{"id":12235,"date":"2023-11-14T13:38:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/they-rile-me-views-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-uk-supermarket-self-checkouts\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:38:29","slug":"they-rile-me-views-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-uk-supermarket-self-checkouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/they-rile-me-views-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-uk-supermarket-self-checkouts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They rile me\u2019: views on the pros and cons of UK supermarket self-checkouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Booths returns to fully-staffed tills at many of its stores, shoppers with varying opinions have their say<\/p>\n<p>Booths, a high-end supermarket chain in northern England, has announced it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/nov\/10\/booths-supermarkets-to-ditch-self-checkouts-in-north-of-england-stores\">removing self-checkouts<\/a> in the majority of its stores. The retailer said it was not a fan of the machines and prided itself on great customer service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegrocer.co.uk\/specialist-retailers\/booths-ditching-self-service-checkouts-to-boost-customer-experience\/685181.article\">\u201cand you can\u2019t do that through a robot\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed to be the first supermarket chain in the UK to return to fully-staffed tills, so the Guardian asked people for their views about self-checkouts. Here, four of them share their experiences of the machines and the effect they have on their supermarket shop.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2023\/nov\/14\/they-rile-me-four-views-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-supermarket-self-checkouts\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b2f28bacfd8a124b366876cf7ceaeea40fd32b91\/109_18_8222_4933\/master\/8222.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=586492073313f08689f127fcaf21df61\" title=\"\u2018They rile me\u2019: views on the pros and cons of UK supermarket self-checkouts\" \/>As Booths returns to fully-staffed tills at many of its stores, shoppers with varying opinions have their say<br \/>\nBooths, a high-end supermarket chain in northern England, has announced it is removing self-checkouts in the majority of its stores. The retailer said it was not a fan of the machines and prided itself on great customer service \u201cand you can\u2019t do that through a robot\u201d.<br \/>\nIt is believed to be the first supermarket chain in the UK to return to fully-staffed tills, so the Guardian asked people for their views about self-checkouts. Here, four of them share their experiences of the machines and the effect they have on their supermarket shop. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Booths returns to fully-staffed tills at many of its stores, shoppers with varying opinions have their say Booths, a high-end supermarket chain in northern England, has announced it is removing self-checkouts in the majority of its stores. The retailer said it was not a fan of the machines and prided itself on great customer &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/they-rile-me-views-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-uk-supermarket-self-checkouts\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018They rile me\u2019: views on the pros and cons of UK supermarket self-checkouts<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12235"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}