Britain’s biggest supermarket has stopped accepting notes and coins to pay at 40 of its store cafes. Tesco has ditched cash a swathe of its cafes with customers forced to pay by card at self-service machines.
An increasing number of retailers and cafes are refusing to take cash as a cost cutting measure because it is more expensive for them to handle.
Recent figures published by banking industry trade body UK Finance found the number of payments made using notes and coins fell by 7 percent in 2023 compared to the year.
At the same time, it found that 40 percent of people – mainly under 24s - now effectively live a cashless life and rely on cards and smartphone apps, such as Apple Pay.
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