New level of automation in Canberra supermarkets?

bd84 said :

Coin operated trolley management isn’t legislated

I believe though that stores being responsible for trolleys dumped as ‘waste’ is.

JimCharles said :

Good business opportunity for charities here…..make trolley tokens the same size as the coin, stick them on a keyring fob.

Coles sent me one of those a year or two ago….

JimCharles said :

… make trolley tokens the same size as the coin, stick them on a keyring fob.

Already available from Aldi for $1. Same size as a $2 coin. Mine lives in the ashtray of my ’83 Falcon bogan-mobile.

JimCharles said :

Good business opportunity for charities here…..make trolley tokens the same size as the coin, stick them on a keyring fob.

Aldi sells them…

I’d far rather have that druggie window-washer on the corner of Antill & Northbourne earned his hundred or so a day for his hits chasing trolleys than humbugging me at the lights!

random said :

steveu said :

Makes sense. Aldi have been doing it since day 1.

In Belconnen, the result is a rack of pristine, untouched Aldi trolleys and a lot of customers using Coles and Woolies ones picked up on the way in.

In Katherine (NT) the result is a car park full of tootless, metho drinking natives following shoppers to their cars.

random said :

steveu said :

Makes sense. Aldi have been doing it since day 1.

In Belconnen, the result is a rack of pristine, untouched Aldi trolleys and a lot of customers using Coles and Woolies ones picked up on the way in.

I’m not sure I’m seeing the connection between coin-operated management and trollies, but can you tell me where the coin-slots are on the aldi managers? *snigger*

steveu said :

Makes sense. Aldi have been doing it since day 1.

In Belconnen, the result is a rack of pristine, untouched Aldi trolleys and a lot of customers using Coles and Woolies ones picked up on the way in.

JimCharles said :

Good business opportunity for charities here…..make trolley tokens the same size as the coin, stick them on a keyring fob.

Or put backpackers in charity branded t-shirts in car parks asking if they can return your trolley.

patrick_keogh said :

I think we all know what the word is that they left out, but nevertheless it is amusing.
The sign has been like this for many months.

Ahh…got your drift now.