Change at Aldi: New system in the discounter to end queues

Created: 01/13/2023, 10:10 am

By: Karolin Stevelmans

No more long queues in front of the supermarket checkouts - that's what many customers want.

Aldi Süd has a possible solution for this.

Dortmund – Shopping should become more flexible, modern and sustainable.

Many supermarkets and discounters have taken up the cause when you look at the latest developments in the food industry.

Aldi Süd now wants to make shopping easier for customers in particular.

A new system is used for this.

Aldi Süd announces an expanded checkout system: discounters want to end long waits at checkouts

Aldi Süd wants to generate the “best possible shopping experience” for customers.

Above all, the checkout process should be faster and more flexible in the future.

The discounter is now introducing extended checkout concepts for this, as RUHR24 reports.

In concrete terms, this means the gradual equipping of the branches with self-checkout registers and registers with a double goods chute.

Customers are already familiar with the self-service checkouts from other shops, such as Ikea or Hornbach.

The discounter competition Lidl is already testing the self-checkout tills.

With self-service checkouts, customers can scan and pay for their goods themselves.

Long queues could be avoided in this way.

Aldi Süd introduces new double checkouts: customers should have more time to pack up

The new double cash registers are extended cash registers that are equipped with an additional goods shaft.

According to Aldi, while a customer is still paying for their purchase at one of these checkouts with their EC card, another customer can already start entering their purchase.

The double cash registers then also contain two separate card readers and receipt printers.

Cash registers at Aldi Süd have a double goods chute.

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It should therefore be possible for two customers to check out at the same time.

A hoped-for advantage: customers have more time to pack the groceries.

As

reports, a very specific trick can also reduce stress at the supermarket checkout.

Aldi Süd is expanding the checkout concept: this is what customers can expect from the new checkouts

The new checkout systems were initially tested in 30 pilot stores.

As the discounter Aldi Süd reports, they meet the individual needs of customers and are to be offered everywhere in the future.

The discounter sister Aldi Nord announced major modernization measures for all branches last year.

Now Aldi Süd is also taking further steps in the direction of modern shopping.

Despite the changes, customers do not have to do without the usual cash registers.

Anyone who prefers personal contact with employees when shopping can continue to use the usual cash registers.

However, according to Aldi Süd, faster and independent payment processes are particularly useful in Aldi branches near a school or office building.