Posted on 02/26/2023 2:03:19 PM PST by PK1991
"Trader Joe's will continue to hire on-site staff as the company believes its employees are more important than the glitz and the glamour of self-checkout.
“The bottom line here is that our people remain our most valued resource," Tara Miller, Trader Joe's vice president of marketing, said on the Inside Trader Joe's podcast.
“While other retailers were cutting staff and adding things like self-checkout, curbside pickup, and outsourcing delivery options, we were hiring more crew, and we continue to do that.”
She added: "Our crew will be in our stores to help you find your next favorite product, just as they've always been.”
Good for them.
(Today I tried to get into a Whole Foods with Amazon One. Couldn’t get through the door despite being an Amazon Prime Membe)
The palm scanner? To pay for your food.
The world is on its way.
It’s not there. Yet.
This WILL keep out random thieves.
Here we go.
It’s a forerunner. Even if unintentional.
I quit going to Trader Joe’s in 2020, when they were some of the worst mask Nazis around.
We have this little secret in our real estate investor world that if you ever want to buy a single family home to rent out in an up and coming neighborhood, track where Trader Joe’s plans to open a new store.
People are addicted to Trader Joe’s.
” . . . the glitz and the glamour of self-checkout.”
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Hmm. What am I doing wrong. I don’t get glitz and glamour. I get a pain in the a$$ and a pain in the neck.
Good for them. I won’t use a self checkout. If you can’t hire a human you don’t get my business.
Just wait until va666ine status is tied to Amazon One permissions.......
Nah, that could never happen...
Revelation 13:16-18
King James Version
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013%3A16-18&version=KJV
Same here. Mask Nazis is exactly what they were. I got nothing to do with trader Joe’s now
Well, Trader Joe’s physical plant (at least for the stores I know) likely doesn’t lend itself to self-checkout lanes.
They are fast at checkout and are expert sackers. They sell great chicken thighs at $3 a pound. Try thr frozen Beef with Broccoli.
Trader Joe’s has THE BEST products AND customer service.
Thanks for posting.
Three new Trader Joe’s stores opening, so far, for 2023....
Date & Time Opening:
Friday, March 3rd at 8AM
Store Location:
11479 S. State St. Suite B
Draper, UT 84020
We look forward to seeing you!
Store Openings
Cypress (Rossmoor), CA—Coming Soon!
February 17, 2023
Store Openings
Glastonbury, CT—Now OPEN!
(Today I tried to get into a Whole Foods with Amazon One. Couldn’t get through the door despite being an Amazon Prime Member.)
Was it an employee that stopped you or did you have to scan with Amazon One to open the door?
I’ve never been to one. Thanks.
I thought Amazon “Whole Foods” would be grinding them out of business. Good to hear they are still moving forward. Their prices are better the last couple of years also.
It’s BS, though. I worked at Trader Joe’s year ago. We sat in on meetings with a regional VP who promised never to have check out scanners because they “cost $75,000 per store, etc.” We all know how that one worked out.
They say that now. But eventually they will have some self-serv lines like the rest. It’s just a matter of time ... as more and more low skill jobs become mechanized.
glitz and glamour
I hate figuring out how to ring up fresh produce. I know at least one occasion (i looked at my receipt when i got home) that i bought a dozen honeycrisp apples for just over a dollar, and another occasion that i bought three apples for five dollars.
And can’t buy beer in self checkout. Sometimes i act like I’m not yet 21.
In my limited experience those who patronize Trader Joes are also likely to be mask fascists.
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