"Michael R N Dolbear" writes:

"Neil Williams" wrote

I don't see the few seconds saved as of any significance. It might
be of some benefit when a whole host of people were buying the same thing
and nothing else.

It is about volume - shop in ALDI and see how fast their checkout
operators are and you will see why it is significant.


They waste a few seconds by being slow to press the "customer does not
require cashback" key so I think they are much the same as other
supermarkets though fewer coupons and car park tickets, and no loyalty
cards do help.
Contactless does save time at other checkouts by elliminating the do you
want cashback question, the transaction has gone through in about the
time it normally takes to plug the card into the machine.

Then normally the machine decides if the card is a debit or credit card,
then the cashier asks if you want cashback and then they press a button
to allow you to enter your pin.

Contactless is also much easier on the M6 toll, much less chance of
dropping the card.

Phil