In a pattern that has begun to disappear in some Walmart stores, the bank of self-checkout kiosks that dominated the front end has increasingly become a thing of the past. The machines have been ...

The SW Florida Grocery Shopping Chronicles is a recurring feature discussing local grocery shopping topics. A recent poll ...

A study tracked purchases at grocery stores during the rollout of self-checkout between 2008 and 2011. Shoppers were significantly more likely to buy stigmatized items—especially condoms and pregnancy ...

Grocery stores are no different and the arrival of self-checkout stations, where shoppers scan and bag their own food items, ...

For months, KTLA has been tracking the problems with self-checkouts across the country—companies struggling with how to staff the lanes while also securing their products. Now, one Southern California ...

You walk up to a self-checkout kiosk, scan your own groceries, bag them yourself, and then - right before you can escape - a screen lights up asking if you'd like to leave a 20% tip. For what, exactly ...

You wouldn’t think we’d need a law to protect human interaction from being programmed out of what’s considered an everyday exercise. But when it comes to checkout lines at grocery stores, that’s ...

The ordinance means no more than 15 items at shelf-checkout lanes, other changes. Businesses that violate the law could face penalties of up to $1,000 per day.

Labor unions are renewing their push to place rules on self-checkout lanes in California stores. The latest proposal is a scaled-back version of a failed bill from last year, but business groups still ...

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