SERVE YOURSELF, AND PAY AS YOU LEAVE
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A MOBILE, self-service, pay-as-your-1 leave grocery shop has recently been acquired by the Walsall and District Co-operative Society, Ltd., to serve residents in the new Walsall housing estate. It is mounted on a Tasker 6-ton semi-trailer and is drawn by an Austin 5-ton tractor.
Customers enter by the rear door, select their requirements, and pay at the counter within the side exit. The interior has fluorescent lighting, wired for town supply, and the vehicle has a full-length Perspex clerestory roof. A pressure fan at the front and an extractor fan at the rear provide ample ventilation.
Overall interior length is 16 ft.
ins., and the height to the lantern roof is 9 ft. 6 ins. The framework is of steel-bracketed hardwood, and the panelling is aluminium-faced plywood. The shelves are chromium plated and B2 adjustable, and a separate compartment provides washing facilities for the driver-manager and assistant.
So as to make for a free passage through the shop, the entry door is hinged to swing inwards and the exit door outwards. Both are fitted with outside roller shutters, and portable ramps lead up to them.