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Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'
(au.finance.yahoo.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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No one ever used this in my area. I never saw anyone at the gate, and on the few occasions I used it myself it always said "1 shopper in store" (me). I haven't used Scan&Go for quite some time because I have been paying with discounted gift cards for several years now to save as much as I can.
However, Scan&Go did have one genuinely good use case that cannot be replicated with the trolleys and that was allowing you to grab your one or two items during peak hour (maybe a drink or snacks) and skip all the queues in store. It was super fast, but having to rely on the trolleys will slow that down and make it far more cumbersome.
Hard disagree. It's awesome with a full shop. Scan item, put in trolley. Repeat 40-50 times. Then, tap a couple of buttons on my phone, scan a QR code at the gate and just leave. No hassle with checkouts - even self checkouts. The only bit that slows me down is putting fruit & vegies on the scale, but I get most of those elsewhere, so it isn't too terrible.
Yeah it was reasonable with a larger shop, though it was an absolute pain having to wait for someone to check and scan 4 items (happened numerous times to me, including during peak hours where there was no staff member instantly available so we had to stand around waiting). My biggest problem was just that it wasn't compatible with gift cards. As soon as I switched to those, I Scan&Go became about spending more to save a small amount of time and that wasn't worth it to me. It was the equivalent of paying an $8 - $12 fee to use Scan&Go on a big shop.