A customer shops at a Dollar General store.
Dollar General said it would adding more employees to the front of its stores.
  • Retail's self-checkout reckoning has arrived for Dollar General.
  • The discount store said Thursday it would beef up staffing, aiming to boost sales and reduce theft.
  • CEO Todd Vasos said the company "started to rely too much this year on self-checkout in our stores."

Add Dollar General to the list of retailers rethinking their self-checkout strategies as they head into the new year.