A couple of weeks ago, we told you about the new Tesco store in Northampton that has self-service tills only – the first of its kind in the UK.

The Sun also reported the news, dubbing the store ‘Roboshop’ in true tabloid style, and some readers submitted their opinon on The Sun’s website. On the whole, feelings were fairly mixed – here’s a sample of them:

Glaucon wrote: “These tills are the future, profits will be up for the supermarkets so they’ll be happy. They don’t have to employ staff with all the problems that that forces on them.”

Rosie said: “These tills are good when you have just a few items but drive you mad when they have problems and on a busy day, one worker for every five tills is not going to be enough. Keep them as express lanes and don’t get rid of the workers, I say.”

Bermuda commented: “The self service tills can be good at times, however they do wind you up! They tell you to place things in your bag when you already have done.”

Tesco says the assisted service store is an open-ended trial and there are no current plans to roll it out across the rest of the country.