Sorting, Checking And Packing Grocery Orders In Self-Serve Store

Creator: University of Iowa

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Great shots of groceries being rung up, 1940s grocery store, 1940s grocery assemblies. 1940s canned goods, packaged and unpackaged foods, meats in butcher paper, fresh fruit and vegetables free-rolling.; Cashier and bag clerk ring up and pack groceries for customers.; Cashier operates manual cash register.; Bag clerk is young man in button-up shirt and bow tie.; Customers are women.; Cashier and clerk are depicted using different logistical strategies of unpacking and pricing and boxing groceries.; Male customer purchase many canned goods.; Scenes depict the processing of progressively larger and larger grocery orders.; Scenes depict different cart designs and their usefulness.; End scene title; Suggestions for Redesign of Cart: Make Cart Higher so that both baskets can be easily slid off cart onto counter.


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