Albertsons has closed the self-checkout lanes at five supermarkets in Long Beach, Calif., after the city placed restrictions on the service. Last month the city passed an ordinance prohibiting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A customer uses a self-checkout machine while shopping at Albertsons in Arcadia in July 2023. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) ...

For months, KTLA has been tracking the problems with self-checkouts across the country—companies struggling with how to staff the lanes while also securing their products. Now, one Southern California ...

LOS ANGELES — Tired of rampant shoplifting scaring away citizens and shoppers, Long Beach is trying to force stores to add staff and reduce dependence on self-checkout. The beachfront city, with a ...

Long Beach is pushing back on self-checkout kiosks. In a move that could reshape grocery shopping in Southern California, the city recently approved a new ordinance nicknamed “Safe Stores Are Staffed ...