self checkout

In order to battle theft, Walmart has implemented self-checkout and security monitors. Employees can view customers' scans and items purchased.

If a new report is accurate, Walmart may be preparing to have stores with no cashiers. This is currently only being tested in a handful of stores.

Just stumbled across a news story regarding Albertson's - who operates two locations here in Casper, in addition to around 200 others.  They're slowly phasing out their self-checkout lanes in the 100 or so stores that have them, and will revert to traditional, cashier-run lanes by August - saying that their customers miss the personal interaction with cashiers.  Personally, I'm kind of on the fenc