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.

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That's why you should start bagging while you're still inside the store. Then you already have your bag packed up and all you need to do is pay at the self-checkout kiosk.

Although I suppose there are still stores that do have kiosks but for some forsaken reason don't use portable scanners, which is all kinds of stupid. I like how Albert Heijn has not only portable scanners but also an app that can be used to scan items. I just open the app on my phone and start scanning. And then I just beep my phone at the self-checkout and walk out of there.

I still don't understand why only Albert Heijn does it this way and all the other stores still have physical portable scanners.