Loblaw Cos. is testing self-checkout receipt scanners at four of its grocery stores in southern Ontario, the company said yesterday. Metal barricades refuse to open if a customer does not scan their receipt after going through self-checkout. If the customer tries to force the barricade, an alarm goes off.
The stores with the “small test” (in the words of a Loblaw Cos. spokesperson) are in Oakville, Georgetown, Windsor, and Woodstock. An attempt to reduce “organized retail crime” was the reason for the experiment, the spokesperson said.
