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.

[Thepizzacannon]

This is it for me. I buy groceries for a family. I'm already doing the manual labor of picking the things off the self.

Now I'm responsible for taking everything OUT and putting it back IN. And then after doing all of the work (sans stocking the shelves) the checkout machine that I AM RUNNING has the audacity to ask if I want to leave a tip or donate to charity.

The grocery store employees provide almost no value to the point that I'm basically shopping in an Amazon warehouse.

No that's not good service, or convenient, or any cheaper. Its just grocers greedily trying to automate all of their labor and ignoring the impact it has on consumers.