Tesco shoppers slam new supermarket trolley shake-up which is 'impractical'

Customers are angry over a new change to supermarket trolleys at stores which are larger, like Extra or Superstores, in the UK.

Tesco shoppers are angry over a supermarket trolley shake-up which has left customers fuming it is "impractical". Tesco customers are angry over a new change to supermarket trolleys at stores which are larger, like Extra or Superstores, in the UK.

The supermarket chain has introduced new trolleys into its stores which appear to be designed with left-handed people in mind - which is only around 10% of the population. On Twitter, now X, a shopper fumed: "I’m mad at Tesco because in our local supermarket they have changed the trolleys so that the self scan gun is on the left and it’s so awkward when you are right-handed."

Another said: "I'm intrigued @Tesco if 90% of people are right handed, why is the self scanner holder on the left hand side??" A third added: "@Tesco can you tell me why all your shopping trolleys have the self scanning holder now on the left hand side?? It drives me nuts, surely most ppl are right handed."

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Another added: "“Appreciate the new trolleys, but why the F are the holders for the scanners on the wrong side?” And another said: "Dear @tesco please don't get me wrong, I really do appreciate the new trolleys at my local store, but given most people are right-handed, WHY would you move the self-scanning holder to the left of the trolley?

"It's VERY annoying, but granted not life changing. Thought I'd share." Professor Chris McManus, author of Right Hand, Left Hand waded into the conversation and told the Sun: “Historically, many items have been biased so that they are easier for right-handers to use."

The expert and professor went on and said to the newspaper: "Designers have though been very successful in recent years at making objects ambidextrous so anyone can use them, and that is surely the ideal.”