventually be the norm. RFID feels like the way forward if it can be developed to be smaller / cheaper. Zara use it well for their self checkouts.

Zara control all their ...

It all feels like it’ll be irrelevant in the coming decade anyway. Surely some form of just-walk-out technology will eventually be the norm. RFID feels like the way forward if it can be developed to be smaller / cheaper. Zara use it well for their self checkouts.

Some new design SELs appearing in my local Asda but - surprise surprise - they seem to be nothing like the design of anything else. A quite ugly bold italic font for both the product name and price.

To be fair the early closing is probably to allow staff to get their things out and carry out audit processes etc. before builders move in on Monday.

I think there’s a real opportunity for one of the supermarkets to come out with a back to basics ‘we make decent food and charge alright prices’ campaign. Feels like they’ve all got confusing messages at the moment. Probably Sainsbury’s are the closest to getting it right.

Here’s something I don’t get. My local Morrisons has Christmas wrapping paper… AFTER the checkouts.

A lot of the issues in supermarkets come from cutting overnight staff. I worked briefly for one chain who went through it and standards instantly plummet. There’s no real chance to reset, deep ...

Here’s something I don’t get. My local Morrisons has Christmas wrapping paper… AFTER the checkouts.

A lot of the issues in supermarkets come from cutting overnight staff. I worked briefly for one chain who went through it and standards instantly plummet. There’s no real chance to reset, deep ...

Seems to be the same people who think the trails from planes are some sort of conspiracy thing. Nut jobs, in other words.

With regards to Morrisons one thing has improved in the past year. The cafe now has an '8 item breakfast' option, where you can select what you want. No more having to order the standard breakfast and pay extra for items you want, even if you'd asked to remove a different item.


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Probably since the channel is geared towards teenagers and 20 year olds, who probably don't really celebrate Christmas, they have not bothered. I mean does BBC Four bother with new Christmas presentation?

This post about BBC Three in the BBC Christmas thread is quite incredible.


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With regards to Morrisons one thing has improved in the past year. The cafe now has an '8 item breakfast' option, where you can select what you want. No more having to order the standard breakfast and pay extra for items you want, even if you'd asked to remove a different item.


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