Comments on: Supermarkets and tetris http://carljoseph.com.au/blog/2008-06-01/supermarkets-and-tetris/ My personal high horse Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: On the move http://carljoseph.com.au/blog/2008-06-01/supermarkets-and-tetris/#comment-2222 On the move Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:54:21 +0000 http://carljoseph.com.au/blog/?p=215#comment-2222 [...] they had our entire unit packed up in a little over 2 hours. It was like watching a giant game of tetris albeit a slowish [...] [...] they had our entire unit packed up in a little over 2 hours. It was like watching a giant game of tetris albeit a slowish [...]

]]> By: Carl http://carljoseph.com.au/blog/2008-06-01/supermarkets-and-tetris/#comment-2132 Carl Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:27:05 +0000 http://carljoseph.com.au/blog/?p=215#comment-2132 That's a frightening picture you linked to there! I heard about Costco and am pretty excited about it actually. I love buying bulk! I remember that RFID trolley system too. I guess it still hasn't made it here. That’s a frightening picture you linked to there! I heard about Costco and am pretty excited about it actually. I love buying bulk!

I remember that RFID trolley system too. I guess it still hasn’t made it here.

]]> By: Joe http://carljoseph.com.au/blog/2008-06-01/supermarkets-and-tetris/#comment-2130 Joe Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:39:16 +0000 http://carljoseph.com.au/blog/?p=215#comment-2130 Hahaha, I liked your tips on "gaming the system". That was almost TOO well thought-out. Whatever happened to the RFID system where you just roll your trolley through some scanners and it picks up everything in there? I remember hearing about that a couple of years ago. Also in supermarket news, have you heard that U.S. retail giant Costco is coming to Aus? They've just figured out that Woolies and Coles are cornering 70% of the market here and they want a piece. Apparently Costco stores are "hypermarkets" three times the size of your average Bunnings. The good sold there range from white goods to apparel, to fruit and veg. It operates through the "warehouse club" system, where you pay a yearly membership fee to the store (something like $50) and you get massive discounts (70%) when shopping there (most of the stock is packaged in bulk). The first one is opening up at Docklands. No date as of yet. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Fredmeyer_edit_1.jpg Hahaha, I liked your tips on “gaming the system”. That was almost TOO well thought-out.

Whatever happened to the RFID system where you just roll your trolley through some scanners and it picks up everything in there? I remember hearing about that a couple of years ago.

Also in supermarket news, have you heard that U.S. retail giant Costco is coming to Aus? They’ve just figured out that Woolies and Coles are cornering 70% of the market here and they want a piece. Apparently Costco stores are “hypermarkets” three times the size of your average Bunnings. The good sold there range from white goods to apparel, to fruit and veg.

It operates through the “warehouse club” system, where you pay a yearly membership fee to the store (something like $50) and you get massive discounts (70%) when shopping there (most of the stock is packaged in bulk).

The first one is opening up at Docklands. No date as of yet.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Fredmeyer_edit_1.jpg

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