There was widespread chaos reported in Sainsbury stores as shoppers struggled to pay Customers in every Sainsbury’s store in the UK are unable to pay for their shopping with credit or debit cards because of a glitch in the supermarket’s computers system.
A company spokesman said all 872 stores were affected.
The store says it is investigating and that managers realise it is causing great inconvenience to customers.
There were reports of chaos in Sainsbury’s stores as customers were only able to pay with cash.
On Twitter, the micro-blogging social network site, dozens of users reported the problem.
“Saturday afternoon in Sainsbury’s. All card payments down. Chaos!” tweeted one user.
Another reported: “Sainsbury’s on a Saturday – bedlam!”
There were also reports on Twitter that the glitch was affecting other big high street names. However Tesco said that, despite rumours, it had no reports of problems with its payments system.
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