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If you look at ALDI, they print multiple 1D bar codes that take the entire length of the box. This greatly decreases the time needed at the checkout stand to orient and scan the box.

https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/o...

I don't see chains like ALDI agreeing to anything else until they can prove the same speed and accuracy as the mega-1D print.

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QR codes tolerate curved, damaged, or dirty packaging better though. It's possible they could scan faster by decreasing the need to keep retrying until you hear the beep.

Now that self-checkout passes large part of the scanning costs to the end user, this doesn't seem to be a big issue anymore.

ALDI ditched self-checkout. Folks were too slow and/or thieves.

Didn't ditch at the one near me. They greatly expanded self checkout actually and are down to 1 lane with an employee ringing people up as opposed to ~12 self checkout stations

Just a reminder that there are two completely separate store chains called "Aldi": Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. Depending on where you are, you may be referring to a completely different Aldi.

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