Readers react to our grocery store self-checkout question

The SW Florida Grocery Shopping Chronicles is a recurring feature discussing local grocery shopping topics. A recent poll ...

Grocery Shopping Poll: Self-checkout. Does it benefit you or the store?

Grocery stores are no different and the arrival of self-checkout stations, where shoppers scan and bag their own food items, ...
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Self-checkout at the grocery store? Some say 'Yes,' others say 'No'

SW Florida grocery shoppers are sharing opinions about self-checkout at the grocery store. Some like it and some, well, you ...
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I choose to go to the human cashier at the grocery store. I'm opting for more human interaction.

I was initially resistant to the self-checkout kiosks at my local grocery store when they were introduced a few years ago. It didn't take long, however, for me to start choosing those kiosks when the ...
AOL

Surprise: Some grocery stores moving away from self-checkout

Self-checkout lanes were first introduced in grocery stores in the 1980s to bring down labor expenses. But fast-forward a few decades and things are changing to the point where some stores are now ...
LAist

Costa Mesa could begin regulating self-service checkouts at grocery stores in March

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Orange County city to require workers at self-checkout lanes

Grocery stores in yet another Southern California city will be required to staff their self-checkout kiosks in a move aimed ...
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I choose to go to the human cashier at the grocery store. I'm opting for more human interaction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I stopped using self-checkout to reclaim small moments of human connection. Choosing a cashier made me rethink loneliness and ...