Fast lanes in supermarkets are designed for customers with a limited number of items. They have smaller counters and are narrower than regular lanes. Self-checkout machines are becoming more common, but estimating the number of items in front of you is still important.
A fast aisle in a supermarket is a checkout designed for a limited number of items. The idea of having a fast lane is to allow those with only a few grocery items to exit the store quickly. Many grocery stores have a fast lane of 10 items or fewer.
Express checkout usually has a smaller counter area than regular checkout lanes. It’s also narrower since it’s not made for passing shopping carts. Manual baskets in supermarkets are used by express buyers. Shoppers who only need one or two items may not even use a basket and instead take the items in hand to the express checkout.
Using the fast lane often saves time waiting in line at the supermarket. Even if you’re not first in line, if people in front of you have 10 items or fewer, it should take less time than if you have people with cartloads of groceries in front of you. However, it can sometimes be faster to check a small number of items in a regular aisle if there are many people lined up in the fast lane, but only one or two in the regular aisle.
When determining whether Express Checkout would be fastest, try to estimate the number of items in front of you rather than going by the number of people in line. Also, some cashiers are quicker and more experienced than others, so you have to allow for that and be patient. Sometimes, the line can get jammed if a customer questions the price of something or needs to exchange an item.
Some supermarkets today have self-checkout machines that can even replace express checkout in a particular chain of stores. Many of us prefer that the cashier enter our items, while others appreciate being able to control their spending themselves. If a grocery store doesn’t have a fast lane of some sort, shoppers might be tempted to pay a little more and purchase extra milk or other items at a convenience store.
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