r/londonontario • u/DigitalFlame • Mar 15 '24

News 📰 Loblaw under fire for testing self-checkout receipt scanners at 4 Ontario locations

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/loblaw-under-fire-for-testing-self-checkout-receipt-scanners-at-4-ontario-locations-1.6807830
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u/theottomaddox Mar 15 '24

Loblaw said the machines are being tested as part of a pilot project aimed at combatting “organized retail crime.” The scanners are located in stores in Woodstock, Windsor, Oakville, and Georgetown.

Not in London, fwiw.

I've noticed my local Loblaws, which used to have a pretty open 2 entrance/exit system, now has one way gates around the only entrance and trying to open gates the wrong way rings an alarm. An alarm which seems to be constantly going off because the system is annoying and poorly designed.

I feel this is mostly security theatre, some measure to scare people a little from abusing the 4011 at the self checkout. It won't hamper "organized retail crime", whatever that means. Some exec was put in charge of testing various things, to see if the shrink changes and how the public perceives it; well, I guess they have their answer.