My Grandfather, RIP, worked for A&P in the early 1930s then opened and ran his own grocery store until retirement. In the early days, you gave the clerks a list at the front counter or told them what you wanted if you could not write, and they assembled and packaged your list to take home or be delivered to you. Are we going back to that now?
The old General Store way. That could also be dangerous now.
Maybe the starvation the global regime has in mind will end the store concept forever.
Steal from others or die, or die if you try to steal from others, will become reality. /s (or maybe not /s) lol
I’m only surprised that what your describing isn’t becoming the norm. Going back to “old school“ methods to control theft and vandalism.
I think the savings from eliminating theft, vandalism and spoilage would significantly offset the additional staff costs in many cases.