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    The latest move by Coles, Woolworths and Kmart sparked outrage from shoppers

    Coles/Kmart has become the worst culprit in lack of support, so always try and find a Woolworths or Aldi or IGA nearby and use them instead. I have only used Coles rarely in the last few months as there is a clear difference between the top 4. Kmart lacks service (badly) yet if Woolworths ran a...
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    Could Coles and Woolworths' new surveillance tactics backfire? Here's what experts say

    Also, you often form a bond by only trying to go through 1 or 2 checkout persons, and you have that 3 or 5 minute chat as you pass through and call the operator by name.
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    The latest move by Coles, Woolworths and Kmart sparked outrage from shoppers

    Just check next time and you should find (as I have) that very, very, few of these crimes are committed by the elderly / retired, rather by teens (and I do report if I see) or 'often unemployed' who were used to a better way of life when working. Or semi-retired, who cannot yet claim a full...
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    The latest move by Coles, Woolworths and Kmart sparked outrage from shoppers

    In desperation, once in Coles, being in a hurry I did this myself (only 3 items) and I just said, "Where are the buttons to enter prices?" They did it on the spot for me. Again, never push oldies, we have been there!
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    The latest move by Coles, Woolworths and Kmart sparked outrage from shoppers

    As with most of the above I also find a great lack of manned checkouts, and for that one reason I now use Woolies where the problem seems much less than Coles / Kmart. Where I live there are 2 basic consumers, elderly and young families. Elderly do not wish to take the jobs off workers (without...
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    The latest move by Coles, Woolworths and Kmart sparked outrage from shoppers

    Excuse me, this is a Club / Forum aimed at SENIORS, so naturally they will be mainly retired / elderly people responding. Unless you are using Grandmas computer?
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    The latest move by Coles, Woolworths and Kmart sparked outrage from shoppers

    I must admit that I have never seen an Aldi Self-serve, as mine will always call another operator as soon as it looks like a line is about to form.
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