Retailers appear to be facing a self-checkout reckoning

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Customers check out at a Walmart store.
A Doral, Florida, Walmart store with an associate helping out with self-checkout.

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Walgreens says cooler screens caught fire and showed the wrong prices in its stores

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Instacart's stock falls below the IPO price. Here are 7 reasons why.

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Instacart's CEO Fidji Simo and executive chairman Apoorva Mehta, seated side by side in front of trees
Fidji Simo (left) took over as CEO of Instacart in August 2021 from cofounder Apoorva Mehta (right).

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Walmart now lets customers set up repeat purchases by subscription – just 16 years after Amazon

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Walmart now offers a subscription replenishment options for frequently bought items, such as paper towels.

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Kraft Singles' hard-to-remove wrappers were the number one complaint for customers. Now, the wrapper is causing a recall.

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Kraft Heinz has issued a recall.

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Instacart soars 40% in public debut as the 2nd splashy IPO in less than a week tests the market

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Some Instacart shopper say they wait in grocery parking lots for orders.

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After Instacart's IPO, the CEO will have stock worth $15.5 million. But the company's gig workers just took a pay cut.

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Fidji Simo, Instacart CEO, is seen behind a large bowl of strawberries.
Instacart CEO Fidji Simo

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The typical brown bag school lunch costs 50 cents more this year, and it's a perfect example of how little daily costs from inflation add up to a big expense

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A parent fills a lunch box with bread, fruit, and vegetables for a kindergarten child.
Each day's packed lunch is about 50 cents more this year than last year – assuming a very rough 10% combined increase in prices for ham sandwich supplies, plus sides.

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Amazon is reportedly getting into legal fights with landlords as 'zombie' Amazon Fresh stores pile up

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The front of an Amazon Fresh store in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Amazon is reportedly facing lawsuits from landlords over some proposed Amazon Fresh stores.

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I shopped at Amazon Fresh to see why it's struggling. I found hyped discounts, odd displays, and bad coffee.

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Insider reporter Alex Bitter stands outside an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Maryland.
Amazon Fresh has operated grocery stores for three years, but the chain has yet to win over many shoppers.

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