Retail Watchers

Burlington had done some crazy stuff over the past couple of years that is really annoying customers. They closed off the restrooms and have put up rope lines outside in front of the entrance doors. It is like you are lining up to get into an exclusive club. It isn't COVID anymore. I don't know why ...

The local Togo's Sandwich shop is really understaffed today. They have stopped putting out chairs to eat outdoors. Apparently they think this will make for less cleanup since there is no more outdoor dining.

Inventory workers are extremely prone to errors. They may under count many items. Scanning items at such a speed misses much.

I had a Sam's Club Membership years ago. I am surprised to hear of all these changes. Perhaps I should take a look sometime soon.

The self checkout machines at some San Francisco Bay Area Walmart stores are now open only to those who have Walmart Plus Memberships. This hasn't impacted the lines at my local store that much as there were only about 3 working self checkout machines. They were constantly breaking down. Very few pe...

When will Sam's Club Crack down on membership deal abuse. Right now you can get the $25 online membership sign up deal. You could have any other family member sign up and then you get a second card for a family member. People will sign up with different emails or add an apartment number to your addr...

I just pick up some free gloves from the 7-Eleven Slurpee machine or some free gas mits from a Shell station. Then I have free gloves to use at self checkout machines.

What decor will this Safeway have? Will this use the Pavilions decor that is showing up in many recently remodeled stores in Northern California? Or will it receive the cheap Florida decor?

Costco self checkout is terrible since there are no handheld scanners. I had to lift huge items onto the scanner and then onto the weighing pad. There are so many heavy bulk items at Costco. I would rather have a cashier at a compact cash register scan my items. It is a time consuming process to lif...

Perhaps Costco should have express lanes with a 10 item limit and use a cash register without the bulky conveyor belt. This would fit more registers and eliminate the issue with the self checkout not being able to handle more than 5 items.