Contactless is now king, apparently. As we see fewer shops accepting cash and more and more shoppers choose cards over coins, Asda has confirmed that nearly 100 of its kiosks across 82 petrol stations are going card-only.
A spokesperson for the supermarket said that more than 90 percent of its customers now use a card or contactless device to pay for their petrol and groceries. Out of 300 petrol forecourts attached to Asda superstores, 14 are already cash-free and 68 more are set to join them.
The spokesperson added: ‘The colleagues who worked on these sites are moving into the store so they can better serve our customers.’
The full changeover is expected to be complete ‘later in 2024’ but comes as the government is being called to introduce laws that force businesses to accept cash.
Which Asda stores are going cashless?
Here’s the full list of the 82 Asda forecourts converting to cash-free or that have already made the switch.
- Aberdare,
- Ashington
- Barnsley
- Bideford
- Birchwood
- Bolton
- Bootle Strand
- Bradford
- Bridge of Dee
- Bristol Whitchurch
- Byker
- Caerphilly
- Cannock
- Canterbury
- Cardiff Bay
- Chadderton
- Charlton
- Clayton Green
- Colchester
- Colne
- Corby
- Cumbernauld
- Darlington
- Derby
- Donnington Wood
- Dudley
- Eastlands
- Eastleigh
- Elgin
- Falmouth
- Fareham
- Fleetwood
- Gloucester
- Golborne
- Govan
- Grantham
- Great Bridge
- Great Yarmouth
- Greenhithe
- Hartlepool
- Havant
- High Wycombe
- Horwich
- Hulme
- Hunts Cross
- Ipswich
- Kettering
- Kilmarnock
- Kingswood
- Kirkcaldy
- Leigh
- Lincoln
- Mansfield
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Middleton Park
- Minworth
- Morley
- Newport
- Newtonards
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oldbury
- Patchway
- Pentwyn
- Portlethen
- Queensferry
- Queslet
- Radcliffe
- Rochdale
- Runcorn
- Shirley
- Skelmersdale
- Slough
- Sunderland
- Swansea
- Swindon
- Swindon
- Watford
- Westbrook
- Woking Sheerwater
- Wrexham
- York
While Asda is embracing the age of the machine, at the other end of the spectrum, northern supermarket chain Booths recently became the first to axe self-service checkouts after customers called them slow, unreliable and impersonal.
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