{"id":101387,"date":"2017-06-09T07:45:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/?p=101387\/"},"modified":"2017-06-09T07:47:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T11:47:54","slug":"maxi-installs-cart-deposit-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/maxi-installs-cart-deposit-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxi Installs Cart Deposit Systems In Chosen Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’re going to Maxi<\/strong><\/a>? Do not forget your dollar … or your token!<\/p>\n

Indeed, in recent years, Maxi<\/strong> <\/a>has started installing cart deposit systems in chosen locations.<\/p>\n

What a surprise to see this system installed at the Dorval Maxi<\/strong><\/a> and this, no later than a month ago.<\/p>\n

From now on, to pick a cart and enter the store, you first need to unlock it from the queue by inserting a dollar coin into the cart.<\/p>\n

Once you have finished using it, you collect the deposited dollar by bringing the cart back in line and locking it. “A little bit of fun,” as they say.<\/p>\n

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Insert the token into the slot and you’re on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When questioned, employees admitted that this system is not well received and generates grumbling and dissatisfaction among customers.<\/p>\n

To ease this, the supermarket gives them Maxi<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>tokens that replace the use of a dollar and that can be kept with you at all times through a small practical hook.<\/p>\n

According to the employees questioned, the situation in Dorval is critical: “Here, the carts are found\u00a0everywhere, even as far as the Dorval airport, imagine!”<\/em> The airport is 2 km away and several highways and expressways separate the place from the supermarket.<\/p>\n

According to this source, Maxi<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>is currently deploying the system in all of its supermarkets. But after verification, it seems rather that Maxi<\/strong><\/a> implants it only in targeted supermarkets.<\/p>\n

In 2013, the chain installed such carts in its Shawinigan<\/a> and Brossard stores. Last year, it was the turn of Rimouski and Chicoutimi locations, the latter having been the subject of a vitriolic open letter<\/a> in the local newspaper from a discontent customer.<\/p>\n

But given the complaints, will it last? It takes a certain amount of courage to introduce such an unpopular measure to its customers, especially when the competition does not follow. One then risk seeing customers go elsewhere.<\/p>\n

“In my opinion, they will return to the old system … it would not surprise me at all,”<\/em> said one employee.<\/p>\n

According to the Montreal Police Department<\/a>, the problem of dispersed and stolen carts is a real scourge in the city.<\/p>\n