Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them - eviltoast
Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout | CNN Business
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Retailers in Europe, like Booths supermarkets, and the United States, like Walmart, are pulling back on having self-checkout in light of complaints and shoplifting.
  • Thurstylark@lemm.eeEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    That and age-gated items like alcohol and [some] medicines. If the one human managing the self-checkout horde is busy, you’re just left waiting.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Somehow Costco has managed this well (as has Sam’s Club).

      Costco always has sufficient ID checkers in the self-checkout, and Sam’s checks your ID as you leave the store if you do the Scan-as-You-Go feature.

      Quick and easy for both.

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        41·
        1 year ago

        They really need to just pay for extra cashiers. And* can’t they also have “express lanes?”

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