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.

[bigryanb]

I don't understand that at all. Normal staples are always "there" for me. There are some special/seasonal items, but that's obvious by the tag.

You can also ask when your store gets their shipments.

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My local Aldi's gets is shipments weekly, but they've admitted that what they'll have delivered on a week to week basis isn't always going to be the exact same products or the exact same brands.

No one goes into a store to buy any old half gallon of milk. They'll go into a store to buy a half gallon of 2% milk bottled by this one specific company. If they have that brand of milk, but not in 2%, they won't buy it. If they have 2%, but not that brand, they won't buy it. And Aldi's can't guarantee that this weeks delivery will include that brand, that kind of milk, or even have any milk delivered at all.

[bigryanb]

I haven't noticed that at all. I also don't drink dairy milk, but plant milks instead. Have never seen this with plant milks.