You really have to rent a cart and return it to get a quarter back?
Fascinating.
You really have to rent a cart and return it to get a quarter back?
Fascinating.
Yeah...it's really a smart system. You put a quarter in the cart and it unlocks it from the other carts. Then when you are finished shopping, you take the cart back and re-lock it and it gives you the quarter back. It keeps them from having to hire people to be constantly bringing the carts back. And the carts stay nice...not beat up from being bashed around in a parking lot.
You bring your own bags too. And they don't take checks or credit cards...they take "some" debit carts but not mine, unfortunately. They sell only their own brands, too. Most are comparable or even better than name-brand. I think the coffee is, anyway.
All of these "weird" things are what keeps the prices down. You can really get good prices on things.
The most people I've ever seen working at the place is two. One person stocking and one person checking. It's like a small grocery store...not a big place.