The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread

Sput · Sun 12 Jul, 2015 11.26

I went to a co-op the other day and used a self-service checkout. Much like the staff, it was very slow and gave a "SYSTEM PROCESSING" before for about five seconds before setting about giving me my change.

woah · Sun 12 Jul, 2015 14.53

Sput wrote:I went to a co-op the other day and used a self-service checkout. Much like the staff, it was very slow and gave a "SYSTEM PROCESSING" before for about five seconds before setting about giving me my change.

Was it Wincor-Nixdorf or IBM? The IBM ones I've used are very clunky, and have an curious habit of shouting out the price of everything you scan at full volume.

Martin Phillp · Sun 12 Jul, 2015 16.25

The self checkout's at my local Co-op are Wincor-Nixdorf. Like Morrisons, they suffer from ultra sensitive scales and are slow going between screens and during scanning.

Their POS tills are very good though and can even do PayPoint transactions without the yellow terminal.

Pete · Sun 12 Jul, 2015 18.57

The Yellow terminal has been canned everywhere has it not? Certainly Spar got rid of them a few years back and PayPoint is now part of the POS software.

Martin Phillp · Sun 12 Jul, 2015 18.59

Pete wrote:The Yellow terminal has been canned everywhere has it not? Certainly Spar got rid of them a few years back and PayPoint is now part of the POS software.

The independent retailers still use the yellow terminal, even those which use a computerised POS. My local Co-op was still using it until last year.

Pete · Sun 12 Jul, 2015 19.15

I suppose once its integrated into the standard POS software such as Booker's then it would help get rid.

Suppose with Spar / Co-op ditching them there'll be a glut of spare parts.

Martin Phillp · Sun 12 Jul, 2015 20.33

Pete wrote:
Suppose with Spar / Co-op ditching them there'll be a glut of spare parts.

My local newsagent's terminal goes down on a regular basis and still hasn't got a replacement bar code scanner.

Martin Phillp · Tue 21 Jul, 2015 15.18

My local Sainsburys has finally got wifi installed. No idea who's providing their service, but I had no problem accessing websites and media streams with routers on the ceiling.

Alexia · Tue 21 Jul, 2015 23.49

Martin Phillp wrote:My local Sainsburys has finally got wifi installed. No idea who's providing their service, but I had no problem accessing websites and media streams with routers on the ceiling.

Is this what the world's coming to? Can you not do a weekly shop without being detached from your phone for five minutes?

Nick Harvey · Tue 21 Jul, 2015 23.59

Alexia wrote:Is this what the world's coming to? Can you not do a weekly shop without being detached from your phone for five minutes?

Funnily enough, I hooked onto O2 WiFi yesterday in a MacDonalds and, in the process, found out where else their service is available.

It seemed logical to have WiFi when you're sitting down having a burger. They're also in Subway (similarly logical), and Costa (ditto, but I won't be going there, see previous posts).

They're also in B&Q, however! I think Alexia's comment applies!

bilky asko · Wed 22 Jul, 2015 03.27

Alexia wrote:
Martin Phillp wrote:My local Sainsburys has finally got wifi installed. No idea who's providing their service, but I had no problem accessing websites and media streams with routers on the ceiling.
Is this what the world's coming to? Can you not do a weekly shop without being detached from your phone for five minutes?

Perhaps it's intended more for use in the café. Either that, or they're expecting shoppers to come in with shopping lists on Google Docs, the Nectar app loaded, and music streaming to make up for the lack of store music.