Britain's best supermarket scanners REVEALED

MailOnline readers have crowned Britain's best supermarket scanners after we compared self-checkouts - which became retail's hot potato this week, with customers split over their potential benefits. Self-scanning checkout time: 1 minute, 11 seconds Sainsbury's - Cost of shop £6.70 Sainsbury's had run out of one of the items needed but the self-scanner performed very well Sainsbury's self-scan was nearly the quickest but the scales on the machine cost it seconds Shoppers use self-checkout counters in a Sainsbury's supermarket in May last year in Bath Next up was Sainsburys who, to my horror and disdain, didn't have any eggs. Self-scanning checkout time: 46 seconds Waitrose - Cost of shop £9.50 Bag nightmare experienced by Freya meant the self-scanning system was thrown into chaos Waitrose's self-scanning equipment is higher up than some others and looks quite different I am still miffed by my experience in Waitrose who didn't have any plastic carrier bags that usually cost 30p. Self-scanning checkout time: 43 seconds Aldi - Cost of shop £6.90 Aldi's self-service checkouts were run like a military operation but lost the war on slow times A shopper seen at a self-service checkout in an Aldi supermarket, which is known as one of the cheapest I travelled via cloud 9 to my next stop, Aldi where I immediately came crashing back down to earth. Self-scanning checkout time: 4 minutes, 29 seconds Lidl - Cost of shop £6.90 Lidl offered a smooth operation and caused no bother with staff on hand to keep things fast Shaken and quite frankly traumatised by my last experience I made my way to what feels like Aldi's fraternal twin and our final stop - Lidl.