Tesco 'planning' new discount chain called Jacks

Doc_N wrote: »

Not once you've become accustomed to it - I very much appreciate the speed of the process. Ordinary supermarkets have become annoyingly slow to the wife and me - we just want to get in, shop, out and away as quickly as possible.

I somewhat agree and i am very new to the process i have only just discovered the bagging area ( i thought this was where they sold discount package holidays at 1st )

I still feel a major uk retailer could do a lot lot better if they was to fine tune a few things

paulhgc wrote: »

The sector is not really that hard is it ? you get a smallish store and sell a restricted number of items that are of good quality but cheap

You then pay some one to scan there purchased items as quick as possible and make them chuck it all into trolley and take to the front of the shop to the bagging area to bag up while you move onto the next customer

All staff costs are kept to a minimum on my last visit i went to a till and was told it was closed so i moved over to another one and then i looked over and the till i was about to go on was now reopen :rotfl: i can only presume they was preparing this member of staff to start stacking

Dont get me wrong its good how they operate but it really is not hard to see how they keep the cost down

There's video on YT where Lidl Store Manager explains why they can afford being so cheap. It's not a secret, it'a all about being smart with their labour. No shelving and small range means less time spend on stocking, fast checkout, larger customer turnover, sine people are not wandering around the store trying to pick one of 20 kinds of beans etc.

I think they would be more beneficial to everyone if they put more effort into educating people how to use their check out system though. They definitely need more signage over the counters explaining what they're for. It would stop people from being angry how they're groceries are handled and other from taking their sweet time arranging everything in their bags (you always get one of those in front of you! )

It'll be interesting to see what Tesco comes up with. Lidl/Aldi are cheaper, but being German, majority of their range is good quality (produce, chocolate, meat, wine, household products), definitely better quality in my opinion then some value stuff you get from other retailers.

Aldi and Lidl may cut costs, but they pay the staff well. And in the branches I go to, they still use manned checkouts, keeping jobs.

pakokelso93 wrote: »

Not sure that new Lidls are that great, They are all superficial. Self-service tills isn't a hooray really for the rest of it. It's all of the same stuff just more of it. Rather than loads of new lines etc.

We are moving next week and there is a big, new Lidl there with self service tills. This is brilliant because on many occasions I have bought just a few items and put them back because the queues at the tills were so long:(

I do like a choice in shopping though and get annoyed when I make a detailed list for a big shop eg 30 items and find Lidl only stock half of them. Sometimes even really everyday items like custard powder.