Study says self-checkouts allow sale of alcohol to minors 20% of the time

Supermarket news: According to research from the University of California, self-checkout systems allowed the sale of alcohol to minors nearly 20 percent of the time. The study says the reasons for this finding include the failure of some self-checkouts to lock until an employee has verified the user's ID and the ability of customers to override a system by swiping a credit card or scanning other items. The study also found a lack of adequate supervision of self-checkouts, with only one employee working the self-checkout area in 60 percent of store visits and no employee at all in 5 percent of the visits. In addition, although store personnel are supposed to check IDs for anyone who looks under the age of 30, the study says 32 percent of consumers under age 30 were not asked to show identification.

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