[mazuhl]

When they finally did get barcodes they wrapped around most of the product so they could just whizz them past the scanners. They're still fast, but it's a more frustrating to keep up, whereas before, you were kind of in awe.

[LeonidasXIV]

If not wrapped, they know where the barcode in the product IS. Everytime I'm not at Aldi/Lidl in Germany, the cashiers seem to see the product for the first time and take close to forever to find the bar code. Especially frustrating in Poland, where they are so slow you start playing tetris with your products, because it takes so long. Whereas in Grmany the challenge is to outpace the cashiers.

This is one thing that I really, really like at Aldi: well trained cashiers.