If there's one thing that is sheer drudgery, it is grocery shopping. You pick the food off the shelf and put it in your cart. Then you have to take it all out and put it on the check-out belt. Then you have to pack it up and put it back in the cart. Then you have to put it in your car. Then when you get home, you have to drag it into the house, unpack it and put it all away. You have now touch each item at least four times.
I go to Stop n Shop and as soon as I enter the store, there are scanners by the entrance. You just swipe your Stop n Shop card and a scanner lights up. Take that scanner and now you're ready to shop. I open up my reusable bags in my cart, and as I select each food item, I scan it and pack it right into the bag. It's so easy. When you're done shopping, everything is already packed just the way you like it. You can go to a checkout person or to a self-checkout register and all you do is to scan in the final barcode at the register, use your cash or credit card to pay, and you are out of there! I love it.
Hint for buying fruit/vegetables -- there are little scales throughout the produce department where you can put your loose fruit, like bananas. Just select what kind of produce it is and a sticker pops out with a barcode for your scanner. Very simple.
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