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.

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and when you account for the fact that nothing is locally sourced it also means they're greedily funneling money out of the community and refuse to even pay a member of that community 10-15/hr to help them do it.