Guide

Weighing goods without slowing the queue

How to use the scale in Supermarket Simulator for goods sold by weight, without turning every weighed item into a hold-up at the counter.

Applies to

1.6.0 (223), read from the copy of the game this site was built from (see the sources page)

Before you start

• A scale in the shop
• A product that is sold by weight
• A customer who wants that product

Steps

1. Treat the scale as a job of its own and keep the space around it clear.
   the scale is a system of its own with a manager and a controller
2. Scan the barcode when the item has one instead of keying it in by hand.
   the game has one step for applying a barcode and another for entering a code
3. Stay with the scale while a customer is waiting on it.
   the scale has its own step where it waits for the customer
4. Read the scale display rather than guessing what the item comes to.
   the scale shows the product and its details on a display of its own
5. Learn it on the first weighed item rather than during a rush.
   the game provides tutorial indicators for the scale

Common mistakes

• Keying in a code when the item has a barcode that could be scanned.
• Walking away while the scale is waiting on a customer.
• Assuming every product in the shop goes through the scale.

Related entries

ProductsThe weighing scale and barcodesThe scale is a system of its own, with a manager, a controller and its own data.ProductsProducts and what arrives in a deliveryEvery product is identified by its own product id.

Sources

A local copy of the game, read only. Grounding for each step is on the technical reference pages; no number is estimated.