Grocery stores are preparing for a new kind of checkout problem: the register saying “no” to everyday foods, and making the line behind it pay the price. It rarely looks dramatic in the moment. A ...

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Interceding on behalf of grocery and retail drugstore workers fed up with too many self-checkout stands and the complications they engender, Costa Mesa officials this week supported the idea of ...

A person shocked by their receipt at a grocery store checkout counter - ViDI Studio/Shutterstock When shopping for dinner ingredients in any major grocery store, there are lots of convenient items ...

Proposed legislation could change the way customers shop at grocery stores, as one Democratic lawmaker is pushing for regulations on self-checkout machines. House Bill 1739 would establish rules for ...