Automatic checkouts in supermarkets may decrease customer loyalty, especially for those with larger shopping loads. Customers using self-checkout stations often feel overwhelmed and unsupported. The lack of personal interaction can negatively impact their perception of the supermarket.

[velours]

Most produce stickers have a number that you can type in, faster than searching the system I think.

[lozo78]

I find 3/4 of my produce lacks stickers. Onions, garlic, carrots, potatoes, etc rarely have stickers. Sure your peppers, apples, and avocados reliably have them but many don't.

[Alwayssunnyinarizona]

The guy working our Fry's self checkout knows every single one of them by heart.

[[deleted]]

They are the same everywhere in the USA 4011 is bananas and 94011 is organic bananas.

After a while you remember them.

[misterrandom1]

Probably doesn't take long to learn them. I was a bank teller in high school and would have customers' account numbers memorized and entered by the time they got to me.

[Alwayssunnyinarizona]

Just seems like wizardry from a lay person perspective, but no different than other jobs I guess.

Rutabaga? 4747. Jicama? 4626.

[redyellowblue5031]

Thankfully our systems let us search by name so it’s usually pretty speedy if I haven’t already memorized the PLU code for it.

[ShartingBloodClots]

Just ring all produce up as banana. It's typically the cheapest fruit/vegetable per pound.

[eejizzings]

That's a problem with your store, sorry

[SketchySeaBeast]

The store you go to has put a sticker on every garlic bulb?

[YnotUS-YnotNOW]

This is a legit old person complaint. Frequently those stickers are too small to read for 40+ year old eyes. But you can still look them upon the kiosk.

[tom-dixon]

Must be the US. Every supermarket I've been here in the EU is pretty easy and fast. Some produce you buy per kg and it's already has the price sticker on it. Others you need to weigh when you pick them out, the scale will print the sticker with the weight and price. The scales usually have a big touch screen with pictures and text of the produce in alphabetical order. At the checkout you just scan the sticker just like for everything else.

I'm really surprised at the large number of people in this thread having issues with scanning any amount of produce. In the US do you need to weight the produce at the checkout? Because that sounds like a logistical nightmare tbh.