Self-service

Definition

self-service /self 'sɜ:vÇs/ n [U] ကိုယ္တိုင္ယူ၍ ေငြရွင္းရေသာစနစ္။ self-service adj : a self-service petrol-station.

Examples

1. ‘Friends thought Tomás Garvey was mad when
2. in 1969
3. he decided to open Dingle's first self-service grocery store
4. a revolutionary concept at the time.’
5. ‘The former stables and coach house are now studios
6. workshops
7. retail outlets and a self-service restaurant which overlooks the cobbled courtyard of Kilkenny Castle.’
8. ‘If he takes goods in a self-service supermarket he may be guilty of both offences.’
9. ‘Before 1950
10. when the first Sainsbury's self-service store opened in Croydon
11. shoppers used the parade of ‘convenience stores’ known as the high street.’
12. ‘On my return
13. I converted the Brigade Road store into a self-service supermarket.’
14. ‘Should customers require any assistance using the self-service checkouts for the first time
15. our staff are always on hand to help.’
16. ‘The very idea of a self-service grocery checkout is strange and wonderful.’
17. ‘They make store checkout scanners
18. including self-service scanners.’
19. ‘Those customers that do self-service transactions are the ones who are most satisfied.’
20. ‘The stall became a shop
21. and in 1962 the young William opened his first self-service store in an old Bradford cinema.’
22. ‘While they reported that some items were better suited to a specific type of service
23. the conclusion was that the average weekly turnover of the self-service shops was 37 per cent higher than that of their counterparts.’
24. ‘Now
25. in some stores
26. even check-out is self-service
27. meaning labor in the grocery store is almost entirely out of sight.’
28. ‘On the entrance floor level
29. the Winter Garden has a self-service restaurant and dining area and a shop where the emphasis is on fine art publications rather than tasteful tea cosies.’
30. ‘In a self-service store
31. I buy matches from an Indian woman in a sari of deep colors.’
32. ‘There are both non-smoking and smoking areas in the restaurant and a self-service counter.’
33. ‘Britain's first self-service store
34. Sainsbury's
35. opened in Croydon.’
36. ‘The fact that Ikea is a self-service store that doesn't do business over the phone doesn't really strike me as something to get quite so bothered about.’
37. ‘These days
38. shoppers can use self-service checkouts at supermarkets
39. which in the future could remove the need for staff.’
40. ‘To cut costs
41. many retailers have been introducing productivity-boosting measures
42. such as self-service checkout lines.’
43. ‘The emergence of self-service grocery stores and the subsequent development of supermarkets have helped to transform the culture of British retailing and
44. with it
45. the way people shop.’