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Walmart is forced to kill self-checkout lanes as automation unravels

Walmart spent years telling shoppers that scanning their own groceries was the future. Now the retailer is quietly ripping ...
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Costco tightens self checkout rules as staff and ID checks block non members

Costco Wholesale has launched a comprehensive overhaul of its warehouse checkout operations, deploying mobile scanning ...
Yahoo

The Major Grocery Self-Checkout Rule You Shouldn't Break

Person scanning asparagus groceries at a self-checkout station - Grace Cary/Getty Images Grocery shoppers fall into two camps: those who loathe self-checkout and those who prefer it vastly over ...
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‘I did something dumb today:’ Principal accused of ‘skip-scanning’ at Walmart self-checkout

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County ...
The Daily Dot

‘Nah I’ll stay with Aldi’: Woman goes to Walmart self-checkout. Then she realizes she needs a subscription to use it

Yet another Walmart shopper claims one of the store’s locations is limiting self-checkout usage to Walmart+ subscribers. Licia (@auntielici) posted a viral TikTok that’s accrued over 937,000 views on ...
USA Today

What's in store for the future of self checkouts? How retailers are pulling back.

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 should be ...
Yahoo

Polk County principal accused of ‘skip scanning’ at Walmart self-checkout

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County principal is accused of “skip scanning” at a Walmart self-checkout. According to the interim superintendent Alricky Smith, Gregory Lewis, the principal at Bok ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Costco confirms testing of 'scan-and-go' checkout technology to speed up long lines

Costco has been testing checkout technology it hopes will speed up the checkout process, something members rank as one of their significant concerns with the warehouse retailer. CEO Ron Vachris said ...
USA Today

More shoppers admit to stealing from self-checkout. What do they take?

More shoppers are stealing from self-checkouts and what they're taking may surprise you. In a new study by Lending Tree, 27% of respondents admitted to stealing something from the self-checkout ...
Black Enterprise

Florida Principal Helping Himself By ‘Skip Scanning’ At Walmart Self-Checkout Lands In Jail

The principal engaged in "skip scanning" to see what he "could get away with." Gregory Lewis, a Florida principal, was arrested in Polk County for “skip scanning” at a Walmart. On March 29, Fox 8 ...
The Daily Dot

Main Character of the Week: The Walmart worker who did your job for you

Here’s the Trending team’s main character of the week. It’s the Walmart workers who will do customers’ jobs for them even though they technically shouldn’t be. TikTok user Chris (@bigbossbz), a ...