Sorting, Checking and Packing Grocery Orders in Self-Serve Store
Sorting, Checking and Packing Grocery Orders in Self-Serve Store is a short film from c. 1940s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
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."| Sorting, Checking and Packing Grocery Orders in Self-Serve Store | |
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| Produced by | University of Iowa |
Production company | University of Iowa |
| Distributed by | University of Iowa |
Release date | c. 1940s |
| Language | English |
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