Dollar General getting rid of self-checkout in hundreds of stores [Video]

WASHINGTON — Dollar General is making big changes to the self-checkout options in its stores.

The retailer recently announced it would be removing self-checkout completely from hundreds of locations with the highest amount of shoplifting and product losses, while adding restrictions for self-checkout in thousands of other stores. 

Dollar General currently offers self-checkout in more than 14,000 stores. CEO Todd Vasos said the company will be converting some or all of the self-checkout registers in approximately 9,000 of those stores to become “assisted checkout options.” 

“This is intended to drive traffic first to our staffed registers, with assisted checkout options available as second or third options to reduce lines during high volume times,” Vasos explained during Thursday’s earnings call. 

He added that during the first half of the year the company would get rid of self-checkout at 300 Dollar General stores with the highest …