As of: March 25, 2024, 10:44 a.m
By: Kilian Bäuml
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Do you think you pay the right price at the supermarket?
An ex-cashier reveals why that's sometimes not the case.
Munich – In recent years, supermarket customers have had to accept some changes that they would probably have preferred to avoid.
Empty shelves due to shortages and strikes were just the beginning, plus a general increase in prices due to inflation.
It's particularly frustrating when you pay more than you actually should.
A former cashier explains that this happens again and again and what customers should definitely pay attention to.
Cashier reveals: This is how you often pay more than necessary in the supermarket
Some people find it hard to function without their first coffee of the day, especially on Monday mornings.
A former cashier told Focus
newspaper
that this sometimes also affects the supermarket bill.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are sold loose and must be weighed.
The corresponding number of the product is then entered at checkout to determine the price.
But typos and number transpositions happen here again and again, as the former cashier reveals.
It's worth it for customers to take a look at the receipt after shopping.
(Symbolic image) © Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
Therefore, customers sometimes pay a higher price.
The same goes for discount promotions, which are sometimes overlooked at the checkout.
This happens particularly often on Monday mornings as the discounts are sometimes not yet recorded in the system.
In these cases, too, customers pay the wrong, higher price, even though this could actually be easily avoided.
Hidden cost traps in the supermarket: A former cashier explains them
Many people tend to do without the receipt, but there is a requirement for a receipt - and it is precisely in such situations that it is very useful.
To make sure you don't pay the wrong, higher price, you should check whether the invoice is correct after shopping.
If the wrong goods are listed on the receipt or a discount was overlooked, the error can be corrected immediately.
While an incorrect bill can be an oversight, there are also some supermarket tricks designed to trick customers into buying in bulk.
But there are also tricks for customers to save money when shopping.
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