Several supermarkets have introduced new systems to help customers do their weekly shop as quickly as possible.
By now, we’ve all become quite accustomed to waiting in line before doing our weekly essentials shop. Some people have had to wait hours before getting into supermarkets during the lockdown.
Aldi, Asda, Morrisons and Tesco have each introduced different ways to reduce the time customers have to queue.
Tesco
To help customers avoid waiting in long lines, Tesco customers might be expected to wait inside their cars before their shop.
On Tesco’s website, it says: “If it’s raining or particularly cold, we may ask you to stay in your car to queue – we’ll let you know when you can come in.”
Aldi
Aldi has installed a traffic light system on its entrance ways across 874 stores in the UK this week. The system gives a green light when the store has a safe number of people inside and a red light when stores are full and customers have to queue.
Morrisons
Morrisons has acknowledged that not everyone will be doing a huge weekly shop, so have decided that for every one person using a trolley, three people using a basket can enter.
Asda
And finally, Asda is currently trialling a virtual queueing system as part of its investment in long-term social distancing operations.
This system means customers can log in to the queue remotely and wait in their cars before entering the store. This is currently being trialled at its Middleton store near Leeds, and could then be rolled out across the UK soon.
