By Adriana Diaz Source: New York Post They may be in the market for friends. While many Americans have become accustomed to scanning their groceries while wearing headphones, this practice may be contributing to the loneliness epidemic. Self-checkouts account for nearly 40% of pay lanes at US grocery chains, according [...]
By Bettina Makalintal Source: Eater There are many reasons to be skeptical about the continued rise of self-checkout, primarily the loss of jobs as stores cut cashiers (the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 10 percent decline from 2021 to 2031). But a new report in the Los [...]
By Peyton Bigora and Sam Silverstein Source: Grocery Dive Strategically mounted just above the self-checkout stations in a Harris Teeter location in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a fleet of smart video cameras is bent on ensuring that shoppers don’t leave the store without paying for every product they have in their cart. [...]
By Peyton Bigora and Jeff Wells Source: Grocery Dive Self-checkout terminals have swept across the grocery industry over the past few years, fueled by the demand for quick, contactless shopping trips. By one estimate, it’s now the dominant mode of checkout in grocery. But don’t expect Trader Joe’s to join [...]
By Bill Wilson Source: Supermarket News Walmart is rolling out a new ad strategy that leans into third party ads placed in the self-checkout aisle and TV aisles. The retailer will use screens in self-checkout areas and TV aisles, radio ads over its in-store audio network, and demo stations — [...]
Source: Now.gg Stumble Roblox When Macy's introduced a self-checkout option in its mobile app in 2018, the department store bragged about how shoppers could peruse stores without having to wait in line to pay. However, for several store employees, that raised red flags, raising fears that it might endanger their [...]
By Rachel Wolfe Source: The Wall Street Journal The self-checkout line can drive shoppers nuts, from frustrations looking up produce to accidental double-scans. In Chattanooga, Tenn., a flustered self-checkout experience and subsequent failure to double-bag led Tim Connon to lose half his Thanksgiving groceries to the parking-lot asphalt. “There’s a [...]
By April Rubin Source: The New York Times Citing losses, the supermarket chain Wegmans announced that it had halted the use of its self-checkout app in which customers scanned their groceries as they shopped. The company did not specify the amount of losses or indicate whether they were from thefts [...]