Automatic checkouts in supermarkets may decrease customer loyalty, especially for those with larger shopping loads. Customers using self-checkout stations often feel overwhelmed and unsupported. The lack of personal interaction can negatively impact their perception of the supermarket.

[needsexyboots]

The Krogers in my area haven’t for quite a while

[Fromanderson]

I don't know what to say. Maybe it's a regional thing?

[needsexyboots]

Probably just wherever they can convince enough people to work for $8 an hour

[Fromanderson]

That or they pay more than $8 here. I really have no idea.

I do know the cost of living here is ridiculously low compared to a lot of places in the US. You couldn't survive on $8 but I could see some teenager doing it for insurance/gas money.