The reason has nothing to do with eggsOpen at checkout! Why are egg cartons checked in supermarkets?
Before the egg carton is scanned at the checkout, the cashier first looks at the packaging. But what is behind this control?
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Dear cashier, do you still have all the eggs in the carton?
Everyone has experienced it at the supermarket checkout: Before the egg carton is scanned, the cashier first opens the packaging and looks inside. But for what reason? Maybe just to be nice, to make sure all the eggs were intact? Unfortunately no! We’ll tell you what’s really behind those controls.
That’s why egg cartons are actually opened at the checkout
When the cashier at the supermarket checkout opens your egg packaging, he’s not doing it out of kindness. Not to check whether there are broken eggs in the carton. Also are there any fragments hidden in the packaging. So what’s the reason for checking at the cashier?
Supermarket employees wanted to make sure nothing else in the packaging would pass through the scanner disguised as eggs. This is because other goods may enter the assembly line hidden and unpaid. Checking egg cartons helps prevent theft.
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Inspection of egg cartons is a requirement for supermarket cashiers
Supermarket employees are even required to open egg packaging at the checkout. To avoid theft, you should always look inside your egg carton. One or two thieves must have gotten away with the egg camouflage tactic.
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Supermarket employees beware: clever thieves have now turned to other packaging, such as hair dye. Brave enough. However, the cashier cannot check the entire packaging carefully. And this will probably continue to be the case with egg control in the future.
Source used: RTL archive
