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In reply to the discussion: No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast [View all]haele
(12,581 posts)Stockers, price programmers, maintenance people, daily testers, and customer service in larger stores.
We have one of those cashless mini-marts at one of the office buildings for the small command. Because we have 24/7 shift work, it allows people to get some real food and sundries vice vending machine selections at 1am if they have the need.
The nice thing about the machines is you can set up an account and pre-fund your monthly expenditure.
Downside is that there is pretty much always one of the two cashier machines down, so the tech is there at least daily, sometimes two or three times to troubleshoot or reboot the machine, especially if the daily stocker didn't scan some of the items in properly - like fresh fruit or day-old/sale items.
But again, this is a small federal facility where they have to limit vendor access due to security requirements.
It works here. I'm just not sure it's that much of a cost savings in a commercial setting under constant use.
Those machines go down, the options will be getting a cashier in to cover or shut down.
Haele