{"id":207451,"date":"2026-04-23T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207451\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:50:08","slug":"nyc-considers-regulating-self-checkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207451\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC considers regulating self-checkout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">A bill introduced in New York City could change the working dynamics of warehouse retailers and grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">Councilmember Amanda Farias has proposed a measure that would impose a 15-item limit for shoppers using self-checkout lanes in New York City supermarkets and pharmacies. The bill also requires retailers to have at least one employee monitoring every three self-checkout lanes or face fines of at least $100 per day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">Farias said fewer workers in self-checkout areas lead to increased theft and reduced protections for both employees and customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">Rhode Island is considering regulations that would limit self-checkout lanes to six and require retailers to keep a traditional checkout lane open for every two self-checkout stations. The state currently prohibits stores from operating more than eight self-checkout lanes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">In August 2025, Long Beach <a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supermarketnews.com\/grocery-technology\/albertsons-vons-close-self-checkouts-in-long-beach-calif-\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">passed<\/a> an ordinance requiring retailers to staff self-checkout areas with at least one employee for every three self-checkout stations. The ordinance also limits self-checkout purchases to no more than 15 items. Additionally, customers cannot use self-checkout to purchase age-restricted items, such as alcohol and tobacco, or items locked to prevent theft.<\/p>\n<p data-component=\"related-article\" class=\"RelatedArticle\">Related:<a class=\"RelatedArticle-RelatedContent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supermarketnews.com\/grocery-technology\/sobeys-invests-51m-in-digital-price-tag-tech\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sobeys invests $51M in digital price tag tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">The Safe Stores Are Staffed Stores law applies to grocery and pharmacy retailers larger than 15,000 square feet, as well as some big-box stores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">Sam\u2019s Club uses its Scan &amp; Go technology to allow customers to skip the checkout line, and Costco is launching a similar system that the retailer claims takes about eight seconds to complete transactions. Earlier this year, the Issaquah, Wash.-based retailer removed some self-checkout lanes at more than 600 stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bill introduced in New York City could change the working dynamics of warehouse retailers and grocery stores.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-207451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}