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Self-service

Self-service is a system whereby customers acquire (or serve) themselves goods or services, paying for the items at a point-of-sale, as opposed to a shop assistant or clerk acquiring goods or providing services in addition to taking payment. Common examples include ATMs, coin-operated laundrettes, self-service checkouts, self-service petrol stations, and…

History, Selfsourcing & Self-service tools

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History

Selfsourcing

Self-service tools

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Self-service

Nodes88
Edges87
Triples76
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022727
Components1

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Self-service

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related to Further reading · 14
Self-service → Alain Pinsonneault, British Isles, Canada, Consumption, Donald McCubbrey, Edition Management Information Systems, History, Information Age Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson, Maeve Cummings, Morrison, Retailing, Richard Donovan Third Canadian, Stephen Haag, The
related to Grocery stores and supermarkets · 14
Self-service → America, As, Before, By, Clarence Saunders, Customers, In, Keedoozle, Memphis, On September, Piggly Wiggly, Saunders, Some, Tennessee
related to Buffets · 9
Self-service → Cobb McDonald, English, French, Herb, Herbert, Las Vegas, Likewise, Starting, The
see also · 8
Self-service → Automated, Contracting, Device, Machine, Public, Retail, Unpaid, Vending
related to At petrol stations · 7
Self-service → California, Frank Urich, Hoosier Petroleum Co, In, It, Los Angeles, The
related to Self-service tools · 5
Self-service → Among, Human, QSR, They, Versions
is a · 1
Self-service → system whereby customers acquire

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Self-serviceis asystem whereby customers acquire0.90text
grocery stores had clerks or assistants who would serve customers individuallyinstance ofHistoryGrocery stores and supermarketsBefore the 20th century many businesses0.80text
taking required items from the shelvesinstance ofHistoryGrocery stores and supermarketsBefore the 20th century many businesses0.80text
before adding up the total at the tillinstance ofHistoryGrocery stores and supermarketsBefore the 20th century many businesses0.80text
haminstance ofSome products0.80text
cheeseinstance ofSome products0.80text
and bacon were sliced to orderinstance ofSome products0.80text
while dry goods such as flour would be weighed out from large barrels.On September 6instance ofSome products0.80text
1916 the first Piggly Wiggly opened in Memphisinstance ofSome products0.80text
Tennessee by Clarence Saundersinstance ofSome products0.80text
the world's first self-service grocery storeinstance ofSome products0.80text
grand ballsinstance ofparticularly at larger events0.80text

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