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Will yesterday's fiasco make supermarkets change their cards only policy?

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Indigo8 Sun 02-Feb-25 10:26:08

Which supermarkets are card only? Is it just the superstores or are the smaller stores the same?

I would like to know which supermarket(s) to avoid please as I like to use cash for small transactions.

GrannyGravy13 Sun 02-Feb-25 10:19:22

The supermarkets that I use take cash as well as cards.

mum2three Sun 02-Feb-25 10:18:24

Yesterday, Barclays Bank had an IT breakdown and no customers had access to money. People in supermarkets were unable to pay for their groceries. If all those customers then went to another grocery store to buy what they needed, I wonder how much money the supermarkets lost.
Will this put an end to the intention to abolish cash?