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Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by robertlagrant on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:46AM (#39011800)
Co-op in the UK has that as well. I don't know if it's the same for every area, but the one near friends of ours that we pop into on the way to theirs just has a scanner.
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Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by baloki on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @05:51AM (#39011830)
They also run facial recognition on anyone who uses them though :/

This article mentions the south of England but they’ve rolled it out country-wide since:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coop-facial-recognition

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