Other retailers have been doing it like Coop for a long time and only print receipts when a customer requests it. Lidl, for example, Spar or Volg. At the major distributor Migros, on the other hand, the receipt is still generated automatically. However, you can change this online via the settings in the Cumulus profile on the Migros website and set it so that the receipts are no longer printed out but saved digitally, according to the Migros media office at the request of the SRF consumer magazine “Espresso”. .
At Aldi, too, the printed receipt is still standard, because it has an “important control function for both our sales staff and customers,” writes Aldi. However, customers can say at any time if they want to do without the printed receipt. You save resources elsewhere, for example by using reusable boxes, it says at Aldi.