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Why Aldi Cashiers Always Sit Down At The Register While Ringing You Up
By Allie Ward
Instead of standing at the cash register, Aldi cashiers are seated. The reason behind it is actually data-proven — it allows them to ring up and execute each transaction faster.
"Aldi says that cashiers sit at the register because, according to their testing, it allows us to ring up items faster," said Jonah, an Aldi employee in Pennsylvania.
Jonah added, "We are given reports at the end of each day for our ringing statistics." This efficient method also appears to resonate well with customers.
"Those lines fly ... They're not messing around there," Allison Robicelli, a food writer in Baltimore who is an Aldi shopper, noted to CNN.
In the same way, pro athletes might compare batting averages, some Aldi employees share numbers and actively strategize on how to improve their efficiency.