[imroot]

Percepta was a company that was doing a lot of CV/ML in this space looking for shoplifting traits. They had a few paying customers before they were completely acquired by ADT Business. A lot of shoplifters use the PLU for bananas when tag swapping higher-ticket items at the self checkout, so, more than likely, they wanted to check that you were actually purchasing bananas.

[chneu]

For a while a lot of grocery stores were randomly auditing self checkout. I haven't had it happen to me in a couple years though.

It always seemed to be random and coincided with Kroger doing the "scan as you shop" trial thing.

[SoftTalker]

As long as their losses on self checkout are less than the cost of paying cashiers and baggers they are happy.

[rcxdude]

The scan as you shop thing seems to be pretty heavily audited, which really removes the point of doing it, since it just slowed things down. I think when I tried it I put up with it for about 4 out of the first 6 shops winding up slower than just going through the self-checkout or a regular one because of the extra faff.

[dustincoates]

In France at the Monoprix chain, I'm randomly audited about once a month.

Which is doubly annoying, because I'm in that line to save time, and now I have to hunt down one of the employees who isn't paying attention or where they're supposed to be.

[devoutsalsa]

I regularly get flagged for review during self checkout at my local market. It occurred to me the other day that when a cashier handles the scanning, I don’t take on any risk. Now I have to do the checkout work myself, and if I do it poorly, I can go to prison. Welcome to the future!

[phito]

In Belgium, Albert Hijn, I get audited about half the time. It's pretty quick so I don't really mind, but it happens a bit too frequently to my taste.

[kevin_thibedeau]

You can just refuse that BS in non-membership stores. After payment, your debts are settled and the merchandise is your property. If they want oversight they need to eliminate self-checkout and staff their registers.

[shmel]

What is PLU?

[accrual]

One of my friends spent a few years as a cashier and knew PLUs (Price Look Up) by heart, "oh that's 3072".

Here's some examples for apples:

https://www.bobbywires.com/plu-1.php?S=V&L=A&V=APPLES

[SpaceNoodled]

"Price Look-Up" - the 4-digit code you punch in for different produce items.

You probably need to eat more fruits and vegetables.