A grocery store chain is limiting how many items you can buy at its self-checkouts as concerns over theft mount

• Schnucks customers soon won't be able to buy more than 10 items at its self-checkout.
• "We do expect there to be some benefits to stopping theft," the Midwest retailer said.
• Many major retail chains are rethinking their self-checkout strategies.

Midwest grocery store chain Schnucks is putting a cap on how many items customers can buy at its self-checkout.

From Thursday, self-checkout lanes in all Schnucks stores will be limited to customers buying 10 items or fewer, the retailer confirmed to Business Insider. Customers with more than 10 items will be redirected to its staffed checkout lanes, it said.