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

Across the United States, the debate over self-checkout has grown louder as stores rethink how automation fits into everyday shopping. Some states are quietly removing self-checkout stations after ...

Higher prices are driving theft at self-checkout in stores. A recent survey by online financial marketplace LendingTree said 27% of self-checkout users have purposefully taken an item without scanning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first self-checkout machine was invented back in 1986, and since then they have been integrated into the framework of the grocery industry. These machines innovated the way we experience grocery ...

Stephanie Gravalese is a food and beverage writer, photographer, recipe developer, and creator of the Slow Living Kitchen blog. Her writing focuses on food, farming, and craft beer industry topics.