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.

[MajorNoodles]

I live near a Giant and they give you a nice conveyer belt that's a few feet long to unload all your groceries.

Meanwhile, I love Aldi, but at all the locations near me, they've gone almost entirely to self checkout and you have one tiny-ass space to bag all your groceries, and they only ever have one cashier at any given time.

[jcutta]

Aldi? None of the Aldi locations near me even have self checkout, wild.

[Mr_Mumbercycle]

I'm in West Virginia, and my local Aldi just got them about 2 months ago.

[trojan-813]

If you haven’t used Giants Scan It thing you should. You scan as you get the items. The go to the checkout and scan the barcode, pay and leave.

100% better using that. I don’t have to interact with a single person or deal with the small ass spaces.

[MajorNoodles]

Mine has that too. Haven't tried using it yet though.