For many of us, self-checkout is a lifesaver at the end of shopping trips. However, one legal expert is advising shoppers to ...

Self-checkout was sold as a frictionless shortcut, yet a growing body of data shows it is riddled with traps that most shoppers never see coming. From quiet "oops" moments that count as theft to ...

Imagine an invention that is worse at what it does than humans, threatens jobs and increases the potential for crime. You might think it would go nowhere fast. In fact, the supermarket self-checkout ...

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You wouldn’t think we’d need a law to protect human interaction from being programmed out of what’s considered an everyday exercise. But when it comes to checkout lines at grocery stores, that’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

As my luck would have it, I was stuck in the longest line inside the Monterey Park Costco when I visited last week. Shoppers in the self-checkout queue varied from those with carts jam packed with 20 ...

S.237, filed by state Sen. Paul Feeney, D-Foxborough, would limit grocery stores to eight self-service checkout stations. It would also require stores with self-checkout stations to have a minimum of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Long Beach became the first U.S. city to mandate staffing ratios at self-checkout lanes, requiring one employee ...