Self-scanning checkouts in supermarkets have become retail's hot potato this week, with customers split over their potential benefits.The gadgets have become popular because in theory putting groceries through them by hand could save time for the shopper keen to make a quick exit.
To help readers with their decision on where to self-scan MailOnline took to the streets to find out which ones deserve to be considered first. They had to tap a few buttons on my screen to fix an issue with an item not being acknowledged by the scales but it was still quick.Bag nightmare experienced by Freya meant the self-scanning system was thrown into chaosI am still miffed by my experience in Waitrose who didn't have any plastic carrier bags that usually cost 30p.
Not only that but I had to call the lady over - who looked really stressed - to press some buttons as the weight of my eggs wasn't right.Self-scanning checkout time: 1 minute, 44 secondsTesco and its self-service checkouts were extremely quick and provided no problems at allAs I approached the doors of Tesco I could feel myself coming out of fight or flight mode.I often shop at a big Tesco as there is one locally to me so I knew it wouldn't let me down.
There was quite a long que at the self checkouts despite there being a huge number of machines but as I looked around I noticed that half of them were out of service and the working ones were split with some only taking cash and the rest only taking card.
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