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Lots of grocery stores in the US have a bunch of self checkout lanes and only 2-3 cashier lanes. Walmart, target, Kroger, Lowe's Foods, etc. It does help if yo
by cocoa19 6y ago
Lots of grocery stores in the US have a bunch of self checkout lanes and only 2-3 cashier lanes. Walmart, target, Kroger, Lowe's Foods, etc.
It does help if you go when there's low traffic.
- marshmellman 6y agoWhere I live (Seattle), a portion of the self-checkout lanes are also closed to coincide with the level of shoppers. I was told that this is because of labor unions - basically it guarantees work for the cashiers.
- wahern 6y agoI've never successfully used self-checkout at a grocery store without triggering the anti-theft mechanisms. I used to have this problem at CVS but I'm pretty sure they've disabled the scales in recent years. Likewise for Target--scales disabled. I assume grocery store theft is more common, or perhaps their margins too slim, to disable the measures.