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> Coin for grocery cart wastes time messing around to get a quarter & lock driving away customer volume that more than pays for a young adult to push carts back

> Coin for grocery cart wastes time messing around to get a quarter & lock driving away customer volume that more than pays for a young adult to push carts back. This is a claim. Is there evidence? Especially at a reasonable wage for a human being (which is not federal minimum)? > Leaving the items in the container wastes shelf space & time by disallowing spring loaded or gravity dispensers Shelf space: Aldi seems to do a pretty good job of keeping everything they want to put out fronted. As for spring or gravity dispensers, I can go look around a different supermarket and the only place I see gravity dispensers is in some (not all) drink coolers and some (not all) spices. If they showed efficiency bonuses, I'd suspect that we'd see them more. > lacks self service kiosks & usually have 1 lane open No self-service? Sure. One lane open? Not where I am. There's usually multiple open and even when there are, with three carts in line, they call another cashier.

downvotetruth 4y ago
evidence? have fun messing with lock this winter
- raydiatian 4y ago
  GP is right imo. You can literally just walk straight into Aldi and ask for a quarter if you forgot one. They’ll give you one. Takes 2 seconds. Alternatively, as illustration not an accusation, If you’re walking around grocery store fuming about the time you lost thumbing a quarter into a shopping cart, that’s a personal problem.
  - ChainOfFools 4y ago
    exactly. it's not about the 25 cents, it's about cultivating a customer base of prosocial people who aren't habituated to anger at petty inconveniences.
- Ndymium 4y ago
  The coin/token lock is used in all stores in Finland, I've never had a problem with it in winter. Sometimes I'm in the store without a token (I never have coins) but there's usually a cart unlocked already, since you can get the token out without locking the cart if you fiddle a bit.
- eropple 4y ago
  I live in Boston. I've never had a problem with it. But that isn't related to what you actually said. Do you have any evidence that the amount of customer discouragement pays for an employee?
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  - downvotetruth 4y ago
    Store (% of $spent) (# store) % of $spent/ # store Dollar Tree 0.8 7900 0.000101265822785 Dollar General 1.5 10000 0.00015 Aldi 2.3 2200 0.001045454545455 Target 2.4 1900 0.001263157894737 Trader Joe’s 1 600 0.001666666666667 Ahold Delhaize 4.3 2000 0.00215 Whole Foods 1.1 500 0.0022 Publix 3.7 1300 0.002846153846154 Walmart 18 4700 0.003829787234043 BJ’s 0.8 200 0.004 Sam’s Club 3.6 600 0.006 Kroger 8.8 1400 0.006285714285714 H-E-B 1.9 300 0.006333333333333 Costco 6.4 600 0.010666666666667 Albertsons 4.7 400 0.01175 Amazon.com 1.3 0 #DIV/0! https://www.factoftheday1.com/p/march-21-top-us-grocers-by-s https://www.factoftheday1.com/p/march-21-top-us-grocers-by-s... More upscale -> Better margins allowing for not only more employees, but also better overall employee benefits marginal that they are.

downvotetruth 4y ago

evidence? have fun messing with lock this winter

raydiatian 4y ago
GP is right imo. You can literally just walk straight into Aldi and ask for a quarter if you forgot one. They’ll give you one. Takes 2 seconds. Alternatively, as illustration not an accusation, If you’re walking around grocery store fuming about the time you lost thumbing a quarter into a shopping cart, that’s a personal problem.
- ChainOfFools 4y ago
  exactly. it's not about the 25 cents, it's about cultivating a customer base of prosocial people who aren't habituated to anger at petty inconveniences.
Ndymium 4y ago
The coin/token lock is used in all stores in Finland, I've never had a problem with it in winter. Sometimes I'm in the store without a token (I never have coins) but there's usually a cart unlocked already, since you can get the token out without locking the cart if you fiddle a bit.
eropple 4y ago
I live in Boston. I've never had a problem with it. But that isn't related to what you actually said. Do you have any evidence that the amount of customer discouragement pays for an employee?
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- downvotetruth 4y ago
  Store (% of $spent) (# store) % of $spent/ # store Dollar Tree 0.8 7900 0.000101265822785 Dollar General 1.5 10000 0.00015 Aldi 2.3 2200 0.001045454545455 Target 2.4 1900 0.001263157894737 Trader Joe’s 1 600 0.001666666666667 Ahold Delhaize 4.3 2000 0.00215 Whole Foods 1.1 500 0.0022 Publix 3.7 1300 0.002846153846154 Walmart 18 4700 0.003829787234043 BJ’s 0.8 200 0.004 Sam’s Club 3.6 600 0.006 Kroger 8.8 1400 0.006285714285714 H-E-B 1.9 300 0.006333333333333 Costco 6.4 600 0.010666666666667 Albertsons 4.7 400 0.01175 Amazon.com 1.3 0 #DIV/0! https://www.factoftheday1.com/p/march-21-top-us-grocers-by-s https://www.factoftheday1.com/p/march-21-top-us-grocers-by-s... More upscale -> Better margins allowing for not only more employees, but also better overall employee benefits marginal that they are.