Sunday, March 29, 2009

Trader Joes Checkout Line

Trader Joes is an awesome store for many reasons. One of them is the way checkout is handled. The clerk takes your cart and empties it for you. That makes sense, and it removes that awkward discomfort of positioning yourself behind or in front of your cart as you strain to remove the objects. That's how it's done at "legacy" super markets. Most of the major chains have remodeled their stores over the past 5 years.

Many of these stores are very pleasant places... and yet the checkout lines remain narrow passageways where the shopper is left to remove the items and place onto the conveyor belt. It's got to change. Thanks, Trader Joes, for showing the way. And also, for those 3 sample coffees I had last week.

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