Chaos at ASDA after nationwide tills failure

Reports of problems at checkouts across Coventry and Warks



Asda stores have been hit by a till and card machine breakdown nationwide.

Customers reported being unable to make card payments, with long queues building up at stores across the country after the national breakdown.

One source told the Telegraph’s sister paper, The Mirror, that he had been told the system glitch was due to the clocks going back. He said: “This has led to long queues at the cash point and customers abandoning their shopping at the checkouts.”

ASDA have suggested the problems have now been rectified and stores are returning to normal.

...the system glitch was due to the clocks going back.

If that is the case, it doesn't say much for their IT support.

It's chaos at Morrisons when the tills are working!

(Glad I wasn't there today).

Asda at Jubilee Crescent 2 customers in front of us one man walked out one lady had the Asda lad put her shopping back and the girl serving for tobbaco told me one second ten minutes later after her serving all the click and collect side before me she had to call the lad to serve me in the end. My son said it does nt work its chaos .

Doesn't this highlight the problems with a 'cashless' society?

I only use a card if buying off the internet. If buying elsewhere I use cash. Admittedly, this has caused me the odd problem with the 'money laundering' rules being applied over zealously. But, we've never gone hungry because an IT system has failed!