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Originally Posted by Wormius
I have a free hour and a half on Saturday to do the shopping, and Superstore is conveniently close because we're down by the Center St. one. I think the problem is a lack of efficiency at the tills. Maybe its training of the staff or PITA customers, but in contrast to Costco, which seems to have higher customer to till ratios than Superstore we seem to get through almost faster... Maybe Costco customers are prepared with their cards amd payment already. Like going to Costco is more of a planned undertaking than dropping by Superstore for the people who go.
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Costco is faster because people have less items. Instead of 4 1lb packs of ground beef you get 5lbs. Instead of buying 6 cans of soup you get 1 case of twelve. Bread is packed in multi loaf bags. Each item is large sized so if you just shop at costco the number of items you og through in a week is also less. Compared with superstore where the bulk food section might have 12 different kinds of peanuts. So even with cashiers of equal skill and customers of equal intelligence Costco would be faster.
I have leays found costco to be the worst in terms of line ups and parking, though I used to go to the heritage one which is awful. Okotoks is far nicer but generally I perfer superstore.