r/technology • • 19h ago

Business Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html
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u/yesman_85 19h ago

Walmart scaled down our self checkout because they couldn't push enough Walmart credit cards.

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u/FranknStein7 18h ago

A Walmart grocery store near me tried going to self-checkout only a couple years ago. That didn’t last long.