Self-Service Makes for Speedy Check-out
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Tired of waiting in line at the grocery store or the home improvement store?
If so, you might want to pull into the Fast Lane -- otherwise known as a do-it-yourself check-out.
Home Depot in Little Rock installed the check-outs three months ago.
Store officials say the computerized system tracks every move -- cutting down on the possibility of theft and fraud.
Home Depot Supervisor Candice Kastel tells News 4 Arkansas, "The computer automatically knows how much that merchandise weighs by the code that is scanned into the computer."
Home Depot says the self-checkout cuts wait times in half.
Stores like Wal-Mart and Kroger also have them.
Story filed by: Lyndall Stout
