Trader Joe's executives say employees will never be replaced by self checkout and he insists those chatty cashiers are not trained to flirt

• Trader Joe's has no plans to add self-checkout kiosks to its stores, two executives said.
• The grocer isn't "trying to get rid" of employees with kiosks, they said in an episode of the company's podcast.
• The executives also tried to dispel a rumor that Trader Joe's trains employees to flirt with customers.

Self-checkout has become ubiquitous at many grocery stores. But Trader Joe's is avoiding the option, one of its top executives said in an episode of the company's podcast.