Often supermarkets lose their shopping trolleys when their shoppers bring them home. Some of them are found abandoned under estates. Some were even found damaged! What can supermarkets do to prevent their assets from getting out of the vicinty?
2006-06-17 07:47:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
install a wheel lock that initiates when the cart goes outside the parking lot. These are being tested in the US right now,
2006-06-20 03:19:04 · answer #1 · answered by Samuel Sung 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here in Scotland, we have had coin trolleys for years. You can use a £1 coin/1 Euro or a special token in the slot. It was supposed to stop vandals from taking away the trolley and dumping it somewhere, but that still happens, but maybe not so much. Self-service checkouts - well, don't get me started on them lol. I have tried using them on 2 or 3 occasions and will definitely not go near them again. It's supposed to be quicker than the manned checkouts, but it takes me twice as long as the thing keeps bleeping at me and telling me to re-scan and goodness knows what else and I end up getting all annoyed. Then I have to get an assistant to come and help me. I am much quicker just going to the conveyor belt checkouts. I hate anything automated and much prefer the personal touch.
2016-03-15 07:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a device on the market now that will prevent shopping carts from leaving the parking lot,(that is unless they are carried away).
A perimeter wire is installed around the parking lot and if a shopping cart is pushed over the wire an electronic signal trips a device in the cart that locks the wheels.
2006-06-17 07:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by ijcoffin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they do in Europe is that the shopping carts are chained together on short chains, one to the next. You have to put one Euro coin (that's the equivalent of about one Dollar) and it releases the chain. When you are done shopping, you chain up your cart again and get your money back.
It has not only stopped the theft of the carts but also made sure that they are always returned and not left rolling around the whole parking lot.
2006-06-17 08:22:26 · answer #4 · answered by kate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are methods to prevent the carts from being taken from the premises. The question is, how cost effective is it to add anti theft devices to carts in order to save money on stolen carts?
2006-06-17 08:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Previous answerer took the words out of my mouth! :) ijcoffin that is ....:)
2006-06-17 08:03:13 · answer #6 · answered by Sashie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put them on chains
2006-06-17 08:03:10 · answer #7 · answered by qwq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋