A trolley self-service aisle at Woolworths Millers Junction Village in Melbourne. Photo / Supplied
A trolley self-service aisle at Woolworths Millers Junction Village in Melbourne. Photo / Supplied
Could this trolley self-serve checkout spell the end for checkout operators in New Zealand?
Self-serve checkouts are hardly a new phenomenon but they are often too small to fit too many items on them and taking trolleys there is often a hassle.
However, Countdown might have found a solution tothe problem.
Countdown's head of renewal and design, Nick Webster, told the Herald shoppers of different environments preferred different things from their supermarkets.
"We tend to find that in our metro and city fringe stores attract more commuters and students coming in to pick up a few items so self-service is more popular.
"In rural areas customers tend to have a preference for a particular checkout operator that they get to know, or for customers doing a large shop, they generally prefer the regular checkout."