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Old Jan 12, 2018, 6:44 am
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jib71
 
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Originally Posted by AlwaysAisle
Then a thought came to my mind, why not do what grocery stores in the U.S. are doing, why not have a cashier line with people with five items or less? That will be nice.
The stores should do something to address the overcrowding. Yours is not the only business that they're losing because of wait times and overcrowding. With some creative thinking, I think they could grow their revenue. As someone pointed out, people with five items are not the high priority, so perhaps a dedicated line for small baskets is not the best solution. Perhaps they should have a counter for people to pick up orders that they have placed and paid for in advance via an app or website - like coffee shops and fast food restaurants. That might alleviate the crowding and generate some high value transactions.
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