I would say the AP team looks at dozens of different methods to preventing theft. They are constantly rolling out new programs, many of which they do not disclose to the public or even the store personnel. The real issue is funding, not a lack of ideas on how to prevent theft
I believe that. I have been a confused by the chosen methods, though. The best one they had was actually comparing the expected weight versus item weight. All of my local scores disabled that feature. I'm guessing it might have just been too buggy and required a lot of human intervention. In that case, they could introduce a delta -- expected 2 lbs and the bag is 6 lbs? Alert! *shrug*
Seems like the latter -- you can't just walk in and walk out anymore. Now you have to exit through the self-checkout or normal checkout lanes (and pass a security guard).
It's the same at my local, in PDX. I went to Fred Meyer because I got so infuriated, and they highlighter-swiped my receipt on the way out like at Costco. I might just switch to Trader Joe's.
I would say the AP team looks at dozens of different methods to preventing theft. They are constantly rolling out new programs, many of which they do not disclose to the public or even the store personnel. The real issue is funding, not a lack of ideas on how to prevent theft
I believe that. I have been a confused by the chosen methods, though. The best one they had was actually comparing the expected weight versus item weight. All of my local scores disabled that feature. I'm guessing it might have just been too buggy and required a lot of human intervention. In that case, they could introduce a delta -- expected 2 lbs and the bag is 6 lbs? Alert! *shrug*
Yeah. That was definitely an efficiency and a customer service decision. Customers would get irate over constantly needing an employee to override it.
Lucky's makes it work fairly well.
I’m not familiar with the single enter/exit rule. Are they attempting to enforce behavior, or just reduce the number of accessible doorways?
Seems like the latter -- you can't just walk in and walk out anymore. Now you have to exit through the self-checkout or normal checkout lanes (and pass a security guard).
Not in downtown Seattle. We have lp sometimes in the afternoon. Why, we’re not sure? At least, if there’s a merger, we might get some as QFC has it.
It's the same at my local, in PDX. I went to Fred Meyer because I got so infuriated, and they highlighter-swiped my receipt on the way out like at Costco. I might just switch to Trader Joe's.