Should you tip on restaurant takeout? Or a coffee order? Here's when it's OK to decline.

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Many Americans feel like they're tipping more money, and at more places, than they have in the past. There are some places you're still not expected to leave a tip, though.

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Amazon's Just Walk Out technology relies on hundreds of workers in India watching you shop

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Amazon is pulling its Just Walk Out cashierless technology from its Amazon Fresh grocery stores.

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Dollar General is taking checkout back out of your hands because of theft

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Dollar General is cutting self-checkout at hundreds of stores.

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Some Walmart stores are limiting self-checkout lanes just for Spark drivers and Walmart+ customers

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Aldi is the latest grocery store to use a rival version of Amazon's Just Walk Out tech

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Shoppers are seen outside of an Aldi grocery store in Coal Township, Pennsylvania on August 12, 2022.
Aldi has reportedly added a rival to Amazon's Just Walk Out to one of its stores near Chicago.

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Kroger brings back humans at Texas store after getting 'customer feedback' on self-checkout

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Kroger CFO Gary Millerchip described digital grocery as "becoming less of a headwind" — indicating that investments are still outweighing profits.

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Self-checkout is alienating shoppers, new research finds

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Walmart associates help customers at a self-service checkout.

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Rich people are more likely to steal from self-checkout. Why?

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A person self-scans an item at a self-checkout at Lowes.
In a recent survey, people with household incomes of more than $100,000 were the group that most admitted they stole items from a self-checkout.

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Target might limit you to just 10 items at self-checkout registers

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Customers check out at a Target store in North Miami Beach, Fla.
Target is testing a 10-item limit on self-checkout at some stores.

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A TikTok appears to show a Dollar Tree customer working the register herself when she can't find an employee

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Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
A recent TikTok video appears to show a customer working the checkout stand at a store in Tennesse.

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