Safeway also added a receipt-scanning gate at self-checkout areas in multiple store locations and even eliminated self-checkout entirely at some stores. Read more. about grocery stores: ...

Target, Dollar General reducing self-checkout lanes 00:52. Walmart is joining the ranks of retailers rethinking self-checkout, with the industry giant in the process of removing the self-service ...

Self-checkout lanes at grocery stores and retail outlets are sometimes a controversial topic. Shoppers either love the convenience or hate that they have to do the work they feel an employee ...

San Francisco stores have quietly disabled self-checkout recently, indicating a trend in “defensive retailing” that may soon spread across the city. While innovative measures to prevent theft ...

Some Safeway stores in California have installed security gates by self-checkouts that won't open unless shoppers scan their receipts. The gates are theft-deterrent that are already widely used in ...

Chance Encounters: Self-Checkout, Bill Gates, and the Loss of Shared Humanity In and of itself, the loss of cashiers seems insignificant. Self-driving cars and pre-order systems at first feel ...

A Walmart location in Shrewsbury, Miss., removed all of its self-checkout lanes, resulting in shoplifting rates dramatically decreasing, according to local police.

Target will now limit self-checkout to customers with 10 items or less. They're not the first retailer to scale back on self-checkout lanes as companies are losing millions of dollars from theft.

Faster transactions, shorter lines and ease of use drive interest, age-restricted items and technical issues still pose ...

A MAJOR supermarket chain has become the latest to overhaul its self-checkout experience. The new system is aimed at transforming how shoppers handle their weekly food shops. Marks & Spencer ha… ...