Do the savings on labor costs self-checkouts really outweigh the losses from shoplifting?

Do the savings on labor costs self-checkouts really outweigh the losses from shoplifting?

We get Walmart delivered all the time for basic stuff. Couple weeks ago they sent us all our stuff and then somebody else's order. We called them. They told us to just keep it.

Which makes sense. I wouldn't want to get food that other people already got and returned.

But we ended up with like $100 of free groceries. I'd never had Bran Flakes before, but, figured...what the hell....they are here. They aren't good.

I thought everyone over 70 ate nothing but bran flakes?

i think its obvious. you're saving at least $300 a day, more like $600 if you had to have two checkout girls. and the cost of the machines is probably not much different than the cost of a regular checkout station. they probably paid for themselves within 6 months, even if theres 20%+ loss on product.

We get Walmart delivered all the time for basic stuff. Couple weeks ago they sent us all our stuff and then somebody else's order. We called them. They told us to just keep it.

Which makes sense. I wouldn't want to get food that other people already got and returned.

But we ended up with like $100 of free groceries. I'd never had Bran Flakes before, but, figured...what the hell....they are here. They aren't good.

Probably not, but when MANY don’t feel the need to have a job, the self-checkouts are saviors.

My local place already had 12 SC stations. They never had more than 2 “manned” lanes open.
They just removed two more regular lanes for 3 more SC stations, and 2 more SC stations with a conveyor for larger orders.

The cost of one-bedroom rentals has exploded here over the past few years

I would guess that the stores I frequent--particularly home improvement stores--experience several hundred dollars loss per hour by using self-checkout lanes.

Another thing that's hard to check is produce. Is the attendant expected to catch someone entering the code for regular onions vs the more expensive organic ones?

Another thing that's hard to check is produce. Is the attendant expected to catch someone entering the code for regular onions vs the more expensive organic ones?

I think the issue goes beyond people "choosing" not to work. In Massachusetts (where I reside), for instance, there is a shortage of service workers across many parts of the state. But this labor shortage is paralleled by a shortage of affordable housing--and housing in general, for that matter (which helps explains the transformation of Worcester, a deindustrialized meth haven just a few years ago, into one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. and a key destination for early-career PMC wannabes who can't afford to live in an increasingly ossified and financially out-of-reach Bostonk or its surrounding suburbs). The cost of one-bedroom rentals has exploded here over the past few years, making basic housing unaffordable to low-wage workers in vast swathes of the state. People aren't going to work in an area if they can't afford to live reasonably close by, especially in a tight labor market.

i think its obvious. you're saving at least $300 a day, more like $600 if you had to have two checkout girls. and the cost of the machines is probably not much different than the cost of a regular checkout station. they probably paid for themselves within 6 months, even if theres 20%+ loss on product.

MANY companies are listing jobs that they never intend to hire for. They do it for the morale of the few employees left at a store, giving them a false hope that help is coming when it isn't. Then they blame young people for not wanting to work in order to deflect the blame falling on them for not hiring.

I think the issue goes beyond people "choosing" not to work. In Massachusetts (where I reside), for instance, there is a shortage of service workers across many parts of the state. But this labor shortage is paralleled by a shortage of affordable housing--and housing in general, for that matter (which helps explains the transformation of Worcester, a deindustrialized meth haven just a few years ago, into one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. and a key destination for early-career PMC wannabes who can't afford to live in an increasingly ossified and financially out-of-reach Bostonk or its surrounding suburbs). The cost of one-bedroom rentals has exploded here over the past few years, making basic housing unaffordable to low-wage workers in vast swathes of the state. People aren't going to work in an area if they can't afford to live reasonably close by, especially in a tight labor market.

Walmart is shutting down self checkout lanes in some areas due to rampant theft.

I believe in due time, Walmarts will close their doors and deliver/ship everything. Essentially becoming a blue Amazon.