All the Ways You Could Better Organize Your Products at the Checkout
Are you one of those elite grocery store shoppers who calmly and methodically makes their way through the aisles, keeping the cart neat and organized, all groceries in one section, and boxes neatly stacked and upright? Or are you more of a hot porridge that flies around the store when you have 20 minutes between dropping a baseball and getting to day care by not-so-quietly muttering your list a few times so you don’t forget the damn bread ( again ) at the time how to throw items into the cart where they will fit? Either way, you should probably organize your groceries at the checkout.
Why don’t you unload all the products willy-nilly onto a conveyor belt? Well, you can . You will not be harmed in any way if there is no point or meaning in your products (other than the silent condemnation of your peers in line behind you). So why should you worry about organizing when you move out?
Well, there are several main reasons: firstly, to speed up the packing process for the cashier or for yourself if a dedicated packer is not available. Second, refrigerated and frozen foods will not be packed together with foods such as cereal, which will sweat when thawed, deforming and weakening the box. Third, to keep the strong chemical smell of cleaning products from getting into your edible items (and the risk of spillage and contamination). And finally, make the unpacking process easier and faster when you get home.
How to organize products at the checkout
There are a few ( rather harsh ) opinions on this. One says that products should be grouped on the conveyor belt according to how they are grouped in the store; dairy with dairy, food with food, meat with meat, etc. (an easier option is to simply group all refrigerated and frozen foods together while keeping all packaged, canned, and other dry foods separate). Put heavy or box-shaped items on the strap first so they can fit on the bottom of bags, and leave lighter or fragile items like bread, eggs, and soft fruit at the end of the strap to fit on top.
Of course, you can go further. Some enthusiasts group food by brand (uh, how many Hamburger Helpers do we buy?), keep pantry items separate from toiletries, cold items like salad separate from dry items like bananas, and — get it is – organize and package in packages. place in their kitchen . Others report transporting and packaging foods “ depending on when they will be used : food for dinner is placed in one bag, ingredients for preparing lunch in another, and so on, with the exception of raw meat and fragile products such as eggs.”
However, if this were a competition, the winners would be those who use a two- or three-tier system: grouping first by weight, then by refrigeration or home assignment (eating, cleaning, grooming), and finally by location. in your kitchen or apartment.
While this level of forethought and organization is to be commended, we’ll be here staying in our lane, separating items by temperature, and ending with this.