Grocery store self-checkout may be super convenient, but there are some important etiquette rules to keep it that way for ...

Let's be real. Most of us have faced that soul-crushing moment when a self-checkout machine barks "unexpected item in the bagging area" for the third time, while a growing line of impatient shoppers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are two types of people at the grocery store: those who make a beeline for the self-checkout kiosks, and those who'd rather ...

Picture this: you walk into your local Walmart, groceries in tow, ready to scan and bag your way through a quick checkout. Then, you notice something's missing. The self-checkout kiosks are gone, ...

Walmart spent years telling shoppers that scanning their own groceries was the future of retail. Now the company is quietly ripping out many of those machines, retreating from a flagship automation ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many people opt for the self-checkout at the grocery store for a sense of peace or control, while others are protecting themselves from the embarrassment of the items in their carts. While it might ...

While self-checkout is intended to make shopping more efficient and accessible for customers and cheaper for stores, some people simply refuse to use them when they're running errands. Whether it's an ...

The SW Florida Grocery Shopping Chronicles is a recurring feature discussing local grocery shopping topics. A recent poll asked if shoppers should get a discount for using self-checkout stations.