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Brits are stealing "millions" of dollars in groceries by ringing everything up as carrots
Organic avocados are expensive. So are fresh figs and heirloom tomatoes and the like. You know what’s cheap? Carrots. Which is why British supermarket shoppers have been weighing their produce as carrots at self-checkout stations, totaling than $4 million in supermarket theft in the past four years. The Independent reports the practice of ringing up expensive produce as a cheaper item has become so common that some shoppers don’t even see it as a crime.
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How's that "Lets save money by having shoppers check themselves out" working for ya?
Well, it's obviously saving money. Check out staff are expensive.
I'd guess that machine maintenance and energy use are also quite pricey as well.
The place I go to still has employees watching the self-checkouts. I think it's 1 per 4 units.
Looks like the passed the savings onto the customers.
Of course they did,they always do that.
The other day I got white onions and the clerk charged me for the red ones which were 20 cents more expensive. I didn't notice until I got home.