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Originally Posted by Slava
Any idea why we don't have this here? Seems like a business could increase profit pretty easily by no longer needing all the tills and cashiers?
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Imagine you're the UFCW and Superstore tells you it wants to cut the number of cashiers by 60%. In some area the UFCW has negotiated certain provisions in their contracts to limit labour reduction tactics like this. In BC, some grocery stores cannot introduce counter ready meats (I.E packed and cut at a central facility) without express consent. This would be a massive fight.
Also I don't think it it would increase profits as much as you might think. Europe is a very high volume / daily shopper trend, Canada / US are not as much. In Europe they are more apt to pay prime dollar for easy / quick shops. Also keep in mind it won't reduce labour by a ton - I mean after 6pm, I doubt it would reduce labour at all given how few cashiers stores run with.
System is expensive and overall grocery is a very stagnant industry, it is very reactive to market trends and not proactive here in NA.