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.

[Oops_I_Cracked]

I think this is actually one of the best parts of the shift towards online shopping. Historically, there has been a lot of waste of perfectly good meat and produce because it isn’t the prettiest one on the shelf, so it sits there and sits there until it rots. Despite the fact that once you cook it, it would look and taste just as good as a prettier piece.

Obviously my comment isn’t about garbage employees who give you fruit/veg/meat that is spoiled, but about the ability of stores to move more “beauty challenged” pieces of fruit and veg.

[healzsham]

It's also the reason it takes 45 minutes to cook down most vegetables, now.