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stores moving away from self check-outs?  I adore the self
check-out registers at the grocery store. I am particular (ok,
maybe weird) about how my groceries are packed. Sometimes I am
shopping for two seperate houses so I like to group my things a
certain way. Also, the self check-outs moved quickly, a huge
bonus to me when I was stopping on my way home from work.  Just
in the past two months, three grocery store chains in my area
(Pennsylvania) removed all of their self check-out lanes.  Is
anyone seeing this in your area?    1. Click to Upload a photo
(10 MB limit)   1. none of the ones here have them or did have
them...      the only place i see them at is home depot or
walmart      1. Just the opposite here in Southern CA.
I've seen a proliferation of them.        Even Costco is going
the self checkout route.        4 Replies       1. re: ipsedixit
I wish my area Costcos had some. I usually buy less than 5 items
at Costco. The F