All stores should just lock down all items, and have customers ask what they want and bring them to the front. That's how stores are run in the third-world.
I especially like it when they have a limit of 10 on some special, so I pick up 10 from my online order, and grab 10 from the store.
Substitutions could use some more logic. Soda often goes out of stock. I don't need 40 bottles, but I'd like a mix of 10 of whichever 4 I like are in stock. That's a lot to ask of their ordering system, so I get 10-40 bottles...
...or just use self-checkout and ignore the limit.
Of course, if you self-check out and pay cash, they're less likely to spot you with the reduced supervision of self-checkout.
I don't understand why Canadian and US prices are so sticky. In Europe, a frozen pepperoni pizza might cost you 3,78 EUR and the vegetarian will cost you 12 centimes less because the retailer passes on their differing costs.
Meanwhile in Canada/USA, I'll take the 3-meat because it's the same price.
>Meanwhile in Canada/USA, I'll take the 3-meat because it's the same price.
Be careful, even though they're the same "price", the net weights are different so they're not actually the same price.