The days of filling up a crisp cup of Sprite from McDonald’s on your own are over: The chain confirmed it would phase out self-service machines. So, if you want more of your Diet Coke or other soft ...

You may have heard the news that McDonald’s is planning to phase out its self-serve beverage stations by 2032, so now the question now becomes “why?” Simply put, the transition is being made to allow ...

Old tricks at the self-checkout machine — like trying to pass off a bottle of vintage Bordeaux as a banana— are becoming harder to get away with. Ever since retailers hit on the idea that they could ...

(CNN) - Walmart, Costco, and other chains are revising their self-checkout strategies after noting higher numbers of intentional shoplifting - or "shrink." Self-service machines were first introduced ...

Technology has a way of both making life radically more convenient and upsetting organized labor. This has always been the case. A case in point is California’s perpetual war on self-service machines ...

Some Californians will recall a time in the dusty past when there was no such thing as self-service at gasoline stations. Motorists pulled up to the pump, a friendly lad in uniform and peaked cap ...

The backlash against self-checkout is growing, and stores are starting to dial back on the technology after it exploded over the past few years. Booths, a British supermarket chain, said it’s removing ...