The 'skinny IT' setup used by Locals (and the odd number of stores which are mentioned as excluded from Price Match) hasn't got the new font - I haven't quite managed to work out why this is yet; I thought initially it was because they couldn't add it on remotely. The large 'barker' sized POS is in fact the old one, with the fall-back font set as the old font, whereas the new (bigger) small SELs are of a new design, with no fall-back font set (so it defaults to Arial).all new Phil wrote:There's a Sainsbury's Local opened up in the past fortnight just down the road from me, and I have 2 observations to make:
1 - The POS is all over the place. The small price labels on shelves are in Arial. Some of the larger SELs are in Arial, others are in the old Highway font, yet the more colourful pre-printed ones use the more up-to-date serif font.
2 - No self-service tills at all. Just 6 manned kiosk-style tills.
The huge colourful ones, which should only be used for 'gondola ends', are as you say pre-printed.
It does look a bit incoherent, but then on the other hand Asda used their old font on SELs for *ages*, and Morrisons have never matched between SELs and barkers.
Edited to add: the self-service to manned kiosk ratio will depend on how many transactions they reckon will include cigarettes and to a lesser extent lottery and/or PayPoint (if applicable). They'll also factor in what they reckon they'll loose, both in terms of high value items like spirits (which can be kept behind the counter) and certain types ripping off the self-service tills.
